EOTO Peer Invention

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One of my peers did their EOTO Presentation about the invention of Bluetooth, and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to hear all about it. In the next few paragraphs, I will be talking about the history of the invention, how it came to be, and where it stands today.

Bluetooth was developed in the year 1996, so it has only been around for a few decades. It was created by Dutch inventor Dr. Jaap Haartsen, but it was named after Herald Bluetooth, who was a viking and was the king of Denmark for 28 years. He had a decaying tooth that was so black, it looked blue, which is why he was called Bluetooth. 

Many people are very familiar with the Bluetooth symbol, which is a white colored B looking shape on a blue oval background. But the symbol actually comes from the Nordic alphabet, and is a combination of the Nordic letter H and the Nordic letter B both combined together into one. Since Herald Bluetooth's initials were HB, that is how those two Nordic letters were chosen to be the Bluetooth symbol.

In today's world, Bluetooth is in a numerous amount of things we use every single day. However, the most common use is for music. Many people, especially teenagers, enjoy using Bluetooth to listen to music with their AirPods and/or Bluetooth headphones. However, there is a very large concern about Bluetooth and the radiation it emits, which many health experts believe can lead to serious health issues. However, no final conclusion has been reached about its effects. 

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