by funfactfeed_admin | Dec 2, 2024 | Tech Facts
When we think of computers, our minds usually jump to the 20th century, but the concept of computing dates back more than 2,000 years! Discovered in 1901 off the coast of Greece, the Antikythera Mechanism is a mind-blowing ancient invention that’s often called the...
by funfactfeed_admin | Nov 25, 2024 | Tech Facts
The concept of artificial intelligence (AI) emerged in the 1950s, with early pioneers envisioning a future where machines could simulate human thought. One of the first AI programs was developed by Christopher Strachey, who wrote a checkers-playing program on the...
by funfactfeed_admin | Nov 23, 2024 | Tech Facts
The term “robot” was first popularized by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), where it was derived from the Czech word “robota,” meaning forced labor or drudgery. In Čapek’s play, robots were initially created as artificial...
by funfactfeed_admin | Nov 19, 2024 | Tech Facts
The concept of virtual reality (VR) began taking shape in the 1960s with the creation of the “Sensorama,” a groundbreaking invention by filmmaker Morton Heilig. Developed in 1962, the Sensorama was a machine designed to immerse users in short films by...
by funfactfeed_admin | Nov 15, 2024 | Tech Facts
Electric cars actually date back to the 19th century, and by the early 1900s, they comprised about a third of all vehicles on American roads. The first practical electric vehicle emerged in the 1830s, developed as a battery-powered carriage, and by the late 1800s,...
by funfactfeed_admin | Nov 13, 2024 | Tech Facts
The first human-made object to reach space was the V-2 rocket, launched by Germany in 1944, marking a pivotal moment in rocketry. However, it was the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957, that truly signaled the beginning of the Space Age. Sputnik 1,...
