It is amazing that technology has changed the world around us, within just two decades. Some of the technologies include instantaneous communication, realistic looking games, information at the tip of you fingers, and personal computers. These are some of technologies that affect our lives so much. Without them, we could not call it the modern age of man kind. The telephone that we know today is completely different from the one of the past. Today we can individually press each number quickly to call someone.
We can even call someone through the computer without the person actually owning a phone. The telephone of the past had the numbers on a curricular disc. This design made forced you to tediously move each number to a specific position, which resulted in a time consuming endeavor. Video games of yesteryear are a far cry from the games of today. Today, most games make a person feel as though they are part of a realistic movie, which allows them to take control every thing that happens in the game. One could not even imagine what it was like to play games just a few years ago.
One of the most famous games was pong. This game was just a two dimensional game, that made one feel has though he was playing a game on paper rather than playing on the TV. Long ago, I played a game that was called Pac-Man. All you did was go in circles, over and over, looking for the enemy to eat in a two dimensional world. Now, I play games that are in a three dimensional world, which makes me feel as though I am actually a character within the game . In the past, the most common way people communicated to each other was through the use of the letters.
It took days, if not weeks, for two people too have a conversation with each other. Thankfully, today, almost everyone with a computer can have a conversation with others at an instantaneous speed. This technology makes one feel as though they are talking next to each other. My mom has stated that she is just amazed that she can talk to any of her friends instantly. Without the use of this, my mom would most likely not talk to her many friends around the world because it would be too costly.
Several years ago, if someone told her that she could talk to her friends instantly, she would have told them that it is impossible. Several years ago, when someone did not know the definition of a word, they normally turn to a book known as a dictionary. This takes several minutes, to find the definition of the word they are looking for. Today thanks to the internet, someone can just go to the site known as dictionary. com and find the meaning of the word the second after they press enter.
My father remembers that when he was in school, he was sometimes asked to look up the definition of a word. He would go to a dictionary to look for the definition of the word, finding it would take several minutes. Now however, he just goes to his computer and types in the word and, in just seconds he learns the meaning of that word. Just a few years ago, the only way that people knew what was happening in other parts of the world was by hearing it on a news report over the radio. Now, people use the television to get news reported to them.
My grandfather told me that he did not like listening to the radio because he could not actually see what was happening. He really enjoys watching the TV because he can hear what report is talking about and actually see what is taking place. The miniaturization of the size of the computer has made our world so much more modern. The first computers where the size of a room that was twenty feet by twenty feet. Its size made it unrealistic for an individual to own his personal computer, and also made it very expensive.
Thankfully today, the size of the computer has allowed everyone to have their every own personal computer, because the cost of computers has drastically decreased. The oldest computers could only do the most basic of calculation. The computing power of the newest computers allows it do the most difficult of calculations. As a result, people are now trying to do calculations, which were once thought impossible. As I look around me, it seems that I am not the only one who has benefited from the creation of newer and newer technologies.
If not for technology, my father would still be helplessly and aimlessly be looking at a dictionary, my grandfather would have never of started to watched news reports, and my mom could not keep in contact with all of the friends, who are located throughout the world. I could not live in a world that does not have so much technology. Without it, I could not play games that make me feel as though I am playing a realistic game. I and everyone I know have become too much accustomed to using technology on a daily basis. Without a doubt we all agree that the newest technology has tremendously affected the way we live.
