Back in the day…
Did you know that the first computer bug was actually a bug? In 1947, a moth somehow got inside and became stuck in a computer circuit system. That is how the term debugging was coined and that stuck too!
When the first computer mouse was invented, it was constructed of wood.
The first webcam was developed at the University of Cambridge to monitor the coffee pot so that researchers never had to leave their seats to see if the coffee was made.
Founded on Valentine’s Day 20 years ago, YouTube actually started out as a dating website.
Let’s jump a little farther in the future of computers…
Right now there are more computers on earth than there are people; and MIT has developed a computer program that can discern the difference between a genuine and fake smile.
Ok, here are a couple of scary computer thoughts…
Because of virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri, we all have a pretty good idea that, through AI, computers can understand our voices and answer most of our questions, but did you know that certain AI programs can detect emotions in our speech, and scientists are developing computers that can teach themselves new skills?
Some other wacky facts about computers…
A very small percentage of the world’s currency exists as physical money. The rest simply exists on computers.
Have you ever heard that the mouth is the dirtiest part of the body? It is, and here is another dirty, weird and pretty gross fact. Due to all the germs that can get trapped in the keys, computer keyboards typically host 400 times the bacteria contained in a trach can!