From second-century BC Greece, the Antikythera is a mechanical computer that, in terms of complexity, was 1,500 years ahead of …Read the Rest
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16 year old works out how to degrade plastic bags in weeks!
27, June 16, 2009
A story with some currency today but really incredible. After all the fuss about the use of plastics and the …Read the Rest
First person to break sound barrier was Chuck Yeager.
44, October 7, 2008
American pilot Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier on 14th October, 1947. Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane, …Read the Rest
By 2010 we will all be using 1.1 Terrabytes per month!
34, August 25, 2008
By 2010 the average household will be using 1.1 terabytes of bandwidth a month (that’s roughly equal to 1,000 copies …Read the Rest
Laser printers spy on you for the Government.
49, July 15, 2008
It’s been revealed that several laser printer manufacturers cause their printers to print covert codes onto all documents. These codes …Read the Rest
The Aztecs used wheels on toys, but not on vehicles!
57, July 12, 2008
Archaelogical findings confirm that the Aztecs DID know about wheels, but only used them on small toy-like animal figures, for …Read the Rest


