what are some examples of technology changing over the past 30 years?
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Sure has. 30 years ago there were no cell phones, minicomputers, digital cameras, CDs, VCRs, ATMs and debit cards, LASIK surgery, or car airbags. We did have microwave ovens, though they weren't as popular as they are now. We didn't have GPS or OnStar in our cars. But I think the biggest change has to be the personal computer, which is now almost ubiquitous.\n\nIn the past, we used maps we bought at the gas station. Now we go online for maps and driving directions. Want to plan a trip? Just go online, not to the travel agent down the street. The PC has made almost every part of our lives different -- sometimes for the better, sometimes not.
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I would say printing in the form of history books, biographies and other educational printing.\n\nPrinting is one of the oldest technologies and is rapidly becoming passe.
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Technology has made our world so much smaller. It is through this wonderful thing called the internet that we are able of discuss religion with monks in tibet and rock music with hippees in england all without leaving our homes.\nTechnology has allowed us to keep a close knit family relationship cheaply and more easily despite the impedances of distance. Through advances such as webcams and cellular phones I am able to talk to my dad in California for a fraction of what it would have cost just ten years ago.\nTechnology is modelling our society into one without boundaries. It is ever bringing us closer to one another. Whether we want to be close or not.
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Well if u want to keep up the tech trends up to date with out paying then i suggest you to go to this site or watch BBC's "CLICK", which is very advanced and informative. U can also check out the website "www.bbc.com/click". \ncheers:)
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They do. They way people do things change as we become more advanced in technology. For example, people used to wash clothes by hand. With the introduction of the washer, it is rare in this country. We no longer use records, and pretty soon, with the widespread use of MP3 players, Cd's might become obsolete as well.
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Mechanical and electronic instruments have gotten so complex it take complex equipment to evaluate and maintain and repair what use to be rather simple. Example[fixing a car engine]
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Bluetooth technology\nDigital camera improvements like the mega pixel\nThat laptop tablet where you can rotate the monitor and close it to become a tablet - has a pen too\nprogramming your TV (VCR is ancient)to record using your cell phone\nTracking devices used in cars\nIpods...smaller and smaller\nComputer speeds have jumped through the roof!\nPlasma, LCD TVs  Flat screen TVs\ncordless...anything
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Well, let's look at what happened 50 years ago  In 1956,  business was done by paper, consumer products led industry and education was combination mostly trade prep.  Today business is electronic, industry is service with women in workforce and education is college prep.  In 50 years I suspect business will be nearly 100 percent global with uniform currency, manufacturing will become a more "do it yourself" venture where you will be able to buy a machine can recreate many items, and education will change little.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_clothing_and_textiles_technology
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Times change and we change with them.
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Yes there have been huge changes in marketing since the appearance of the Internet.  In the field of advertising the ads that used to be on radio, TV and the print media have migrated to Internet sites.\n\nWhole new types of marketing have developed such as affiliate marketing, email marketing and SEO or search engine optimization.\n\nI have included resources for these topics for you.
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A very good, complicated and interesting question.  Katy brought up a good point.  You could write entire book on how cell phones has changed daily life around the world.  Just think of how many business decisions are now done in real time rather than getting to a land line (telephone.)  Or how about a reporter in the field giving a story before he or she has set up the equipment to broadcast the story?  Or how about the reporting of the Iraq war where no broadcasting equipment was even available?  With cell phones, many of which now have cameras built into them, people are taking pictures of crimes as they occur.   This is also true for reporting crimes in areas that didn’t normally have phone access.\n\nSince you didn’t speak of which wireless technology you were referring to I can only assume you are talking about all wireless technology so I will discuss some others here.\n\nIn the last few years wireless networking for home computing has really taken off.  It has become much more affordable and easier to configure for the average person.  Now here is where it gets interesting.   Many new laptops have the ability for you to use a wireless networking adapter in them or with them.  Some cities, including mine in Anaheim California, are going to make the whole city wireless!   They are going to install wireless Internet transmitters all over Anaheim so everyone has a wireless connection to the Internet.  Even people visiting from out of town can use the wireless system but they have to pay a small access fee.   Can you imagine driving across the county someday and being able to access the Internet right from your car?\n\n\nLet us not forget that the first wireless technology started with the radio.  Man discovered radio in the late 1800’s.  Radio technology grew in bits and pieces but by the turn of the century wireless communications had been established.  All wireless routers and wireless Internet communication uses radio waves to send the data.\n\n\nLet us not forget RADAR.  RADAR is an acronym for Radio Detection and Ranging\nand helped us win the world war II.  One of the first uses of Microwave technology was used in RADAR in the world war II also.  Most households now use Microwaves to cook food with so radio waves also help us heat things\n\n\nWhat about television transmission?  Isn’t that also wireless?  Although many people now use cable (because they have paid for premium channels) television is a wireless technology.\n\nAnd others:\n\nRadio transponders to find lost aircraft (also a transponder)\nLo Jack stolen automobile retrieval device (also a transponder)\nNavigation\n\nRadio Frequency Identification (RFID) (also a transponder)\nRadio Frequency Identification is a way to remotely receive data from RFID tags or transponders.  They are used on toll roads and even at Mc Donald’s to buy lunch with a swipe of a small device.  They are used soo much that this needs to be researched all by itself.\n\nWhat all wireless technologies have in common is that they are all based on Radio waves.  All of things that I have mentioned are based on Radio technology \n\n\nP.S.  I usually don’t cut and paste and if I do I will say that, that is what I am doing and explain where that information came from.  I like to read information from multiple information sources then put that information together in my own words while keeping the article technically and factually correct.  And as always, I will point to web sites or other information to prove that my information is factual.
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Understanding that technology is changing everyday, and trying to stay ahead of the changes, read trade magazines, news and learn what things are being developed and how it may help you in the future
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The Production & Operations Management Society has on its website a very interesting study that looks at the impact of technological factors on the software industry \n\n"The Impact of the New IT Technologies in the Business Model Transformation" http://www.poms.org/ConfPapers/003/003-0237.doc
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21st Century Modern Inventions:\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa063002a.htm\n\nWow... there are some pretty cool inventions.  Check it out!
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It was 30 years ago for me
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Probably so, but it would have taken a lot longer.  It's a technology that many people use and is definitely a large revenue source for many companies.  It might have taken a slightly different form or shape than it is today, but the ease of global communication is really something that many companies would have invested the R&D for once they realized something like that was possible.