Sharp Electronics Co. (Japan) made the world's first refrigerator which can keep things both hot and cold. It also has a special compartment which can maintain a temperature of up to 55°C. The warm space can automatically switch into cooling mode with a pre-set timer. The cost of the refrigerator is Around US $ 2200.
A DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) can have a capacity of memory which is equivalent to 7, 14 or 26 CD's. DVD can read at a speed of 30 times more than that of a CD.
The fastest model of motorbike in the world is the Suzuki GSx1300R- Hayabusa, named after one of the fastest birds in the world which can reach speeds of 300 KMPH. This is followed closely by the Hondo CBR 11 OO xx, which reaches 290 KMPH.
One Newton Unit (N), the unit for measurement of force, needed to speed up a mass of 1 kg by 1 m/sec., every second. The thrust of Saturn V's, (the largest rocket ever built) rocket engine was 33 million Newtons.
The fastest speed recorded by a hovercraft at sea is 170 KMPH, by an USA war hovercraft, SES-100B.
Sony's Jumbotron is the world's largest TV set with a screen measuring 24.3 m x 45.7 m
The most powerful laser in the world is housed at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, California (USA). In a split second, it can produce more power than 200 times the combined output of all the electrical generating plants in the USA.
Draughtsman have to make about 27,000 drawings for the manufacture of a new model car.
The highest temperature may be 15 million ° C in the nucleus of stars like the sun. The highest recorded on earth is 59°C.
