ICT savvy people are popping smart pills

The new miracle pill is a tiny swallowable capsule that contains a minute chip, which transmits an individual’s personal details. Such an electronic device will be able to read the unique signal, which shall end the need for passwords and paper forms of ID, such as passports. It will also allow users to be free from recalling countless codes and security related responses.

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Grasshoppers’ way to make sounds

Grasshoppers make sounds to communicate with each other. They make these sounds by rubbing small pegs on their hind legs against a hard vein on their forewings. In most cases the male makes this sound to attract a female grasshopper.

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When was the fax machine invented?

The fax machine was invented by a Scottish inventor Alexander Bain in 1843. He devised an apparatus comprising two pins that were connected to two pendulums through five wires. When an electric signal was sent from the transmitting end, the receiving end was able to reproduce the signal on an electrochemically sensitive paper impregnated with chemicals. Thirty-three years later, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

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