Technology Around Us

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A presentation on technology.

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The first computer was called the “Z1” and was invented in 1936, made by Konrad Zuse.(http://inventors.about.com/library/blcoindex.htm)

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first call via telephone, thus the creation of the telephone.(http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_telephone_1.html)

Over 238,000,000 people watch television everyday, evening and night.(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_watch_TV_each_day)

There are over 175 million people that log into Facebook every single day.(http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2010/02/175-million-users-per-day-log-into-facebook.html)

Colored television was not introduced to the United States until the early 1950’s. (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_year_did_the_first_color_television_come_out_in_the_US)

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Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant. - Mitchell Kapor I find this quote to be interesting because, its actually true. Most of the information found online are not as reliable as those found in a book.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. - B. F. Skinner This quote basically means, with all technology we have in our everyday lives, do people really think anymore, or are the just relying on technology for most of the thinking.

We're still in the first minutes of the first day of the Internet revolution. - Scott Cook This is a very true quote, Scott Cook is saying, the internet revolution still has a long way more to go. We may think the internet is an amazing tool, but it still is being changed everyday as we speak.

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This picture depicts the evolution of man and the evolution of an everyday invention we use, the cell phone. This shows how man evolved

over time, and how the ever so popular cell phone evolved as well.

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There’s always more to learnEven when you think you know it all.Computer’s can help in this learning process.How you choose to use them, is your decision.Never give up, just keep trying.Over time, technology has evolved.Listening to an “iPod”, was never a thing in the past.Other people may say they don’t rely on technology,

but… Getting away from technology is like living on Mars.You won’t win, no matter what you do.