Technology Facts for Kids
Cool facts about computers and tech
Self-driving cars use a technology called LiDAR, which fires laser pulses to map everything around the car.
Tesla, founded by Elon Musk in 2003, helped make electric cars mainstream and desirable.
A hybrid car uses both a gasoline engine and an electric motor to save fuel.
Solar power is the fastest-growing source of electricity in the world.
Huge battery systems are being built that can store enough solar and wind energy to power entire cities.
CRISPR is a genetic technology that acts like a precise pair of scissors to cut and edit DNA.
The double helix structure of DNA was discovered in 1953 by Watson, Crick, Franklin, and Wilkins.
An MRI machine uses a magnetic field millions of times stronger than Earth's to create detailed body scans.
Lasers are used in everything from surgery to barcode scanners to Blu-ray players.
Fiber optic cables carry data as pulses of light, allowing huge amounts of information to travel very fast.