2023-10-10 17:46:36
In the shadow of the famous Jelling runestone, Denmark on Tuesday authorized the inventors of Bluetooth technology to use the name and symbol of the Viking king, Harald of the Blue Tooth, for the coming millennium.
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“In the spirit of goodwill and cooperation, we hereby authorize you to continue to use the name, Harald Bluetooth, for the next 1,000 years,” the Jelling Museum, which owns the stones, said in a symbolic statement. eponymous runics which tell the story of the great king and his family.
A prominent historical figure in northern Europe in the 10th century, King Harald I Blåtand – in English Harald Bluetooth – is famous for having adopted Christianity, turning his back on the cult of Odin and Thor.
The man who owes his nickname to a devitalized tooth, or according to other sources to his immoderate taste for blackberries and blueberries, is also the father of the union of Norway with Denmark, which will last year following year until in 1814.
Bluetooth, which allows electronic equipment to communicate with each other without being connected by cables, owes its name to this unifying king.
“The idea behind this new technology was that it should connect and unify. Just like Harald Bluetooth did when he unified Denmark and Norway,” explained one of the inventors of the technology, Jim Kardach, quoted in a press release.
The reference to Viking history goes beyond the name: because the Bluetooth logo corresponds to the superposition of two runes close to an “H” and a “B”, like the initials of the sovereign.
“After a quarter century of wireless wonders, we sincerely regret not having asked your permission before borrowing the name Bluetooth for our revolutionary wireless technology,” said the inventors, lamenting with a smile “a rather insolent gesture on our side”.
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