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Shocking Facts about Technology in 2025

As humans, we have done too much in technology and are still working on it every day. Every morning when you wake up, you find new technology roaming around the world. A lot of technologies have fascinating stories behind their discovery.

In just a few decades, technology has grown rapidly, like ChatGPT, and we never thought an AI tool could do this much work and sometimes replace humans!

Let's take a look at some interesting facts about technology

First Computer Mouse

Douglas Engelbart was the genius who invented the computer mouse in 1963. So it was pretty different than today’s mouse, like laser or optical. It was rectangular-shaped, made of wood, and had two wheels for movement.

Origin of Computing

The first mechanical computer was called the Analytical Engine, which was the concept of Charles Babbage in the 1830s. I know memory triggers! We all have learned this in school. Today’s computer has many elements that Babbage had designed, but the fact is, it was never completed in his lifetime.

Birth of the Internet

The US Department of Defense is the inventor of the internet; this was their project in the 1960s. The Internet was specifically designed to ensure that the communication between teams never goes down in case of a nuclear attack. Over time, it evolved and connected many other teams with communication, and the internet became available to the public in the 1990s.

Moore’s Law 

Remember Gordon Moore? Founder of Inter? Yeah, he observes something very strange! After two years, the transistors on a microchip doubles, but on the other hand cost of computers is halved. Let me tell you in easy words, Moore’s law says it's fascinating how computers are evolving very quickly day by day. Some experts say that after some time, this growth will slow down as we are reaching near to limits.

Smartphone Story

In 1994, IBM introduced the first smartphone, and guess what its name was? It was “Simon”. It had a touch screen, obviously, could send emails, and had apps like a calculator and a calendar. Today, more than 6 billion people use smartphones all over the world. My smartphone can offer me many more things than a Simon could offer me.

WWW

While working at CERN in 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. The main purpose of this website was to meet the demand for automated info sharing between the institutes and scientists in universities across the globe. 

Wi-Fi & Its Origins

In 1997, wifi technology was released for consumer use; basically, it was an invention from research into radio astronomy. An Australian organization developed the foundational technology behind wifi in the 1990s.

Data Prevalence

Keeping in mind the current digital age, can you guess how much data is created every day? It's more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data!. The shocking fact is, it's growing each day with more online users and trending technologies like IoT, which connects objects with the internet. 

Video Streaming 

Do you know Netflix started as a DVD rental service? It was founded in 1997 but started streaming in 2007. This change made a huge mess in the video rental industry and led to the demand for streaming. People loved to consume TV and film content on streaming. 

Internet Weighs as Much as a Strawberry

Yess! You read it right. A physicist, Russell Seitz, gave this fact by collecting all the electrons in motion, which make up the internet, is equal to 50 grams. Roughly, we can say, it's like the weight of a strawberry. Keep this in mind when you are browsing next time, that you are holding the whole internet in your hands.

More Phones Than People

A country named “Monaco” is so technologically saturated that it has more mobile phones than the actual people in it! It has a 100% mobile phone rate, which seems like they even give mobile phones to their pets.

Original Name of Windows 

Imagine if Bill Gates had decided to keep the original name of Windows, which was “Interface Manager”. Feeling bad, nah? It's very hard to imagine this because we are very used to the iconic “Start” button.

Selfies are Way Older

In the early 2010s, the word “selfie” was added to the dictionary due to its viral following, but the fact is, this concept is older than that. Robert Cornelius took the first selfie in 1839 using a photographic process which was called daguerreotype. It took him a few minutes! So next time when you take a quick selfie, remember the pioneer, please.

World’s First Computer Programmer

An English mathematician and writer named “Ada Lovelace” was the first computer programmer. Yes, A woman did this!. She worked closely with Charles Babbage’s mechanical general-purpose computer, named the analytical engine.

In 1843, she wrote the first algorithm, which was processed by a machine; that’s how she became the world’s first computer programmer. 

Expensive ‘Domain Name’ Sale

The domain name “insurance.com” made history by being sold for $35.6 million, which made it the most expensive domain in the world in 2010. You heard it right, someone paid this much money for a domain, whether he can buy a yacht instead of it. 

More smartphones or brushes?

Someone estimated that the world is filled with more mobile phones than toothbrushes. Ah, it's very unhygienic, but these facts highlight the point that mobile technology is adopted far beyond what we think. 

Space Race Led to Dustbusters

Can you guess how the vacuum cleaner was invented? During the Apollo mission in 1979, when they needed to gather some moon samples, this led to the creation of the first mini cordless vacuum cleaner. So next time you clean your house, remember it was built for the space, not for your house.

“404” Error

The common message you see on the internet in case of error is the 404 error, but do you know the science behind it? Let me tell you, at CERN, a room was named 404, because the World Wide Web was created there. It was the same room where the world’s first server was housed.

Your Printer is keeping a Secret

Color laser primer prints very tiny and almost invisible yellow colored dots on the paper you print. It basically encodes the used printer’s serial number, the time, and the date of the print. The aim of this design was to track the forgers, to catch them, and to punish them. So be careful, your printer is secretly watching you every day!

Conclusion 

Technology is not a destination; it's like a never-ending journey. Every day, you will discover something new and interesting. Creative minds are never going to stop innovating; they will make technology better for the sake of ease.