The average American will spend 6 months of their life waiting at red lights.

The total amount of data created in the last two years exceeds all data created in previous human history.

The first programmable electronic general-purpose computer, ENIAC, weighed 27 tons and consumed 150 kilowatts of power.

The printing of newspapers increased public access to information.

The modern emoji originated in Japan in 1999, designed by Shigetaka Kurita for a mobile internet platform.

A modern smartphone has more computing power than NASA had during the Apollo moon missions.

The first webcam was invented to check if a coffee pot in a Cambridge lab was full without walking downstairs.

Vulcanization — treating rubber with sulfur — transformed a sticky, temperature-sensitive material into durable industrial rubber.

The harmonica, also known as a mouth organ, was invented in Germany in the early 19th century.