Nowadays, high-tech gadgets have become an integral part of our life. From sleeping to waking up, kitchen to the restroom, home to office, we’re surrounded by high-end technologies, crafting our future. Technology is evolving rapidly and so are our lives. However, we failed to notice these changes, because it transforms rapidly. And, technology is, of course, beyond your smartphone, kitchen appliances and whatever you’ve observed yet. It’s way bigger than you could’ve imagined.
As technology is growing & changing every second to get us closer to the kind of future we’ve imagined, it’s a must to recognize its potentials and some surprising facts that have been unknown for years. Facts are knowing that nearly 220 million tons of computing equipment along with other devices, are dismantled and abandoned every year alone in the USA or gauge through some strict rules & regulations made for robots. With a list of 20 super amazing technology facts, we’re ready to hint you how to amaze your friends in the cocktail party by throwing any of these facts. We can bet that none of your friends may ever heard about these interesting tech facts. Scroll to check out some amazing facts below;
1) In 1999, PayPal was voted for top ten worst business ideas ever for its business model. However, it has a $17.77 billion business in 2019.
2) The first Apple logo wasn’t an apple.
Designed in 1976, it was a frame featuring Sir Isaac Newton setting hid back beneath an Apple tree, with an apple about to hit his head. There was a phrase around the border “A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone”.
3) The very first alarm clock was designed to wake up just one man and could only start beating up at 4am – when he has to get up and get ready for his work. People were so lazy that they didn’t even invent an adjustable alarm clock for another 60 years.
4) The name “Robot” itself has dark origins, ‘it comes from the Czech word’ “Robota” which means to force labor to work. It was first used in a fictional humanoid in a play in 1920.
5) If you’re a tech-Greek or use computers excessively, you’re more likely to blink, when compared to people who don’t.
6 )YouTube, Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, Instagram, Dropbox, Skype and many other software are banned in China. Though, many Chinese applications are banned across the world, including 59 Chinese apps banned in India.
7) The first ever VCR was way bigger than you would’ve guessed. Designed in 1956, the first video recorded was the size of a piano. Of course, you couldn’t think about purchasing one because the cost itself was way higher than you would’ve thought.
8) 1 Petabyte = 5,617 “Quantum Break” Games
Everyone knows that 1 GB is the same as 1024 MB, but how many you can store in one Petabyte? For example, 1 Terabyte (TB) is equivalent to 1000 Gigabytes (GB).
One Petabyte is so big that you can store nearly 1,000,000,000 MB which means 1,000,000 GB or 1,000 TB.
You can store the entire written words of mankind in a 50PB hard drive. However, it’s hard to buy.
9) There are phobias for technologies as well; “Technophobia ” refers to the fear of technology, Nomophobia refers to the fear of surviving without a smartphone, and Cyberphobia is the fear of computers.
10) Did you ever notice one common thing in HP, Google, Microsoft and Apple? Other than that they are information & technology companies, they all have started in the garage.
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11) You can save more printer ink by changing fonts. Of course, fonts are not created equal. For example “Georgia”, “EB Garamond”, “Impact”, “Nunito”, you can see that impact is way darker than other fonts which means the printer will consume more ink to print this font, when compared to EB Garamond or Nunito.
12) Nearly 92% of the world’s money is digital, which means the more money you earn, spend, transact exists only on computers and hard disks.
13) Domain name registrations were free of cost till 1995. You could hardly imagine the capabilities of the internet and the opportunities it has given to its users in the past. However, the paid system started in 1997 when a company named “Network Solution” granted the rights to charge people for domain names.
14) 5 Megabytes (MB) weighed a ton. In 1956 IBM launched “RAMAC”, the very first computer with a similar hard drive that we’re using today. It was a huge leap in storage capabilities that time, but it weighed around 2,200 pounds (5 tons) along with the cabinet. Thanks to Reynold B Johnson, who invented modern hard drives.
15) The First Camera Was Too Slow
The first photograph ever taken took nearly 9 hours to expose! However, prestigious families could only afford a photograph back in 1826 amidst the 3rd industrial revolution. Though Louis Daguree, the creator was able to reduce the time to less than 15 minutes in 1839.
16) Alexa is Spying on You. The AI-powered voice assistance is so advanced that it listens to you and stores all your conversation. According to a study of the Orwellian future, gadgets were anticipated to eavesdrop on everything from confidential conversations to your toilet flushing habits. And, Alexa is doing so.
17) There are computers that are specially designed for the members of a strict Mennonite sect founded by the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman. Without internet, videos, music and other additional features, these are just designed for Amish people.
18) The Original Xbox Sounds of Real Space Mission
It’s really surprising that the original Xbox contained very rare & original sound bites from actual transmission from Apollo Mission. You will hear the conversation of two asteroids when you leave the Xbox on the home screen.
19) According to a report, 87% of people try to plug in their USB upside down. However, I was not the only fool. It makes me feel better though.
20) Google is Widely Using as a Spellchecker. Nearly everyone, even the toppers along with 97% people type in words to check the right spelling. Of course, I’m in those 97%.
There’s a huge list of such interesting technology facts that cannot be either overlooked or contained in one place. From major innovations to silly mistakes, everything has contributed to the creation of a high-tech future. Whatever we are today is just a reflection of years old technology and it’s believed that it will improve with the interference of AI/AR/VR and other futureproof technologies.
