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In the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, a bolas is featured as a weapon made by the Q Branch. In the How To Train Your Dragon film franchise, bolas are semi-frequently used as a dragon hunting weapon, to bind the wings and prevent flight. In Escape from L.A., bolas are used to knock Snake Plissken off the top of a vehicle during the “parade”.
Hyatt's celluloid ball patent (1871). Early balls were made of various materials, including wood and clay (the latter remaining in use well into the 20th century). Although affordable ox-bone balls were in common use in Europe, elephant ivory was favored since at least 1627 until the early 20th century; [1]: 17 the earliest known written reference to ivory billiard balls is in the 1588 ...
In 19th-century France, boules were typically made of a very hard wood, boxwood root. In the mid-19th century, techniques were developed for the mass production of iron nails. Following this technological improvement, boxwood balls studded with nails (boules cloutées) were introduced in an effort to improve the durability of the balls.
2004: First podcast, invented by Adam Curry and Dave Winer, is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet and it usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. [544] [545] [546] 2005: YouTube, the first popular video-streaming site, was founded
They were patented in 1917. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] An early example can be seen in the nightclub sequence of Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt , a German silent film from 1927. From the 1960s to the 1980s, these devices were a standard piece of equipment in discothèques, and by the turn of the millennium, the name "disco ball" had grown quite popular.
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1935: First regular scheduled TV broadcasts in Germany by the TV Station Paul Nipkow. The final transmissions of John Logie Baird's 30-line television system are broadcast by the BBC. First TV broadcasts in France on February 13 on Paris PTT Vision. 1936: The 1936 Summer Olympics becomes the first Olympic Games to be broadcast on television.
Balls made from hard-wearing materials are used in engineering applications to provide very low friction bearings, known as ball bearings. Black-powder weapons use stone and metal balls as projectiles. Although many types of balls are today made from rubber, this form was unknown outside the Americas until after the voyages of Columbus.