Technology certainly has changed throughout the course of my lifetime. When I look back over the years at the evolution of the gaming systems, phones, televisions, music players, etc. I am taken aback at how so much has changed in a 25 year period. The Atari was the gaming system of choice when I was born, now it is the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3. The phone world has changed immensely, cell phones with video and MP3 capabilities have replaced over-sized phones with huge antennas. I remember buying tapes to listen to on my parents stereo, now you can go online and purchase mp3s and have them downloaded to your iPod in a matter of seconds. Certainly there was no HD tv or DVRs when I was growing up.
It is hard for me to even imagine the few things I mentioned above being improved upon, but they will. In the next ten years I could see phones easily replacing debit and credit cards, maybe they will even be able to carry our favorite tv channels we watch on DirecTV. In the next 20 years graphics on the gaming systems will be so far advanced that the graphics which look unbelievable now will seem obsolete. The way we listen to music is hard for me to see changing in the next two decades, but it certainly will; maybe mini disc players will make a come back. Whatever happens though, I am sure will blow us away!
I had forgotten about Atari! That was the greatest thing since bubble gum, a million years ago! Not to date myself or anything. Excellent idea on the phones replacing debit and credit cards. It is truly amazing how technology has progressed over the years and where it is headed. I also comment on the way phones have changed over the years, I had a bag phone at one time!
ReplyDeleteI did not mention gaming systems in my blog, but that area has advanced greatly in my lifetime as well. I remember a time when we thought PAC-MAN or Pitfall could not possibly be improved on. I can see graphics advancing to the point where we cannot tell the difference between the computer generated characters and real life.
ReplyDeleteI decided to mention in my blog not just how technology has changed in our lifetime, but how much it has changed in the past 100 years or so. It is amazing that 100 years ago, the principle means of transportation for much of America was still the horse. Good post. it gave me much to think about for my rambling.
ReplyDeleteIt is unreal to think of how much cellphones have changed since they first huge bricks. The things you can do with cell phones now people would have never thought of 10 years ago.I have an application on my phone that I can deposit a check into my bank account by simply taking picture of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Dale's assumption that our graphics capabilities will only get better, but become obsolete. Look at how far we have come with 3D televisions, lots of models require that we use the glasses which can be annoying, but now new technology has been developed that we will not need to use the glasses while viewing 3D images. I think that as we progress further into the next technological steps that virtual reality might be the next step, especially as the world becomes even more connected daily.
ReplyDeleteI find that this blog and mine share the same general information, which means we must agree on something. It is very remarkable that we have come this far in such a short time. Technology may just be what keeps us evolving. Honestly I don't know if anyone mentioned it but beyond the obvious advances in technology we have made huge milestones in the medical field. We would have the medicine, cures, or treatments we have today if it wasn't for technology.
ReplyDeleteGood point on the graphics, I cannot wait until complete virtualization where everything looks real.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well on how it has all been scaled down to make everything much more portable.
Yea, I know what you mean. even if I have a shorty time to look over, I mean I'm amazed that games went from flat to 3d, to almost actor like (Check out CIV 5's intro)
ReplyDeleteAnd that tech constantly gets smaller, when you used to play on the Sega or NES the cartridges were a good hand size, or a bit smaller, now the DS (Nintendo Duel Screen) has large 3d games in about the size of a quarter