In the last 10 years the advance in technology has been incredible let alone in the last 50 years. With the invention of the iPhones, iPads and 3D TV’s, technology has completely revolutionised how we live our day-to-day lives.
10 years ago I remember watching a TV that was bigger in width then it was length and only had 5 channels, providing that your satellite was working. Now a days children are watching TV’s 50 inches wide and only 2 inches thin with full surround sound and in 3D in their own living rooms.
The last 10 years has brought a massive change, but when we think of the advance in technology from 50 years ago, it really is mind blowing.
So many things have changed, the list really is endless. The biggest advance of technology that truly has revolutionised the way we live are phones becoming mobile. In the 60’s house phones were the way that people contacted each other, no texting or social media, just phone calls.
Now in 2013 over 140 million people in the world own an iPhone. It is incredibly rare for someone not to own some sort of smartphone in this day. Which I personally think is unbelievable as such a short time ago smartphones weren’t even invented, and now people couldn’t imagine life without them.
Previous to the mobile phones came the Internet. Before the Internet was invented people would find out their information through books, newspapers and TV. Now when using the Internet you can literally find out anything that you want.
The advance in the Internet alone has been so huge. When it was first invented it would take forever to load a webpage and when it would finally load what you could view was very limited.
Now in the click of a button you can instantly see anything you like whether it’s watching a music video on YouTube, reading the latest sports news, purchasing clothes and even internet banking. All this can now be done in the comfort of your own home.
When you think of technology your mind is instantly drawn to the obvious ones like mobile phones, laptops and the Internet. But what is forgotten is how much the way we travel, mainly cars, have advanced in the past half century.
In the 60’s cars were not even nearly used as much as they are now. The roads were not jammed with traffic and the cars were all very similar in design and how they were built. People seemed to walk and use public transport a lot more.
However in the current time in most cases every household has at least one car between them. There are now over seven thousand car brands worldwide with so many different models that have different features. Cars are now more efficient, a lot safer, and a lot comfier and just all round a lot better.
The fact that travelling to other countries has become so much more efficient and faster is all due down to technology. Planes are now bigger and faster which allows people to literally travel to wherever they want, providing they have the money and a passport.
Some might argue that the advance of technology has changed how we live in a bad way as we depend on it too much and would find it hard to live our life without this technology now. But if technology is helping our health care and saving people’s life then I personally cannot see a problem with it.
It’s somewhat scary to think how much we have advanced in the last 50 years and to think where we could be in the next 50 years. The possibilities truly are endless.