Thomas Edison invented an electric pen in 1876 that was later adapted to become the first tattoo machine in 1891.
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Kelley Blue Book data revealed that the average price paid for a new electric vehicle (EV) in November 2023 was $52,345. Industry experts state that EV price parity is approaching as EV transaction prices in November 2023 were only 8.5% higher than the industry average price of $48,247.
A one-armed player scored the winning goal in the first World Cup. Héctor Castro, who accidentally cut off his right forearm while using an electric saw as a teenager, played on the Uruguay soccer team during the first-ever World Cup in 1930. In the last game between Uruguay and Argentina, Castro scored the winning goal in the last minute of the game. The final score was 4–2, making Uruguay the first country to win the World Cup title.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist. In more shocking fun facts (perhaps literally): Alfred Southwick was a dentist who conceptualized electrical execution when he heard of an intoxicated man who died from touching a live electric generator. Realizing the man’s quick death, Southwick concluded that electricity could be an alternative to hanging for executions. However, he first intended for electrocution to euthanize stray dogs.
A dentist invented the electric chair. In 1881 a dentist witnessed a man quickly die in a chair after touching an electric generator. After this experience, he soon realized that using electricity could be a more humane way of execution.
Brain waves can be used to power an electric train.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Southwick. A steam-boat engineer, inventor and dentist from Buffalo, New York was credited for inventing the electric chair as a method of legal execution.
The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Alfred Porter Southwick was a dentist and steamboat engineer who is credited with inventing the electric chair as a method of legal execution.
The First Television Station. General Electric broadcast the first television station from a building in Schenectady, NY. Viewers watched W2XB, better known as WGY Television, in amazement. During each broadcast, various forms of content were played over the airwaves. The televisions and television stations of 1928 looked and worked quite differently than they do nowadays.
Electric Vehicle (EV) Statistics: Sales Keep Climbing. 2021 Electric vehicle sales showed a 26% sales surge over 2020. If prognostications are accurate, global EV sales will exceed 6.4 million worldwide. In China, 12% of all sales are EVs. Europe and the UK are selling electric and plug-in vehicles at a rate that is eight times higher than in previous years, led by these brands: Tesla, Volkswagen, and General Motors. As the U.S. government addresses issues related to infrastructure, zero-emission laws and fuel economy, the U.S. goal of 50% of all car sales in the EV category by 2030 seems attainable.
A city for cars? LA is so sprawling thanks to trains, not cars. A century ago it was served by the largest electric railway ever built: the ‘Red Car’ system.
Stalin’s eldest son died in a German concentration camp. Stalin’s son, Yakov Dzhugashvili, was raised by an aunt and didn’t meet his father until he was 14. During the war, Yakov fought as a Russian soldier and was captured by the Nazis. After he was revealed to be Stalin’s son, the Nazis attempted to use Yakov as leverage, but Stalin refused to negotiate, stating: ‘You have in your hands not only my son Yakov but millions of my sons. Either you free them all or my son will share their fate.’ Yakov died at Sachsenhausen concentration camp while attempting to climb the camp’s electric fence.
Only 8% of the world’s currency is in cash: The vast majority of the world’s currency exists in electronic form. Economists estimate that coins and banknotes make up just 8% of the world’s currency. The rest sits on a computer hard drive in electric bank accounts all over the world. Because of the worldwide acceptance of the Internet and online payments, people are making and spending money without actually touching it.
A lot of sci-fi literature and films have led to real tech discoveries – like the AI-infused replicants in Blade Runner, which are originally based on the androids in Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
A startup called Outrider uses electric AI-based yard trucks to create fully automated yard operations that are repetitive and even sometimes dangerous for humans.