Bluetooth
You've probably heard the story of 10th Century Danish King, Harald Blåtand, as it relates to Bluetooth, right? He was renowned connoisseur of blueberries; at least one of this teeth was permanently stained blue; yadda yadda yadda. What you might not know is that the Bluetooth symbol is actually a combination of the two runes that represent Harald's initials.
您可能聽說過10世紀的丹麥國王Harald Blåtand的故事，因為他與Bluetooth有關，對吧？他是一位著名的藍莓鑑賞家，至少有一顆牙齒是永久染成藍色。您可能不知道的是，藍芽符號實際上是兩個北歐文字的組合，代表Harald的縮寫。
It just so happens the first Bluetooth receptor also had a "teeth-like" shape, and was-you guessed it-blue.
恰好，第一個藍芽接收器也有個牙齒形狀的外型，並且就像你想的，它是藍色的。
But the symbolic interplay doesn't end there. As the Bluetooth SIG notes, Blåtand "was instrumental in uniting warring factions in parts of what are now Norway, Sweden, and Denmark - just as Bluetooth technology is designed to allow collaboration between differing industries such as the computing, mobile phone, and automotive markets."
不過象徵性的交互作用尚未結束。如同Bluetooth SIG的註記：「Blåtand在統合現今的挪威、瑞典與丹麥等地的敵對派系起了相當大的作用，正如同藍芽技術是設計讓不同產業間能夠合作，像是電腦、行動電話與汽車產業。」
via The Secret Histories of Those @#$%ing Computer Symbols . Original art by guest artist Chuck Anderson and contributing artist Sam Spratt.
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