The spinning frame is an Industrial Revolution invention for spinning thread or yarn from fibres such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. It was developed in 18th-century Britain by Richard ArkwrightRichard ArkwrightHe is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as the…
Fifteen years ago, Joseph Staten was pulling 80-hour weeks at game developer Bungie, making feverish last-minute changes to the script and story scenes for Microsoft’s audacious flagship Xbox title, Halo. When he first encountered Herschkopf, Nocera was a columnist for the New York Times with “a remarkable gift for explaining…
The use of the term “virtual reality,” however, was first used in the mid-1980s when Jaron Lanier, founder of VPL Research, began to develop the gear, including goggles and gloves, needed to experience what he called “virtual reality.” But before then, he had set up VPL Research – a company…
Turnpikes: James Madison was the 4th American President who served in office from March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1817. One of the significant events during his presidency was the Construction of Cumberland Road that began in Maryland in 1811 and the widespread introduction of Toll Roads that were called…
It’s in this hope, Larrington says of the legend, that Odin builds Valhalla – a huge hall with 540 doors where all of the human heroic dead come together and practise for the great battle by fighting one another, again and again. Who built Valhalla? Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is a…
John’s message of ‘the warrior poet’ has garnered over 100 million views through YouTube, social media, and through the Warrior Poet Society Network streaming service and app. John is a war veteran and a former member of Special Operations, having served in the 2nd Ranger Battalion with numerous combat tours…
Together with his brothers Steropes and Arges, Brontes forged three incredibly powerful weapons, the first of which was the Master Bolt, which was given to Zeus. The power of the Bolt made Zeus’ body tingle with energy, and he tested his new mighty weapon on a huge nearby bolder, which…
Days later, Lincoln went public with the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which called on all Confederate states to rejoin the Union within 100 days—by January 1, 1863—or their slaves would be declared “thenceforward, and forever free.” WHO declared all slaves to be free? President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on…
The Persian Empire began to decline under the reign of Darius’s son, Xerxes. Xerxes depleted the royal treasury with an unsuccessful campaign to invade Greece and continued with irresponsible spending upon returning home. Persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 B.C.E. Greco-Persian Wars: How the Greeks Defeated…
Fatimid dynastyFatimid dynastyThe Fatimids, a dynasty of Arab origin, trace their ancestry to Muhammad’s daughter Fatima and her husband ’Ali b. Abi Talib, the first Shi’ite imam. The Fatimids were acknowledged as the rightful imams by different Isma’ili communities, but also in many other Muslim lands, including Persia and the…