Pictures are a great way to express how you are feeling. Today on almost all electronic devises with email or instant messaging there are emojis that you can use. Until 1998 everyone had no emojis and just simply used words to communicate. But in Japan in 1998 a man named Shigetaka Kurita invented the first emojis. He worked for a mobile communication company called DoCoMo. He was put to the task of helping make the first mobile internet system. In the first messaging system people were limited to 250 characters so he thought emojis would be a good way to communicate while still using little data. The word emoji means picture (e) character (moji). Soon all different Japanese companies were using emojis. It took a while to get the emojis to spread to other countries though. In 2010 when the emojis had already spread to other countries the different computer companies such as Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook, could finally develop their own emojis.
Missing Emojis by WWF from Bruno Calçada on Vimeo. Aerogel is the lightest substance ever made by man. Aerogel is a solid. Aerogel is like gelatin but with all the liquid removed and replaced by air. Aerogel always stays one shape/form and does not collapse. It feels kind of like Styrofoam. Aerogel has a translucent appearance and that is how it got it's nickname "Frozen Smoke". Aerogel was invented through a bet between two scientists in the 1920s. To win they needed to replace liquid in a gel for gas while still keeping the original form. The three main types of Aerogel are silica, carbon, and metal oxide. One type of Aerogel is fireproof, another type is very absorbent, and another one is a great conductor of electricity. Many people have not heard of Aerogel because it is highly expensive to make. One pound of Aerogel can cost as much as 23,000 dollars. NASA has even used Aerogel for insulating electrical equipment. Aerogel is very expensive to make but they are one of the best insulators ever made. |
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