Public toilets in Japan are fitted with smart glass. The glass remains transparent until the doors are locked and then they turn opaque.
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Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone on Valentine’s day. It was on this romantic holiday that Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for his revolutionary invention – the telephone. @googlefactss #technology #nowyouknow #valentines
In 2019, 25-year old Kenyan engineer Roy Allela found the ultimate solution to bridging the communication barrier between deaf & hearing people with his invention of 'Smart Gloves'. The gloves auto-translate sign language into speech.
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The Schienenzeppelin, this is a train powered by a rear-mounted propeller similar to a helicopter, capable of reaching 140 km/h (87 mph). Designed in 1930s Germany, it was intended to be a futuristic mode of transportation but never entered service due to technical issues and WWII
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Schienenzeppelin
experimental railcar which resembled a zeppelin airship in appearance
Nintendo was founded in 1889 as Nintendo Karuta by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade Hanafuda playing cards.
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While typing on your mobile phone you can slide on the space bar to move the cursor.
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Google's secret keyboard feature lets you easily move the cursor
Finally, an easy way to control the cursor on iPhone or Android.
Antenna direction on wifi routers are counterintuitive. Pointing upright sends the signal horizontally, pointing sideways sends the signal up and down.
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The first recorded hack occurred in 1903. While Guglielmo Marconi was publicly demonstrating his new "secure" wireless telegraph, rival inventor Nevil Maskelyne managed to broadcast rude poems to the receiver, accusing Marconi of "diddling the public".
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Throwback Attack: The Marconi wireless hack of 1903 - Industrial Cybersecurity Pulse
Guglielmo Marconi didn’t even make it through the first demonstration of wireless technology before it was hacked.
The County of Los Angeles in California asked for computer manufacturers to stop using "master" and "slave" terminology because it was politically incorrect.
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Master–slave (technology)
model of communication where one device or process has unidirectional control over one or more other devices
Samsung means “three stars” in Korean. This was chosen by the founder because he wanted the company to be powerful and everlasting, like stars in the sky.
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Nokia was originally founded in 1865 as a paper printing company.
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Nokia: How a Finnish paper mill grew into a world-renowned company
Read about Nokia's interesting history, from early years of rapid growth to financial struggles in a very competitive and developing industry.
Walmart has it’s own private satellite 📡 communications network, and it’s the largest privately owned satellite network in the world.
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Yahoo was originally called "Jerry's guide to the world wide web"
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MASSIVE is a software package used to generate thousands of actors with their own Artificial Intelligence. It was used to generate the battle scenes in the Lord of the Rings films.
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'Brainfuck' is a completely capable programming language that is so minimalistic, it is amusingly difficult to use.
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Brainfuck
esoteric, minimalist programming language
There is a programming language called INTERCAL which has keywords like IGNORE, PLEASE, FORGET. If you don’t use PLEASE enough times while coding, compiler rejects the code.
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Gmail first launched on April 1st, 2004. It was widely assumed the service was an April Fools Day joke.
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