How 21st Century Technology Is Shaping Our Lives

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by: Brian SD Scott
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 Time: 6:44 AM
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Take a minute and observe the world around you. If you are in an office, you are likely to see people using their laptops or making phone calls using their mobile phones. Wherever you are, you are likely to see someone using an iPhone, blackberry or a laptop. If you are bored of your old laptop and you are thinking of changing it then there are various alternatives available; you can either buy an iPad or go for a galaxy tab or just wait for yet another technological revolution.

The absolutely amazing array of new gadgets and devices suddenly seem to have materialized on the scene. The remarkable aspect of this development is that technology isn't just changing, there seems to be an ever accelerating rate of change. Things are changing so quickly that it's nearly impossible to keep up with all of the developments. And it's even harder to grasp the significance of this exponential growth in the speed and power of these gadgets.

Technology is a driving force of our future; it is transforming our lives and lifestyles, and shaping our future. Technology literally means the science of crafting. Technology has been evolving since the beginning of prehistoric age from the simplest of tools of the caveman to the now present laptops, iPhone's, blackberries and the computerized artificial intelligence. The technology revolution has transformed the traditional cultural systems.

Today, it is hard to even imagine our lives without interactive technology. You no longer use a typewriter to type reports, a payphone to make phone calls and a VCR to tape TV shows. Digital technology has changed lives, modes of communicating and ways to conduct businesses on a regular basis. The most fascinating technological revolution is a Smartphone; a phone with advanced computing ability which enables you to do multiple things like watching TV, surfing the web, checking emails, closing deals and what not. It enables you to be in constant communication and be available at all times.

The accessibility to smartphones and other Internet-connected consumer gadgets like Slingboxes have made it achievable to provide technological functionality that most of you had never even thought of. All these gadgets have effectively made a leap from the laboratory to the outside world. The functionality of a cable box is actually quite insignificant compared to the computational flexibility that smartphones and other inexpensive consumer devices are providing already. Streaming of internet-based videos can be done today without having these devices break a sweat. Your life no longer revolves around broadcast time slots and you don't have to waste time watching the ads, you can now record your favorite shows on DVR, TiVo them and enjoy them in your leisure.

Technological revolution has changed almost everything so much so that we as a nation have changed, including a gap or digital divide in the way we communicate. Doing business under such circumstances has become easier and more businesses have jumped aboard the fast paced train of revolution.

About the Author

Brian is a freelance tech writer and avid screenwriter who works with a lot of cool gadgets and technology. Visit his website, http://www.ScreenwritingBasics.com to receive free screenwriting help and filmmaking career advice.