This incredible mapping technology was started by two Danish brothers, Lars and Jens Eiltrup Rasmussen as a C++ program at Where Technologies. Google acquired the company in October 2004 and converted it into a web application. Google Maps was launched in February 2005 after acquiring two other companies: a geospatial data visualization company and a real-time traffic analyzer. Third party […]
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I have always thought the oldest known artifacts or tools were made of stone. Dead wrong! The oldest known artifact in the world was made of wood. It is the wooden thrusting spear found in Schoningen, Germany, about 400,000 years ago, which according to my reckoning was prior to the stone age. The date has not been confirmed and there […]
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Stress Relievers/Touch Forms Worry stones/Fidget stones/Soothing stones/Sensory stones/Thumb stones/Prayer beads. A visitor to my website likened my hand carved hearts to Native American worry stones, which prompted me to do a little research that helped me to understand the success of the hearts and why the psychologist was presenting her patients with my glassy smooth hand carved hearts for cognitive […]
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Hand carved Touch Forms Wooden Stress Relievers Handheld Art The Adult Pacifier Dummies for Adults During my younger days visiting museums and art galleries, seeing signs that read: Please do not Touch, inspired a devilish desire to ignore the sign and reach out when no one was looking, especially if it was an interesting organic shape. I made a vow […]
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The Die Grinder The die grinder name comes from one of the earliest and archetypal applications, tool and die work, where they were used to creating the precise contours of dies or molds. As far as I have discovered, the U.S. Inventor Eli Whitney was the first to manufacture interchangeable parts for mass-producing firearms for the War of 1812, so […]
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