Interesting Facts About COMPUTERS

Modern Computers.

Today, almost all of our work is done by some or the other computing machine. Computers are enhancing the technological growth with a rapid speed. The more we know about this super machine, is less. Knowing about few of the interesting computer facts can be fun. Mentioned below are few of the little known computer facts :-

1. There are approx. 6,000 new computer viruses released every month.

2. Doug Engelbart, invented the first computer mouse in the year 1964 and was made up of wood!

3. It is believed that the first computer virus released in the world was a boot sector virus, which was created in the year 1986 by Farooq Alvi brothers. It was designed by them to protect their research work.

4. A normal human being blinks 20 times in a minute, whereas a computer user blinks only 7 times a minute!

Interesting Facts About MOBILE PHONES

Cell phone (telefone celular) is a wireless, portable, long-range, electronic telephone, which during travel can seamlessly change antenna connections, from one radio reception cell to another radio reception cell, without dropping or losing the ongoing call. Here are some interesting facts about Mobile Phones :-

1. The earliest "wireless" communication can be traced back to 1865 and Dr. Mahlon Loomis of Virginia. Using the atmosphere as a conductor, Dr. Loomis transmitted messages within an 18-mile range.

2. The first mobile telephone call made from a car occurred in St. Louis, Missouri, USA on June 17, 1946, using the Bell System's Mobile Telephone Service.

3. Cell phones came into existence because of the invention of hexagonal cells, for the base stations by Bell Labs engineers at AT&T.

4. The wireless telephone technologies are grouped under heads known as generations, starting from zero generation or 0G. The current generation going on is 4G.

HOW TOUCHSCREEN WORKS

There are three basic systems of Touch Screen:
1. Resistive System
2. Capacitive System
3. Surface Wave acoustic

The RESISTIVE SYSTEM consists of a normal glass panel that is covered with a conductive and a resistive metallic layer. These two layers are held apart by spacers, and a scratch-resistant layer is placed on top of the whole setup. An electrical current runs through the two layers while the monitor is operational. When a user touches the screen, the two layers make contact in that exact spot. The change in the electrical field is noted and the coordinates of the point of contact are calculated by the computer. Once the coordinates are known, a special driver translates the touch into something that the operating system can understand.

Interesting Facts About SAMSUNG

Samsung Mobile phone

The Samsung Groups is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous international affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand. Here are some interesting facts about Samsung :-

1. In 1938, Lee Byung-chull founded Samsung Sanghoe ,a small trading company with forty employees located in Su-dong. It dealt in groceries produced in and around the city and produced noodles itself. It is in the late 1960's that Samsung Group entered into the electronics industry.

2. Lee Byung-chull founded Samsung Group in 1938, naming the start-up company a Korean word which translates to "three stars" in English.

3. Samsung Electronics overtook Sony as one of the world's most popular consumer electronics brands in 2004 and 2005, and is now ranked #19 in the world overall. In Quarter 3 of 2011, Samsung has overtaken Apple to become the World's Largest Smartphone maker

4. The Samsung Group annually donates around $100 million to the SAMSUNG MEDICAL CENTER, their nonprofit medical organization. The Samsung Medical Center  is composed of Samsung Seoul Hospital, Kangbook Samsung Hospital, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Samsung Cancer Center and Samsung Life Sciences Research Center.

Future Of Computers !!!

In the revolution of miniature of computers, the scientists are ahead with Bluetooth technology. We will soon see the forthcoming computers within our pockets.

In this topic we will show three designs for future computers, We are sure that you will be amazed after seeing that technolgy has advanced so much !!!

1. PEN COMPUTERS

Look at these. Are they Pens with Cameras ???
No, they are not. They are indeed FUTURE PEN COMPUTERS. This computer, that has been designed by Japan , will be available in the near future.

Many of us may wonder how will this computer works? And where is the computer screen and  the keyboard ? Now, Look at this picture...

Interesting Facts About APPLE INC.

Apple Inc.

APPLE INC. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Here are some of Interesting Facts about APPLE INC. :-

1. Apple was established on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. All the three founders used to work at Atari before forming Apple.

Apple 1

2. Apple-1 with the tagline 'Byte into an Apple' was the first personal computer to be released by Apple which was designed and hand built by Wozniak. It was sold for $666.66. 

3. When iTunes store was first launched, it had sold approximately 275,000 tracks within its first 18 hours. It sold 70 million songs in its first year.

4. Apple also made the first consumer digital cameras. The Apple Quicktake was launched in 1994 and was discontinued later in 1997. The camera was capable of storing eight photos at 640x480 resolution, 32 photos at 320x240 resolution, or a mixture of both sizes.