Technology Facts

    Random Technology Facts

    There are 58 Technology Facts!

    There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
    12
    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
    210
    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
    4
    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
    34
    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
    -25
    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
    73
    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
    25
    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
    56