When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. 5G - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5G

    Wireless network technologies. In telecommunications, 5G is the fifth-generation technology standard for cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019, and is the successor to 4G technology that provides connectivity to most current mobile phones. Like its predecessors, 5G networks are cellular networks, in ...

  3. Goal-line technology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal-line_technology

    In association football, goal-line technology (sometimes referred to as a Goal Decision System) [1] is the use of electronic aid to determine if a goal has been scored or not. In detail, it is a method used to determine when the ball has completely crossed the goal line in between the goal-posts and underneath the crossbar with the assistance ...

  4. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_phones

    Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile phones than wired devices. [1] The history of mobile phones covers mobile communication devices that connect wirelessly to the ...

  5. List of English inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_inventions...

    1701: Seed drill improved by Jethro Tull (1674–1741). 18th century: of the horse-drawn hoe and scarifier by Jethro Tull [2][3][4] 1780s: Selective breeding and artificial selection pioneered by Robert Bakewell (1725–1795). [5] 1842: Superphosphate or chemical fertilizer developed by John Bennet Lawes (1814–1900).

  6. Arthur Wynne - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wynne

    Arthur Wynne was born on June 22, 1871, in Liverpool, England, and lived on Edge Lane for a time. His father was the editor of the local newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury. [1] He emigrated to the United States on June 6, 1891, at the age of 19, [2] settling for a time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [dead link][3]

  7. History of telecommunication - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_telecommunication

    The history of telecommunication began with the use of smoke signals and drums in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In the 1790s, the first fixed semaphore systems emerged in Europe. However, it was not until the 1830s that electrical telecommunication systems started to appear. This article details the history of telecommunication and the ...

  8. List of British innovations and discoveries - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British...

    Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the United Kingdom.

  9. Internet of things - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things

    The bill requires "a manufacturer of a connected device, as those terms are defined, to equip the device with a reasonable security feature or features that are appropriate to the nature and function of the device, appropriate to the information it may collect, contain, or transmit, and designed to protect the device and any information ...