WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) Steve Mann: Creator of the world's first digital eyeglass
03-02-2023
(WorldKings.org) Steve Mann has been recognized as “the father of wearable computing” (IEEE ISSCC 2000) and “the father of wearable augmented reality (AR)” for his invention of “Digital Eye Glass” (EyeTap) and mediated reality (predecessor of AR).
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) MCA Bonspiel: World’s oldest annual curling bonspiel
02-02-2023
(WorldKings.org) MCA Bonspiel is the oldest curling bonspiel with the first edition taking place in 1888.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) Carcross: World's smallest desert
23-12-2022
(WorldKings.org) Carcross Desert occupies an area of about 1 square mile outside the community of Carcross in Yukon, Canada.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) Folklorama: Longest-running multicultural festival in the world
20-12-2022
(WorldKings.org) Folklorama was first held in August 1970. It is the largest and longest-running festival of its kind in the world (determined by the International Council of Organizations for Folklore Festivals and Folk Art, also known as CIOFF).
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) Messier Channel: World’s deepest non-polar fjord
10-12-2022
(WorldKings.org) Messier Channel is 1,358 m deep measured in the north part of this channel.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) North East Alberta Forest: World’s largest contiguous protected boreal forest
01-12-2022
(WorldKings.org) The conservation area is twice the size of Vancouver Island.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) Coropuna ice cap: The largest tropical glacier in the world
30-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) Coropuna Ice Cap currently has a surface area of 44 square kilometers, making it the largest tropical glacier in the world.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais: World’s largest solar-powered hospital
24-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais is a hospital in Mirebalais that was created by Partners In Health after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. It features solar power that can provide complete power on sunny days and feed power back to the grid.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) Tanco Mine: Largest pollucite mine in the world
05-11-2022
(WorldKings.org) TANCO currently has 82% of the world's known reserves of pollucite.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - America Records Institute (AMRI) El Alto (Bolivia): Highest major city in the world
27-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) While La Paz (3,600 m) is the highest capital city in the world and La Rinconada (5,000 m) is the highest permanent settlement in the world, El Alto is the highest major city in the world, up to 4,150 meters above mean sea level.
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