Sitting at my computer the other day the question, "Why bluetooth?" popped into my mind. A quick rummage on the internet provided the following answer. In 1996 Intel, Eriksson and Nokia were deciding a name for a new short range wireless link to connect PCs with cellular devices. The Scandinavian involvement in the discussion resulted in the proposal of bluetooth, a name borrowed from King Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson. His nickname derived from a dead tooth that was blue/grey in colour. Moreover, the king was responsible for uniting or linking Denmark and Norway in the year 958. The symbol for bluetooth was arrived at by combining the runic letters H and B. Interesting! The macro photograph shows the bluetooth symbol on a speaker on my desk.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
