Community Magazine April 2013

When was the internet created? The internet is much older than most people think. It was created in the 1960s as a huge network linking big university and government computers. The science behind the internet was invented during the Cold War, when the United States was in competition against Russia for weapons and technology. So the internet is actually pretty old. In fact, email has been around since 1972! But it wasn‛t until 1989 that Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva, proposed the World Wide Web. ANSWER: Dear Abie, Believe it or not, the cockroach is the fastest of all insects. This creepy creature is able to run as fast as 10 miles per hour! Why do I hear the ocean when I place a seashell over my ear? You don‛t. The sound you hear is coming from the inside your own ear. The inner part of your ear, the part that is far back into your head, has both bone parts and soft tissue parts. In between these is your cochlea, which is a tiny organ that looks like a snail‛s shell, and is filled with fluid. This fluid helps you transmit sounds from your ear drum to your brain, and it sloshes around like waves. We don‛t usually hear this sound because it is so quiet. But when you hold a seashell to your ear, this small sound echoes off the shell and back into your ear. What does the word “technology” mean? The origin of the word “technology” is Greek, and means the use and knowledge of a craft. There are many definitions for this word. One of them is the creation of products and the development of systems in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, or perform a specific function. Technology can be viewed as an activity that forms or changes culture. Additionally, technology is the application of math, science, and the arts to improve life. A modern example is the rise of communication technology with the development of the internet and cellular phones. What is the slowest animal on Earth? The three-toed sloth is the slowest animal in the world. Its legs and feet are shaped to hang from trees, so it is unable to run or stand upright on its feet. It would take a sloth nearly a month to walk just one mile! Sloths spend most of their lives hanging upside down in trees. They even eat and sleep hanging upside- down! NISSAN - EYAR 5773 APRIL 2013 89