March 24, 2009 was the first Ada Lovelace Day -  a day to recognize and celebrate women in technology. Ada Lovelace was a nobelwoman in England in December 1815, and “wrote the world’s first computer programmes for the Analytical Engine, a general-purpose machine that Charles Babbage had invented.” Tech bloggers all over the world celebrated [...]

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Today in History – February 21, 1994 -  Whirlpool begins production of refrigerators without freon. In the 1930s, refrigerators began to use freon as a refrigerant. However, the use of freon became an environmental concern once it was identified as a ozone-depleting chemical. Fortunately, household appliance manufacturers have since switched to a different refrigerant, HFC-134a, [...]

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March 24, 2009 was the first Ada Lovelace Day -  a day to recognize and celebrate women in technology. Ada Lovelace was a nobelwoman in England in December 1815, and “wrote the world’s first computer programmes for the Analytical Engine, a general-purpose machine that Charles Babbage had invented.” Tech bloggers all over the world celebrated [...]

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Today in History – February 21, 1994 -  Whirlpool begins production of refrigerators without freon. In the 1930s, refrigerators began to use freon as a refrigerant. However, the use of freon became an environmental concern once it was identified as a ozone-depleting chemical. Fortunately, household appliance manufacturers have since switched to a different refrigerant, HFC-134a, [...]

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Today in History – February 21, 1994 -  Whirlpool begins production of refrigerators without freon. In the 1930s, refrigerators began to use freon as a refrigerant. However, the use of freon became an environmental concern once it was identified as a ozone-depleting chemical. Fortunately, household appliance manufacturers have since switched to a different refrigerant, HFC-134a, [...]

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