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Bluetooth Technology- Past, Present, And Future

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Bluetooth Technology- Past, Present, and Future
History
Bluetooth technology was the creation of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. This groups was founded by five major corporations from different countries to develop communication system that could be used world-wide. Ericsson, Nokia, IBM, Intel, and Toshiba, founded the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) in February of 1998. (Morrow, 2002) Microsoft, 3Com, Lucent, and Motorola later joined the group in December 1999. Now the group of nine members is called SIG Promoters. There are no plan as of now to add any other member to the group. (Morrow, 2002)
Bluetooth is named after the 10th century Viking king Harald Blatand, who conquered all of Denmark and Norway and converted the Danes to Christianity. (Aardsma, 2001) The king was known for his desire to snack on blueberries and his ability to unite the warring factions that is now known as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. (Newstex, 2012) The idea that the blueberries caused his teeth to turn blue is not confirmed. But his ability to unite different people groups inspired the SIG to use the name “Bluetooth.”

Development
Low cost communication technology that uses little power was the reason Bluetooth was developed. Developers wanted to be able to connect devices from different manufactures and with different purposes, such as computers from Apple and mice from Microsoft. At low cost and a secure connection. (Newstex, 2012) The design was to remove cables so that virtually

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