RFID: The tech you’ve never heard of – but use every day
Fire
Cassava
Solar PV
Chatbot
Oil
Interchangeable parts
Canned food
Interface Message Processor
Prohibition
Bonsack machine
GPS
Vickrey turnstile
Glasses
Wedgwood
SWIFT
Fundraising appeal
Stock option
Hollerith punch card
Sewing machine
Santa
Retirement
CCTV
Fast food franchise
Wardian case
Sanitary towel
Tulips
Dams
Auctions
Chess algorithms
27 July 2019
10 minutes
Available for over a year
In the mid-19th Century, a man named Rowland Hill got fed up with how Britain's postal service worked, and decided to come up with a new system of his own. It would go on to change the world.
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