WTF Fun Fact – Laser Tweezers
A form of lasers called ‘optical tweezers’ uses two beams of light to squeeze and manipulate objects as small as … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – Hands-Free Wheelchair
The Omeo is a wheelchair based on Segway technology which allows users to move hands-free at a max speed of … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – AOL’s CD Domination
At one point in the 1990’s, 50% of all Compact Discs production in the world was dedicated solely to creating … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – NASA Sextant And Slide Rule
On NASA’s Gemini XII flight, the computer docking system failed and Buzz Aldrin (who did his doctoral thesis at MIT … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Thomas Jennings
In 1821, an African American business owner named Thomas Jennings invented the dry cleaning process and was one of the … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Uber In London
In 2014, some 4,000 black taxi cab drivers brought parts of London to a standstill, protesting against Uber. Ironically, this … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Mankind Mostly Explores Outwards
Mankind has probed nearly 14 billion miles outward from Earth via Voyager I, but has only drilled 7.5 miles into … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – TempleOS
Terry Davis was a schizophrenic programmer who spent 10 years of his life programming a DOS-like operating system called TempleOS. … Read More & Source