Have you ever wondered where all the tech inventions come from?
How do our devices work? or how some of the amazing things we take for granted were even possible?
Most people are aware that technology plays a vital role in modern society, but it’s hard to wrap your head around just how much we rely on it.
From smartphones to cars, the modern world is unimaginable without the inventions of centuries past.
But while we’re often in touch with the latest tech, we seldom stop to think about its origins or how it affects our lives.
That’s a mistake because the world of tech has never been more exciting or important than it is right now.
Well, check out the following facts about technology to find out how our world is truly interconnected.
The Domain Name Used To Be Free Of Cost
Back in the day, registering a domain name was free.
You’d go to a registrar’s website, enter a couple of pieces of information, and your domain would be registered and ready for use within a matter of minutes.
You could go to the “.com”, “.net”, or “.org” and register it for free with no strings attached.
And then the internet came along and ruined everything.
Back in the day, domain names were simple: They were just numbers that identified a website’s location on the Internet.
If you wanted to get your hands on one of those coveted web addresses, you had to pay up.
And even then, you had to pay up again if you wanted to point your website or online business at that address.
But starting in 2000, that all changed. Today, domain registration is a multi-billion dollar industry.
“Robot” Name Origins
The word robot was first introduced in a play by the Czech writer Karel Capek in 1914.
The word “robot” originates from the Czech word robota, which means “servitude” or “drudgery.”
In the play, based on the Greek myth of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, a race of humanoid robots warred against the humans.
The word was introduced into the English language in 1920 in the play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), written by the Czech writer Karel Capek.
In the play, which is based on the Greek myth of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, a race of humanoid robots warred against the humans.
Today, a robot is any programmable machine that performs tasks that require human intelligence, such as surgical assistants, forklifts, and military weapons.
Robots are also used in manufacturing, security, and research laboratories.
Alexa Is Constantly Listening To You
Alexa is always listening.
Amazon Alexa is a personal digital assistant that can do things like play music, provide weather and news updates, read audiobooks, and even order pizza from your favorite restaurants.
But Amazon doesn’t just keep track of what you say in the privacy of your own home
It’s also stored everything you say to the microphone on the Echo device and uses that information to improve its services and tailor future products.
Because Alexa is always listening, you never have to worry about what you say in private going beyond the scope of your conversation.
She can also respond to your questions and commands, like “Alexa, what’s the weather like today?”
The First Computer Mouse
The first computer mouse was developed in the late 1960s as a way to make computers more user-friendly.
The mouse was a two-part device.
The main body of the mouse was a wooden block with a ball on top. The ball was mounted on a “sitter
The first mouse was invented by C. Douglas Carlstrom, who was working at Sperry Univac, a company that made UNIVAC computers.
This mouse was a refinement of the original telephone dial mouse, with a single button used for clicking instead of separate buttons for moving the pointer up, down, left, or right.
Yahoo’s Actual Name Was A Mouthful
Yahoo was once a brand with a mouthful of a name.
The company was originally called Yahoo! Directory, and it started out as a listing of other people’s email and phone numbers in the book “White Pages for the Internet Age”.
The company’s first homepage was a simple web page where the company’s name, Yahoo, was typed into the browser’s search bar.
In the beginning, there was yahoo.
The word was chosen because it was short and easy to remember like the web we all know and love today.
But then, in the mid-1990s, the web went mainstream.
People started using the web for everything: for research, for shopping, for communication.
Everyone Uses Google As A Grammar Checking Tool
We all use Google to find answers, but did you ever consider that it’s also a spellchecker?
While that might not be what you’re looking for when you search the web, it’s an important tool for web developers.
It’s also a great way to save time by not having to manually correct your site’s written content.
Google understands language, and as such, will often get your language correct even if it’s not what you’re looking for.
We all use Google as a spellchecker.
We all rely on it to tell us if our writing is correct.
We all use it to find the information we need. And we all expect it to work flawlessly, right?
Sightless People Can Use Cell Phones
Cell phones are great devices.
They allow us to communicate with others and access information anywhere we go.
But what happens when you can’t use a cell phone? For the sightless, this is a serious problem.
Blind people can use cell phones, too.
Many cell phones today are accessible to the blind, but they aren’t always fully accessible.
Even when a cell phone is accessible to the blind, it may not be accessible to the deaf.
Cell phones can be made fully accessible by adding a textphone interface or American Sign Language (ASL) output.
Google’s First Tweet Was Gibberish
The Internet’s first tweet was just a bunch of gibberish.
No punctuation, no capitalization, no nothing.
It was written in all caps and had a couple of exclamation points, but that’s about it.
It was like a bunch of nails being scraped against a chalkboard.
6,000 New Computer Viruses Are Created Every Month
New computer viruses are being released faster than security companies can detect and fix them.
More than 6,000 new viruses are created and released to the public every month, and security companies are only able to test a small percentage of these.
Traditional antivirus software is no longer enough to keep your computer secure.
We need a new kind of security software that can monitor all activity on the computer, not just the files that are being actively used.
Over 90% Of The World’s Money Is Digital
The world’s currency is printed and distributed in the form of digital cash.
Currency used to be gold and silver coins.
They were used by governments and other organizations to pay for goods and services. They were very scarce.
It is very easy for people to transfer money from one place to another.
Many people feel the need to use digital currencies to help them save more money.