While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he paused, and said “I’m working on that.”
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In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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There are more than 270 people cryogenically frozen in the hope that one day the technology will exist that can revive them and extend their lives.
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A singing birthday card has more computing power than the allied forces in 1945.
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