Technology Facts

    Random Technology Facts

    There are 58 Technology Facts!

    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
    -5
    It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
    20
    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
    46
    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
    33
    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
    184
    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
    There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
    10
    The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
    7