Nowadays, a large number of people are opting for the alternative sources of energy, such as solar energy. Solar energy can be used effectively for operating various electrical and mechanical devices by using solar panels. Solar panels are used for emergency traffic lights, powering heaters […]
Technology
How do dams work?
Dams stand as one of the earliest inventions of humankind. Aqueducts were built in Rome to control the flow of water. Modern dams show the great ingenuity of human brain and have taken the early concept to a whole new level. Dams help us in […]
How do smoke alarms work?
It takes nearly four minutes for a small flame to turn in a big fire. There should be smoke alarms in every house and office so that the first whiff of smoke can be detected to save the life of people. Smoke detectors are of […]
How do MP3 players work?
MP3 technology has taken the world by storm and has been readily accepted by people. MP3 players have no moving parts and deliver high-quality sounds. They are portable and can be carried by those that love their music on the go. An MP3 player consists […]
Who invented Electric Guitar?
The first successful guitar that was electrically amplified was developed by George Delmetia Beauchamp in the year 1931 along with Paul Barth and Adolph Rickenbacker. Beauchamp had also invented other musical instruments and was one of the founders of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker […]
Who invented Doppler radar?
Christian Andreas Doppler an Austrian physicist and mathematician had proposed the Doppler Effect in 1842. The Doppler Effect is a vital part of the Doppler radar system and thus the system was named after him. Doppler was born in Salzburg in Austria and studied mathematics […]
Who invented telephone?
If you are curious to know who invented the first voice communicating device otherwise known as telephone, then it’s none other than the famous Scottish inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. He is given credit for inventing the first working telephone, which could actually transmit speech electrically. […]
Who invented iPod?
iPod was invented by a team of designers at Apple. The original idea of iPod came from a 23 year old Englishman, Kane Kramer, in the year 1979. He held a patent for the same till he was unable to renew his patent and it […]
What are 3D motion effects?
3D films are getting more popular today because people want to experience something that is very real and top Hollywood directors today want to give their audience something that would look very close to real. Hence, 3D movies and films are becoming a global phenomenon […]
Who invented the diesel engine?
The diesel engine was developed by a refrigerator engineer Dr. Rudolf Diesel in the year 1897. The diesel engine is in fact a compression ignition engine where a piston compresses the mixture of air and oil thus increasing the temperature to such an extent that […]