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Scientists are working on real invisibility technology. 🫥 They use special materials called metamaterials to bend light around objects, which makes them appear invisible. Some cloaks can hide objects from certain waves like microwaves, while others can hide heat or sound. Most systems only work for specific angles or wavelengths. A real human invisibility cloak does not exist yet. If it will ever come to that, will remain to be seen. 🫥🔬🌈👁️ [Read more] @googlefactss #Invisibility#Science#Technology#Metamaterials

In 2018, a test vehicle operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona USA. It was the first known pedestrian death involving a fully autonomous vehicle under testing. The AI system detected the pedestrian but repeatedly misclassified them and failed to trigger emergency braking in time. @googlefactss#technology#ai [read more...]

Today In History On March 15, 1985, Symbolics.com was registered by Symbolics Inc., a computer manufacturer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the first-ever .com domain name. This milestone marked the beginning of the Domain Name System (DNS) which replaced complex IP addresses, allowing for user-friendly web addresses and creating the groundwork for the modern, commercialized internet. @googlefactss#technology#internet

Scientists uploaded a digital version of a fruit fly brain and connected it to a virtual body. The uploaded brain model contains about 125,000 neurons and over 50 million synapses based on real brain mapping data. In a physics simulation, the virtual fly showed behaviors like walking and moving using signals from the uploaded brain. Researchers say work like this could be an early step toward possible human brain uploads. 🧠🪰💻 [Read more] @googlefactss #science#ai#neuroscience#technology#brain#research#simulation

Eliza, developed by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT between 1964 and 1966, is recognized as the first chatbot. Created as a research platform for human-machine communication, Weizenbaum aimed to showcase how easily humans could attribute intelligence to simple programs, a phenomenon known as the ELIZA effect. @googlefactss#technology#ai

The First AI-Generated portrait ever sold at auction was the "Portrait of Edmond de Belamy", which was sold at auction for over $432,000 in 2018. @googlefactss#technology#ai#art

The first hard disk drive to reach the 1-gigabyte (GB) capacity weighed approximately 227-250 kgs (500 - 550 pounds) for the main unit. This device, the IBM 3380 direct access storage device, was announced by IBM in 1980. It was roughly the size of a refrigerator and carried a price tag of approximately $40,000. @googlefactss#technology

The first website ever is still online and accessed at a restored CERN address: http://info.cern.ch. While the original site is gone, a 1992 copy of the page is available, which describes the World Wide Web project, its technical details, and how to use it. @googlefactss#technology

Email has been around longer than the World Wide Web. The first email was sent by Ray Tomlinson to himself in 1971, a good 20 years before Tim Berners-Lee introduced the web in 1991. @googlefactss#technology [read more...]

The internet is estimated to weigh about 50 grams, equivalent to a strawberry, based on the weight of the electrons used in electricity for data transfer. This does not account for the much larger physical weight of servers, cables, and data centers that support its infrastructure. @googlefactss#technology [read more....]

When downloading a PDF, if it ends with .exe, delete it. It's probably a virus. The .exe extension indicates it is an executable file designed to run on your computer, and you should not open it. @googlefactss#technology#tips#funfact

If a website is blocked on your work/school internet, you can use Google translate as a proxy. Just copy/paste the URL into it. This method works because it loads the page through Google's servers, which can bypass certain network restrictions. However, the technique may not display dynamic content, like videos or interactive elements, correctly. @googlefactss#technology#nowyouknow#funfact#tips