Interesting Technology Facts - Part 1
Interesting facts are found almost everywhere. The field of technology is no different. There are lots of interesting things in technology world. Here is a collection of some of the most interesting facts related to technology. I hope you'll like these interesting facts in technology.
1. Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
2. The technology contained in a single game boy unit in 2000 exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
3. Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
4. Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
5. To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
6. Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
7. There are only 14 blimps in the world.
8. The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
9. The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
10. The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
