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for Ordinary People A Brief History of Bluetooth
A Brief History of
Bluetooth The history of Bluetooth Wireless Technology dates all the way back to
Bluetooth Applications
the 14th Century, drops by the 1940s, and really gets going in the
Bluetooth Product Guide 1990s.
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Bluetooth Wireless Technology was invented by a group of scientists

working for the Swedish company Ericsson in 1994. Just four years
later, a whole group of companies began to share the technology to
enhance their own projects and help those products communicate
better. So, like a lot of very cool things in computing, Bluetooth
Technology isn't 'owned' by any single entity.

The Bluetooth logo, the core specification, and all testing and approval
are conducted by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, which is a group
of companies and developers (currently more than 17000) dedicated to
maintaining and improving Bluetooth Technology.

The radio technology that powers Bluetooth has its origins in secure
portable radio communicators (such as walkie-talkies) developed by the
miliary.

The name 'Bluetooth' comes from the Middle Ages, and is named after
King Harald I of Denmark, who's nickname was 'Bluetooth', supposedly
because he liked blueberries so much they stained his teeth blue. King
Harald united the various Danish tribes into a single kingdom, and so
the technology connects a lot of different devices. The symbol is a bine
rune made up of the initials of Harald's name.

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