Samsung tests phone durability with a butt robot. People tend to store their devices in their back pockets, which is why Samsung created a robotic butt to test phone durability.
100 Mind-Blowing Devices Facts
“Bluetooth” was named after a king. Bluetooth technology was named after King Harald Bluetooth Gormsson. The traditional explanation for his moniker is that Harald had a bad tooth that looked “blue.” In the 10th century, Bluetooth united Denmark and Norway – much like how wireless Bluetooth now joins different devices.
The biggest video game collection has a library of over 20,000 games. Antonio Monteiro of Texas holds the Guinness World Record for the largest video game collection at 20,139 video games. The collection features games from the 2nd to 8th generation consoles and over 100 devices to play them on. One of the most hardcore video game facts: It took Guinness 8 days to finish counting them all!
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 the 1960s, the CIA tried to spy on the Kremlin and Russian embassies by turning cats into listening devices. The program, called Acoustic Kitty, involved surgically implanting batteries, microphones and antennae inside cats.
Some Android versions were named after desserts since Android devices make people’s lives sweeter.
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.
Each year, Americans dump cell phones containing worth over $60 million in gold and silver. E-waste comprises 2% of the waste in America’s landfills. Shockingly, 70% of all toxic waste is comprised of e-waste. Americans throw away 14 million mobile devices each year. Few people realize these devices contain precious metals like gold and silver. On an annual basis, Americans toss $60 million in gold and silver straight into the trash.
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 majority of people plug in their USB wrong. 86% of people try to plug in their USB devices upside down. That makes me feel a lot better about getting it wrong every time!
Millions of tons of technology are thrown out each year. Specifically, 220 million tons of old computers, along with other devices, are thrown away every year in the U.S. alone.
Statisa show there will be 18.22 billion mobile devices in use by 2025.
Wearable technology is expected to grow to global shipments of 489.1 million devices by 2023.
IoT Analytics projects that 2023 will see a growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices of 18% to 14.4 billion, and by 2025 this could increase to 27 billion connected IoT devices.
Statista predicts there will be 30.9 billion IoT devices by 2025.
IoT Gadgets are Becoming More Prone to Cyberattacks. According to a report from SonicWall, while the number of ransomware continually decreases each year, the number of IoT devices being exploited by cyberpunks keeps increasing.
89% of Desktop Users Use Antivirus, in Contrast to 70% of Laptop Users Who Use Antivirus. Interestingly, more desktop users have installed antivirus software programs on their platforms than laptop users. According to Statista, nearly 90% of desktop users have antivirus software on their devices, while 80% of laptop users have antivirus.
The Average Expense of Antivirus Software Programs Per Individual Each Year is $40.60. For various reasons, the average antivirus owner spends between $30 to $100 yearly on their subscription. Some of these include the number of connected devices, the type of antivirus provider, and the subscription length.
About 1.3 Billion Smartphones have Antivirus Software Installed. With the increasing number of malware on smartphone devices, there is a growth in users’ awareness of the need for updated antivirus apps. In 2013, there were 325 million smartphones with antivirus apps installed, but that number has grown to 1.3 billion smartphones with antivirus apps.
According to Avast Antivirus Statistics, 55% of Computer Antivirus Software Globally is Outdated. While many would like to claim to have installed a functional antivirus program on their devices, reports show that many individuals are still prone to attacks. Recent research by Avast showed that many users still have outdated software running on their computers.
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.
Over a billion devices are running Ubuntu, claims Canonical.
More than 1 Billion devices are currently running on Ubuntu.
30 per cent of known zero-day vulnerabilities targeted mobile devices in 2021. (Purplesec)
Global Operations: The NSA conducts operations worldwide, including the insertion of eavesdropping devices in high-value targets like presidential palaces and embassies. These operations provide critical intelligence.
Special Collection Service (SCS): The SCS is a highly classified intelligence team that inserts eavesdropping devices in strategic locations. This team operates in some of the most challenging environments.
Eavesdropping Devices: The NSA, alongside the CIA, inserts eavesdropping devices in high-value targets such as presidential palaces and embassies through the Special Collection Service (SCS).
AI-enabled devices are everywhere. Nearly 77 per cent of devices today use AI technology in one form or another.
A Lot of People Are Unaware That They Use AI Platforms: One of the strange Artificial Intelligence facts is that only 34% of consumers realize that they are directly experiencing AI, according to a study published by Pegasystems Inc. However, when surveyed about the technologies they use, it was found that 84% use one or more AI-powered devices or services.
Voice-Search Feature Is Gaining Widespread Popularity: AI-powered voice-search features on smartphones, smart speakers, and other voice-enabled gadgets are becoming increasingly mainstream, thanks to technological advancements in the field of speech recognition. Current Artificial Intelligence stats point out that 41 per cent of people who use smart devices utilise the voice-search feature as often as once a day.
In the 1970s, the capabilities of AI were limited because of limited computational power, but with the decreasing size of transistors and increase in the computational power of devices, it has become possible to create machine and deep learning algorithms capable of voice recognition, self-driving cars, and MUCH more.