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The US Military still uses…

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019Weirdo

The US Military still uses 8 inch floppy disks on outdated IBM computers to run the nuclear missile systems. It’s because they are incredibly hard to hack. The computers are essentially air-gapped and the old IBM computers are reliable. They could run for another 40 years with spare parts.

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In 1936 August Dvorak invented…

August 26, 2019Weirdo

In 1936 August Dvorak invented a ‘perfect keyboard’ which is way more efficient than regular keyboards as it requires less finger motion and reduces errors compared to the standard QWERTY keyboard arrangement.

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The US military was already…

August 14, 2019Weirdo

The US military was already using UAV drone technology in WWII. The primary manufacturer at that time, Radioplane Company, had a drone assembler named Norma Jeane Dougherty, who eventually changed her name to Marilyn Monroe.

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Bluetooth technology is named….

May 5, 2019Weirdo
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Bluetooth technology is named after Harald Bluetooth, the 10th-century king of Denmark who united various Danish tribes into a single kingdom. The symbol is a combination of the runes representing his initials.

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In 2002, Fujitsu made a device…

April 20, 2019Weirdo

In 2002, Fujitsu made a device called the “iPad,” and Apple had to pay over $4 million to Fujitsu to buy the trademark rights. A Brazilian electronics company is legally allowed to call their phone ‘iPhone’ because they trademarked the word in 2000, 7 years prior to Apple’s iPhone. The phone runs on Android.

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Japan is making all of its….

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019Weirdo

Japan is making all of its medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics out of discarded electronics.

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Wifi Stone

April 8, 2019Weirdo

Berlin-based media artist Aram Bartholl created a rather curious work: a 1.5-ton rock that doubles as a WiFi router and is powered by fire.

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As part of its ‘Toilet Revolution’…

March 14, 2019Weirdo

As part of its ‘Toilet Revolution’, a campaign to improve sanitary conditions across the country, China has been installing dispensers with facial recognition technology in order to fight the stealing and overuse of toilet paper.

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Farmers in New Zealand…

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019Weirdo

Farmers in New Zealand are using barking drones to herd sheep.

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In 1982 Xerox management watched…

January 28, 2019Weirdo

In 1982 Xerox management watched a film of people struggling to use their new copier and laughed that they must have been grabbed off a loading dock. The people struggling were Ron Kaplan, a computational linguist, and Allen Newell, a founding father of artificial intelligence.

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