{"id":37779,"date":"2016-06-10T09:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T14:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webirix.com\/?p=37779"},"modified":"2016-08-01T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T18:33:12","slug":"25-datos-curiosos-que-no-sabias-sobre-la-tecnologia-la-11-es-sorprendente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webirix.com\/en\/25-datos-curiosos-que-no-sabias-sobre-la-tecnologia-la-11-es-sorprendente\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Technology\u2026 The #11 is amazing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We know that technology is changing day by day that is why there are many things that we ignore about it. The world is different since Technology made its appearance, there are thousands of curious facts that we do not know and that are extremely surprising.<\/p>\n

These characteristic facts have to do with the process of adapting technology as it is, the team behind its development and the leading companies in Technology. Let's start, then, to know what things we did not know about Technology.<\/p>\n

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01. In 2012, approximately 17 babies were named Siri<\/h5>\n

\"bebes-con-el-nombre-siri\"<\/p>\n

As it is. It seems that many people have liked the name of Apple's personal assistant.<\/p>\n

02. There are more than 682 million iPhones worldwide.<\/h5>\n

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\"iphones-en-el-mundo\"<\/p>\n

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03. The red panda is native to the Himalayas, southwest of China. Its English translation is "Firefox"<\/h5>\n

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\"firefox\"<\/p>\n

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04. The word robot comes from the Czech \u201crobota\u201d. In English language, robot<\/em> translates as "forced labor."<\/h5>\n

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\"la-palabra-robot\"<\/p>\n

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05. Created in 1956, the first VCR (video console) was the size of a piano.<\/h5>\n

\"vcr-del-tamano-de-un-piano\"<\/p>\n

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Can you imagine a device of that size in your home? Now the Blue Rays are the sensation of the people.<\/p>\n

06. The world's first camera took eight hours to take a photo.<\/h5>\n

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\"la-primera-camara-demoraba-ocho-horas\"<\/p>\n

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There is no way to imagine a selfie with those kinds of cameras.<\/p>\n

07. The first Apple logo showed Isaac Newton sitting under a tree, with an apple about to hit his head.<\/h5>\n

\"el-primer-logo-de-apple\"<\/p>\n

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Yes, as you see in the image. It hadn't always been your typical bitten apple.<\/p>\n

08. Alaska is the only state in the United States where you can type in a row on a traditional English QWERTY keyboard.<\/h5>\n

\"alaska-teclado-qwerty\"<\/p>\n

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Will we have something to envy them?<\/p>\n

09. Approximately 1 in 8 married couples met each other through the Internet.<\/h5>\n

\"parejas-que-se-conocieron-en-internet\"<\/p>\n

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10. Tech companies often test new products in New Zealand. The reason is that the citizens of this country speak English, and if the experimental product fails, the news does not spread that fast because it is not a country in which they spread quickly.<\/h5>\n

\"nueva-zelanda\"<\/p>\n

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11. Microsoft (Bill Gates) designed the software for the Apple II.<\/h5>\n

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\"bill-gates-apple\"<\/p>\n

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12. In 2012, NYU-Poly built a robotic fish. The robot simulates the movements of the fish.<\/h5>\n

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\"pez-robot\"<\/p>\n

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13. There is a factory in Japan that can run unsupervised for 30 days straight, because it is almost entirely inhabited by robots.<\/h5>\n

\"fabricas-con-robots\"<\/p>\n

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14. In Mexico City, there are special containers that offer free Wi-Fi to people who dispose of their dog's excrement in a useful way.<\/h5>\n

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\"contenedores-con-wifi\"<\/p>\n

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15. There used to be fake Apple stores in China. And is that these piracy stores were so real, that even the staff who worked in them was convinced that they were working for Apple.<\/h5>\n

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\"apple-tiendas-en-china\"<\/p>\n

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16. A company has shown that using a homing pigeon to transmit data is faster than using the Internet service with the leading provider in the country of South Africa.<\/h5>\n

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\"paloma-mensajera-mas-rapida-que-internet\"<\/p>\n

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17. Time magazine named the computer "Man of the Year" in 1982.<\/h5>\n

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\"revista-time\"<\/p>\n

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18. The first alarm clock could only go off at some point in the day, and that time was 4 in the morning.<\/h5>\n

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\"despertador-solo-a-las-cuatro\"<\/p>\n

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19. When the first iPod prototype was shown to Steve Jobs, he dropped it into an aquarium. It was to show that the device had internal air bubbles that could make it become even smaller.<\/h5>\n

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\"ipod-mas-chico\"<\/p>\n

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20. Phantom Vibration Syndrome is the name given when someone thinks their phone vibrates but is not.<\/h5>\n

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\"sindrome-de-vibracion\"<\/p>\n

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21. In 2012, Apple sold 340,000 iPhones daily. Wow! What a success!<\/h5>\n

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\"iphones-mas-vendidos\"<\/p>\n

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22. In Japan, the 90% of mobile phones are waterproof. There are even people who use them in the shower.<\/h5>\n

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\"celulares-resistentes-al-agua\"<\/p>\n

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23. One of the first people to do a Computer Science Ph.D. was a nun.<\/h5>\n

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\"doctorado-en-informatica\"<\/p>\n

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24. If you find a security bug in the Facebook code, Mark Zuckerberg's company is willing to pay large amounts of money (like $ 500, upwards).<\/h5>\n

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\"codigo-de-seguridad\"<\/p>\n

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25. In the world of Technology, November 30 is known as \u201cComputer Security Day\u201d.<\/span><\/h5>\n
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\"dia-de-la-seguridad-informatica\"<\/div>\n

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