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Bridgestone – Shojiro Ishibashi; the name comes from a calque translation and transposition of "ishibashi," meaning "stone bridge" Briggs & Stratton – Stephen Foster Briggs and Harold M. Stratton; Britek Motorsport – Jason Bright; Brooke Bond – Arthur Brooke; Brooks Locomotive Works – founded by Horatio G. Brooks
See also B Bebot, Mother of Kenneth John – Bebot Báb, Persian religious leader – Bábism Charles Babbage, British mathematician and inventor – Babbage engine, Babbage Isaac Babbitt, American inventor – Babbitt metal Joseph Babinski, French neurologist – Babinski's sign, Anton–Babinski syndrome, Babinski–Fröhlich syndrome, Babinski–Froment syndrome, Babinski–Nageotte ...
Derived from the name of the inventor, László Bíró. [65] Bobcat Skid-steer loader: Bobcat Company: This usage is especially common in Australia. The Clark Equipment Company has successfully defended the trademark against dilution and genericization at least in two cases relating to domain names with the World Intellectual Property ...
Medi-Cal, California's name for their Medicaid program, from medical and California; Medicaid, from medicine/medical and aid; Medicare, from medicine/medical and care; Netflix, from internet and flicks (slang for movie) Nikon, from Nippon Kōgaku and Ikon; Pinterest, from pin and interest; Poo-Pourri, from poo and potpourri
A character based on founder's four-year-old granddaughter. Lani Moo: Meadow Gold Dairies of Hawaii: 1949–present: name was selected in a contest sponsored by its predecessor Dairymen's Association Poglodyte: 1971–present: mascot for Meadow Gold Hawaii's POG drinks Meow Mix Cat: Meow Mix cat food: 1972–present: singing cat Merrill the ...
Agent Six from Generator Rex; Agent Smith of The Matrix (franchise) Agent Vinod, from the 1977 and 2012 Indian spy films of the same name; Alec Leamas, in the 1965 film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; Alexander Scott, from the TV series I Spy; Allen Gamble and Terry Hoitz, from the movie The Other Guys; Amos Burke, from TV series Burke's Law
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The word robot comes from Karel Čapek's play, R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), written in 1920 in Czech and first performed in 1921. Performed in New York 1922 and an English edition published in 1923. In the play, the word refers to artificially created life forms. [1] Named robots in the play are Marius, Sulla, Radius, Primus, Helena, and ...