Not all of the world’s most brilliant innovations were intentional. In many cases, an accident or mistake led to some creative thinking, which eventually became a new, hot product.
Such is the case with these products.
The Post-It® Note
A 3M engineer named Spencer Silver was working one night in 1968. His goal was to invent a strong [...]
Take an organism and surgically install a backpack of electrodes and a microprocessor to its thorax. Now use a remote control to send signals to the backpack to control the creature’s movements. If you equip enough organisms in this manner, and if they are large and powerful enough, and your method of control contains enough [...]
An autopsy is a procedure performed on a non-living body in order to learn valuable clues as to the cause death. The word ‘autopsy’ comes from the Greek words ‘auto’ and ‘opsis’, meaning ‘to see for oneself’. Who performs autopsies and how? Why does it take so long to receive results, and how is the [...]
In the last 30 years, the world has experienced an infusion of technology all stemming from the inception of the computer. Where were you when all this was happening?
1965  The first network experiment was directed by Larry Roberts at MIT Lincoln Lab, two computers talked to each other using packet-switching technology.
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1972 Â The first basic e-mail programs [...]
Pheromones are a natural chemical occurrence in humans and animals that essentially attract a member of the opposite sex. This reaction happens instantaneously and can directly affect the other person with or without their knowledge.
This is because of a small ‘organ’ inside of the nose that picks up on these pheromones and tells your brain [...]
Cryonics is the practice of storing human bodies in a deep freeze state in hopes that they can be revived sometime in the future. The mentality of scientists who practice cryonics is that if a human being dies of an incurable disease today, the body can be frozen until a cure is found. At that [...]
Just the word NanoTechnology conjures up images of future technologies that will undoubtedly change the way of the world, and to some extent this is true. NanoTechnology will change the way of the world and in many different areas but it is already being developed and improved as you read this article. NanoTechnology is simply [...]
Stem cells are individual cells that have a high level of plasticity. This plasticity means that they can grow or transform into not only other cells, but also tissue and even organs that the body requires. While a stem cell is initially useless, they act like a blank cell that can be converted to perform [...]
Science is a broad term covering a myriad of subjects including weather, physics, chemistry, geology, biology, zoology, etc…Â The following facts all relate to this larger world of science.
The Greek physician Hippocrates is believed to have been born 460 B.C.
Dmitri Mendeleev published the first Periodic Table of Elements in 1869.
No one, before or since, has [...]
Hot Air Balloons have 3 basic compartments that make up their design. They are the envelope, basket, and burners.
The Envelope is used to store the heated air, which lifts the balloon. The most common materials used to make the envelope are rip-stop nylon and polyester. (The same materials used in parachutes.) The average size of [...]
Did you know there are different types of ice? Or that the area of ice in the Arctic is at a worryingly low level? It’s true - read on to discover this, plus more fascinating facts about ice!
In simple terms, ice is the solid form of water. It’s formed when water reaches below 0 degrees [...]
