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Part 2: Who was Bluetooth? -Blood Axe, Greycloak and murder on the beach

Restless Times in History
Restless Times in History
Episode • Apr 3, 2023 • 13m

Amendment to the episode: Next episode will be published Freday 14th (not Wednesday 12th)

This episode: Part 2: Bluetooth rules his kingdom of Denmark even as he covets the lands of his neighbours

Bluetooth technology was named after a 10th century Danish King, Harald Bluetooth.  But who was Bluetooth, and why did his achievements in the late Viking age, lead a group of young tech inventors in the 20th century to name an innovative technology after him?

 

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