Technology

Remarkable facts about computers, engineering, AI, inventions, and the people who built them.

Technology The Sega Corporation was Originally Called Service Games. They Focused on Coin-Operated Game Machines for Service Members and Moved to Japan After the US Government Outlawed Slot Machines in 1952. October 28, 2022
Technology Teflon was First Used for Nuclear Bombs. The Anti-Stick Coating was Used to Coat Valves and Pipes in the Separation of Uranium which Corroded Materials. Teflon was Only Used in Cookware After World War II. October 27, 2022
Technology Freenet is the World’s First Darknet and is Often Cited as the Beginning of the “Dark Web.” This was Originally a Thesis by a Student from Edinburgh University. October 24, 2022
Technology School Backpacks were First Used at the University of Washington in 1972. Jansport, a Seattle-Based Company, modified the Existing Backpacks for Day Hikers. October 18, 2022
Technology Trains Have Sandboxes Which Dispense Sand Immediately in Front of the Drive Wheels to Give the Train Traction on Steep or Slippery Rails. October 16, 2022
Technology Pixar Renders its Animated Films with One of the Top 25 Supercomputers in the World. Even with All That Power, It Took Them 2 Years of Processing to Render Every Frame of Monsters University. October 13, 2022
Technology Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was Prone to Exploding that the Company Released and Update to Brick Any Unreturned Devices. October 6, 2022
Technology The Python Programming Language Got Its Name from Monty Python and Not a Snake. October 2, 2022
Technology Microsoft Held a Mock Funeral for the iPhone because They Thought That the Windows Phone was Going to Smash Apple Sales. October 2, 2022
Technology The Packaging Color for Air-Dropped Humanitarian Rations was Changed from Yellow to Salmon Since Yellow was the Same Color as Air-Dropped Cluster Bombs. September 30, 2022
Technology TLC, or The Learning Channel, was Originally Founded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA to Transmit Educational Lessons to Children. September 27, 2022
Technology The Design of a Skyscraper in London was Melting Cars and Setting Buildings on Fire Because of its Curvilinear Shape and Reflective Glass. September 5, 2022
Technology The Code for the Snow Animation Used in the Film “Frozen” was Utilized to Help Solve a Cold Case from Eastern Europe in 1959. August 28, 2022
Technology General Motors Uses Byproducts from Their Cars to Make Artificial Stalactites for Bats August 12, 2022
Technology London’s Underground Tube Locks in Heat Generated by the Railway and Has Gradually Been Increasing in Temperature, Most of the Heat Comes from Trains Braking August 8, 2022
Technology The Rolls-Royce Ghost’s Soundproofing was Overengineered That the Total Silence was Disorienting the Occupants of the Vehicle July 19, 2022
Technology Mazda Had to Issue Two Recalls for the Mazda 6 Because Spiders Could Cause the Vehicles to Catch on Fire July 15, 2022
Technology How Long Did it Take Anthony Burgess to Write "A Clockwork Orange"? July 6, 2022
Technology What Did Peter Ostrum Do After Filming "Willie Wonka and the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"? July 6, 2022
Technology Yakuza Bosses in Japan Struggle to Upgrade Their Phones. They are Not Allowed to Buy Smartphones and are Forced to Use Old 3G Flip Phones. June 26, 2022