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4 Jul 2009

The microwave oven was invented by accident. Percy Spencer, a researcher at the Raytheon Corporation, was experimenting with a high-energy radar system. He noticed that a chocolate bar in his pocket melted… and immediately went on to test out the effect of this radiation on popcorn.

Atomic Time replaced Earth Time as the world's official scientific time standard in 1972.

The first spectacles were invented in 1280.

PARCS is a mission scheduled to fly on the International Space Station in 2008, it involves a laser-cooled cesium atomic clock, and a time-transfer system using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. The objectives of the mission are to: test gravitational theory, study laser-cooled atoms in microgravity and improve timekeeping on Earth.

'Cyber' was introduced into the English language back in the 1950's by Norbert Wiener's word 'cybernetics' which referred to the science of control over systems. He derived it from the kybernetes for helmsman or guide.