Jacques Cartier was born in 1491. He died in 1557. His birthplace was Saint Malo in Brittany, France. When he grew up to be an explorer, France was the country he represented. Cartier explored from 1524 to 1542 and had three major voyages. His ship was the Grande Hermione. He had two goals: to go ...
Since Google Inc. purchased “Earth Viewer” from Keyhole in 2004, Google has transformed a piece of professional cartography software into a program that everyone and their grandmother can use, and play with until it’s four hours later and you’re still looking at where your second-cousin twice-removed’s next-door neighbor lived three decades ago. With its new ...
It sometimes seems that each day brings some new technological innovation, some science fiction fantasy come true, and that all we need to wish for is an easier or better way and someone will develop it. In looking back over the past ten years trying to determine the most significant scientific breakthroughs, I found the ...
GPS systems have proven to be effective tracking and routing tools for people in all lines of business for years. Up until recently, GPS was not a globally known name for tracking. However, with the introduction of the systems to a mass consumer market, the awareness and the availability of the system have skyrocketed. Here ...
Some people might believe paintings are the only two-dimensional artworks worth buying, but if so, they’re missing a whole wide world of other possibilities. Take, for example, antique art prints. Chances are you’ve never thought of these are being collectible, but they’re not to be confused with cheap reproductions. Savvy collectors are snapping up art ...
Having been ripped off at the trading post in my newbie days at Neopets, I learned the hard way about dishonest people, scamming, inflated prices and ‘product enhancement’. What’s that? Well, Neopets has a rarity scale that they use to gauge the worth of items but you can never trust that to be accurate. Things ...
Just as imaginary numbers are complex number, there beginnings are also complex. Although Italian Renaissance mathematician Gerolamo Cardano is credited with the first acknowledgement of the existence of imaginary numbers in his book Ars Magna published in 1545, the topic is somewhat controversial. Niccolo Fontana Tartaglia communicated some of the information in Cardano’s book which ...