10 Interesting Engineering Facts

Tuesday, January 14th 2014. | Science


Find out the engineering facts in the post below. Engineering comes in various segments. You can learn about civil, computer, chemist, and mechanical engineering. People have their own passion about engineering.  I say that men are more interested in engineering than women. However, there are many successful women involved in engineering. Let’s talk about the facts in detail.

Engineering Facts 1: Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein is always considered as the genius man. He was the founding father of relativity theory. He got a Nobel Prize for his contribution in the field of Physics in 1921.

Engineering Facts 2: space shuttle flight

The development of technology makes it possible for human being to explore the space. Since 1981, there were at least 113 space shuttle flights launched on the space. The famous space flight was when Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon.

Engineering facts

Engineering facts

Engineering Facts 3: remote control

The technology that you can find on the remote control was developed by Leonar do Torres-Quevedo. He was a Spanish engineer who developed the remote control in 1910. This mechanical movement is very impressive since it can move the object in a distance.

Engineering Facts 4: antenna

Antenna is very important if people want to enjoy the television radio and radar in impressive view and sound. The scientists who had created this antenna were Professor Hidetsugu Yagi and his assistant, Shintaro Uda in 1924 in their Miyagi.

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engineering jobs

Engineering Facts 5: Nobel Prizes for Science

There were two Nobel Prizes for Science that had been won by Marie Curie. This woman was the first one to get these two awards.

Engineering Facts 6: Thomas Edison

I can say that Thomas Edison was a real inventor. There is no one in United States who has more patents than he is. During his life, he has patented 1,093 inventions.

Engineering Machine

Engineering Machine

Engineering Facts 7: computer mouse

In 1968, Douglas Engelbart introduced the first computer mouse at the Fall Joint Computer Expo in San Francisco.

Engineering Facts 8: Japanese-language word processor

Most word processors use the English language.  Between 1971 and 1978, the first Japanese language word processor was developed in Tokyo.

Engineering Science

Engineering Science

Engineering Facts 9: World Wide Web

World Wide Web is a very popular term that people know today. This phrase actually was introduced by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990.

Engineering Facts 10: Samuel Morse

Do you know the inventor of Morse code? He was Samuel Morse. This man is also a good painter. He painted the first governor of Arkansas.

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engineering

There are many kinds of cellular companies in the world. You can see Nokia, Samsung, Apple, LG and many more. In 1979, the Ericsson companies produced their first cellular phone. Do you have any objection on facts about Engineering?


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