All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
2
Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
0
A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
33
A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
27
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
33
Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
144
The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
46
Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
-2