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Random Facts About Inventions And Technology For Kids

Educational iPad games can adapt to each student’s skill level, automatically becoming more challenging as the student improves.

Weather reconnaissance aircraft called “Hurricane Hunters” fly directly into storms to gather important data about hurricanes!

History & Development

The first scanner was invented by Russell Kirsch in 1957 at the National Bureau of Standards, capturing a tiny black-and-white photo of his baby son that was only 176 pixels square!

History & Development

The first washing machine patent was filed by Nathaniel Briggs in 1797, but sadly all records of his design were lost in a fire at the US Patent Office!

Engineers from five big companies (Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia, and Toshiba) worked together like a team of superheroes to create the first Bluetooth standards in 1998!