20 Technology Facts

1. The first computer virus was created in 1983 and was called "Elk Cloner."

2. The first 1GB hard drive, introduced in 1980, weighed over 500 pounds.

3. More people own a mobile phone than a toothbrush.

4. The first 3D printer was created in 1983 by Chuck Hull.

5. The original name of Windows was Interface Manager.

6. Email existed before the World Wide Web.

7. The first website went online in 1991.

8. Over 90% of the world’s data was created in the last two years.

9. The first smartphone was IBM’s Simon, released in 1994.

10. The QWERTY keyboard layout was designed to slow down typing.

11. NASA uses Linux on most of its supercomputers.

12. Google was originally called “Backrub.”

13. The first webcam was used to monitor a coffee pot at Cambridge University.

14. The first computer mouse was made of wood.

15. Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, was created in 2009.

16. Over 3.5 billion searches are made on Google every day.

17. The first video game ever created was “Tennis for Two” in 1958.

18. Artificial Intelligence is used in spam filters to block unwanted emails.

19. The first email sent was in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson.

20. SpaceX created the first reusable rocket to reduce space travel costs.