There could be billions of galaxies in the Universe, each containing billions of stars. Some of these stars could have planets orbiting them that could support life. There could be other intelligent life forms in the Universe.
The average American spends a lot of time looking at screens, and augmented reality is becoming more popular. The first smartphone was created by IBM in 1992, and Apple's iPhone revolutionized the market . Google and Amazon have made some of the biggest tech acquisitions in recent years.
Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Computer, Inc. He was born in San Francisco in 1955, and adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. He droped out of Reed College in 1976, and went on to founded Apple Computer, Inc. in Jobs' garage with Steve Wozniak. Jobs was forced out of Apple in 1985, but he returned in 1996 . He passed away in 2011 at the age of 56.
Microprocessors, personal computers, email, and websites have been around for decades, but social networking is a relatively new phenomenon. Here are seven interesting facts about the history of technology.
The human brain is capable of generating enough electricity to power a small light bulb, and is only using 10% of its capacity. The average person walks the equivalent of three times around the world in their lifetime, spends two weeks kissing, and has a lifespan of 122 years. The average person produces 2.5 pints of saliva each day.
Quantum entanglement is a phenomenon in which particles that have interacted with each other remain connected so that they can share information instantaneously, regardless of distance. The concept was first introduced in 1964 by John Stuart Bell, and over the ensuing years a number of experiments have been conducted to confirm its existence and explore its potential applications.
Telescopes allow astronomers to see objects in the sky that are too faint or too far away to be seen with the naked eye. They also allow us to see objects in different wavelengths of light , including ultraviolet, infrared, and X-ray light.