Tag Archives : History

A professor at Keio University in Japan, Adrian K. Cheok, is developing a technology that will work with electrical impulses applied directly to the brain, causing the body to experience sensations of touch and taste via electronic means such as internet and mobile. Professor Cheok is developing an augmented reality technology that uses electrical [...]

Although the Internet has gained millions of users in the last year, the concern now is for those who still do not access the network and may be excluded from being online benefits such as discounts and special services. More than 38 million British adults accessing the web, of which 30 million are connected every day. But most of senior citizens, [...]

It’s amazing how in the XXI century things that should be part of the past insisted on staying for disturbing the peace and tranquility of people’s lives. Racism is one of the worst legacies of the colonial past, where empires have arisen due to the practice of slavery, especially in the Americas. However, the settlers were Europeans, specially [...]

History is for remembering, learning lessons and celebrating rare triumphant moments. Fall of Berlin Wall was one such historic happening which people all over the globe remember and celebrate. The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has inspired many advertising campaigns. Microsoft Windows has hit the nail with its “Break Down the Walls” [...]

One of the world’s most renowned leaders and South Africa’s first black President Nelson Mandela has decided to withdraw from public engagements and appearances. Rumors and speculations about 91 year old Mandela health were put to rest after the announcement by Nelson Mandela Foundation. The statement said that icon of anti-apartheid movement was [...]

Australian anthropologist Peter McAllister states in his new book that ‘modern males are the ‘worst’ men in history.’ When it comes to physical prowess, the modern male just won’t stand up to his Neanderthal counterpart. Blame it on all the chemicals that have surreptitiously crept into modern man’s diet, as well as his relative inactivity, [...]

The Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler wanted to assassinate the Pope Pius XII in reprisal for the arrest of the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini in July 1943, informed this Tuesday, 16, the newspaper of the Italian bishops, Avvenire. In an article entitled “July 43, Hitler wanted to eliminate Pius XII,” the publication of the Conference [...]

A famine in 1930s which killed millions of Ukrainians during Stalin era finally has a true memorial at Kiev. The famine was not due to natural reasons. The villagers were brutally starved and killed by hunger by then communist regime in Soviet Union. The memorial is a stark reminder of Stalin’s dark legacy. No amount of pressure, power could bury [...]

This year the United States choose a new president, but the anxiety caused by waiting for verification of the votes will not be limited only to Americans but to the rest of the world as well. After eight years of the Bush administration, American people saw the strengthening of terrorist networks, the outbreak of two wars simultaneously, the “resurgence” [...]