Technology Facts That You Didn't Know
Technology is an important part of the life of the whole world today, but did you know that there are some facts we could never have known about it. Just as it’s vast in its ability, technology has also some amazing things we didn’t know about.
1.The first Apple logo isn’t what you would think.
Originally, it featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting beneath a tree, with an apple about to fall on his head.
It was designed back in 1976 and featured a phrase around the border which read “Newton…A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought…alone”.
Seems kind of dark!
2 .The first ever Video Camera Recorder was the size of a piano.
When the first VCR (Video Camera Recorder) was made in 1956, it was the size of a piano.
Way bigger than I would have guessed!
3.The first alarm clock could only ring at one time.
Literally, one time! The first mechanical alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m. invented by Levi Hutchins in 1787.
It wasn’t until 1876 that a wind-up alarm clock was made that could be set for any time.
4.Computer Security Day is celebrated on November 30th.
It was started in 1988 to help raise the awareness of computer related security issues.
To celebrate Computer Security Day is easy, and important – check your privacy settings on Facebook, change your passwords to something stronger.
You can also read the latest technology facts and make sure your data stored on your phone, or in the cloud is secure.
5.The government used PlayStation 3’s… but not for gaming.
In 2010, the United States Air Force used 1,760 PlayStation 3 consoles to build a supercomputer for the Department of Defense.
They used PS3 because it was more cost efficient and “green.”
6.The first product scanned was a packet of chewing gum in 1974.
Norman Joseph Woodland invented the barcode, and received a patent in October 1952.
It wasn’t until 22 years later, when he was employed by IBM that the barcode was developed to be used for product labeling.
Known as the Universal Product Code (UPC), a system that is still used today.
7.iTunes has an unusual Terms & Conditions.
When agree to the Terms & Conditions for iTunes, you are agreeing to not use it to make nuclear weapons.
The clause states, “You also agree that you will not use these products for….the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, missile, or chemical or biological weapons.”
8.The first word to ever be auto-corrected was “teh.”
Back in the day, autocorrect wasn’t as efficient as it is now.
In order to auto-correct “teh” to “the,” you had to press the left arrow and F3
9.Smoking will void your Apple warranty.
Apple has a “smoking” ban on their computers, meaning if you smoke while using any Apple computer, the warranty becomes void.
10.Googles first tweet was gibberish.
To a normal human, Google’s first ever tweet on Twitter was nonsense!
It reads, “I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010”.
Translated from binary to English, this tweet says “I’m feeling lucky.”
11.The first cell phone call was in New York City.
In 1973, the first ever mobile phone call was made by Martin Cooper, an employee of Motorola, made from the streets of New York City.
It wasn’t until 19 years later when Neil Papworth sent the first SMS message, which brings us onto our next tech fact
12.NASA’s internet speed is 91 GB per second.
The average household internet speeds are roughly 25 MB per second.
That’s usually fast enough to watch Netflix with no buffer time
And let’s face the fact, if there’s any tech company that would actually make good use of them internet speeds, it’s NASA.
13.Mark Zuckerberg is color blind.
The founder of Facebook purposely chose a blue color scheme because he has red-green color blindness!
To him, blue is the richest and most prominent color that he can see.
14.Finding a security bug in Facebook’s code will pay off.
To be exact, Facebook pays $500 for reporting any vulnerability in their security.
Even better, $500 is just the minimum that it starts at, so you could potentially earn more
15.Every advertisement for iPhone’s have 9:41 set as the time.
This is because in 2007, Steve Jobs first announced the iPhone at that time.
The 41 minute presentation leading up to the reveal of the first iPhone was planned perfectly.
And the first photo of the iPhone showed the time 9:41, at exactly 9:41am
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