Using a hands-free device to talk on the phone while driving is shown to be equally or more dangerous than driving drunk.
100 Mind-Blowing Device Facts
Computer mouse speed is measured in “Mickeys.” The roller-ball device was first invented by a British scientist in 1946 while working for the Royal Navy. However, the word “mouse” was not coined until 1965.
Milk wagons are the reason why we have roadway lines. These lines were devised by a man who saw dots of milk spilling out from a moving milk wagon. These lines are considered to be the most important traffic safety device.
A mouse trap built 155 years ago caught a mouse in 2016. One of the earliest concepts for mousetraps managed to capture a wild rodent in 2016. Its inventor, Colin Pullinger claimed that his device would last a lifetime.
The British Queen’s handbag is a communication device. The Queen uses her bag to relay secret and silent messages to her staff.
A 155-year-old mouse trap successfully caught a mouse in 2016. In the mid-1800s, inventor Colin Pullinger revealed his “perpetual mousetrap,” claiming that it would last a lifetime. Over a century later, his claim was proven true. In 2016, the 155-year-old device was on display at England’s Museum of English Rural Life when it caught a mouse that snuck into it.
The remote control was invented earlier than the television. 30 years before the first digital television, Nikola Tesla invented a “teleautomaton” that could control certain devices at a distance through radio waves. His first remote-controlled device was a remote-controlled boat in 1898. Since then, people adapted the wired remote for television. However, due to injuries, they developed it further to be a wireless remote.
In 1884, William Henry Fruen invented the Automatic Liquid-Drawing Device” or the first vending machine.
First cellular/mobile phone ever. Motorola released the world’s first mobile phone, the DynaTAC 8000x, in 1983. This portable phone cost $3,995 upon release and offered 30 minutes of talk time. Charging the device required 10 hours, and it could only store 30 phone numbers in memory. Unsurprisingly, few people purchased the device, but it marked a breakthrough in mobile technology. Nowadays, cell phones and smartphones (no matter how cheap or expensive they are) are indispensable gadgets in people’s lives.
Amazon Alexa stores your conversations with the device. By now, millions of households feature an Amazon Echo device or other Amazon smart devices based on Alexa. These smart assistants provide convenience and functionality in countless ways. Not everyone realizes these devices store conversations with the device in the cloud, though. After each interaction, Amazon stores these conversations in the cloud indefinitely. An Echo device doesn’t record every conversation in the Ether. Each Echo relies on a wake word, like “Alexa”, to start recording conversations. Only the commands spoken to the device are stored by Amazon and are used purely to make the AI better. Users can and should delete these conversations in their device settings from time to time. Doing so provides added security and protection from data hackers.
The first cell phone call. The first mobile phone call took place on April 3, 1973. Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher, placed the call on a prototype device. After dialling the phone number, his device connected to a base station, which then connected to the landline system of AT&T. Cooper called his biggest rival at AT&T, Joel Engel. Cooper kept the conversation both brief and modest. He simply told Engel he had made the call from a bona fide mobile phone. From there, Cooper helped Motorola and other companies usher in the age of the mobile phone a few years later.
Over 1 billion Active iPhones in the World. Around 1.65 billion Apple brand devices are currently in use, says CEO Tim Cook. How does the company determine this number? Folks only need to use their Apple-branded device once within 90 days and the activity is added to the total. Having recently set both revenue and product sales records – with iPhones leading the way – further proof of this company’s record-setting numbers is measured by the number of “upgraders” also counted. Contributing to these statistics are FaceTime calls driven by the pandemic. It’s anyone’s guess whether chip shortages or supply chain issues will impact Apple sales in 2022.
The Halifax Gibbet. The Halifax Gibbet was a Yorkshire invention and was essentially a large axe attached to a wooden block, 200 years ahead of the guillotine’s adoption in Revolutionary France. The town of Halifax adopted it to punish even lowly crimes like petty theft, and it remained in use until the mid-17th century. It inspired another device – the maiden – first used in Scotland during Mary Queen of Scots‘ reign.
Only About 50% of Smartphones in the United States are Secure by an Antivirus. A study from BitDefender showed that only 50% of mobile device owners in the US safeguard their phones using antivirus apps.
RiskTool is the Most Popular Mobile Malware, Responsible for More Than 54.06% of all Infected Gadgets. Though it’s not entirely malicious, it’s worth noting that RiskTool makes your mobile device vulnerable to breaches. It accounts for 54.06% of all infected machines, followed by Trojan-Dropper in 17.21% of infected gadgets.
Linux is everywhere, ranging from servers to routers. Whether it is a device for personal or enterprise usage, chances are it can run Linux or already runs on it.
Linux Powers a Multitude of Devices: Nowadays, Linux runs on almost anything: servers, desktops, smartphones, smart watches, etc. Almost every hand-held device has a Linux kernel at the core of its operating system. Linux’s open-source nature allows developers to customise it for different devices and software needs, making it a widely used operating system in the world.