The Lighter Side:
Trivial Tech Notes –
Did You Know?

 

• The technology contained in a single Game Boy unit in 2000 exceeded all the computer power that was used to put the first man on the moon in 1969.
• Hackers in 1999 discovered a flaw that allowed logging in to any Hotmail account with the password “eh.”
• A man patented something eerily similar to an iPod in 1979!
• The power source for NASA’s Curiosity rover barely outputs enough energy to power a ceiling fan!
• Google has bought an average of one company per week since 2010
• Smoking near Apple computers voids the warranty.
• The Recording Industry Association of America tried to outlaw MP3 players in 1998!
• MIT has built a robot that can assemble IKEA furniture on its own!
• There is a $300,000 watch that doesn’t tell time!
• Scientists are working on technology that would allow the road to charge electric cars as they drive on it!
• The Department of Defense used 1,760 PlayStation 3’s to build a supercomputer because it was the cheapest option!
• The default Windows XP desktop is a real picture of a real location with no digital enchantments. The background is called “Bliss” – a green meadow with a blue sky above it, seen above.
• All the batteries in the world could only support 10 minutes’ worth of the world’s demand for energy.