Emerging Technologies: Change by Seo Yeon Shim

What role have computer technologies played in this acceleration?

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Computer technologies have played a vital role in this acceleration. Technologies such as the world wide web and the internet have revolutionized the way we connect with others and how we interact with the world. By accelerating the rate in which we develop these new technologies, we are able to exchange information at an exponentially increasing rate.

3 devices that are now computerized that were not 50 years ago

shim15409 — 2013-01-22 02:54:18 UTC

The kindle is the "computerized" version of books and allows for people to read multiple books on a single device.

3 devices that are now computerized that were not 10 years ago

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Difference between linear & exponential

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Two Technologies that have been Responsible for speeding up

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The invention of wi-fi has given us the ability to exchange loads of information wirelessly.

Technology that has been responsible for speeding up

shim15409 — 2013-01-22 03:00:50 UTC

The invention of the telegraph made way for Alexander Graham Bell to develop the telephone, which later led to the development of pagers then cell phones, an essential today.

One electronic artifact that epitomizes the idea of accelerating change what would it be

shim15409 — 2013-01-22 03:02:31 UTC

The pager has become obsolete as the invention of the cell phone made communicating faster and mor e efficient within 40 years.

shim15409 — 2013-01-22 03:07:34 UTC

Exponential Growth Occurs when a quantity grows by the same relative amount - that is, by the same percentage - in each unit of time. For example, the growth of bacteria.

Linear Growth occurs when a quantity grows by the same absolute amount in each unit of time. For example, height vs age.

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With the invention of GPS, we don't have to rely on maps to know where to go.

shim15409 — 2013-01-22 04:21:08 UTC

With the invention of email, people no longer had to wait the long spans of time required for sending letters.

shim15409 — 2013-01-22 04:23:36 UTC

Microsoft Word's introduction has allowed people to write documents with the ability to edit and come back and add later.

shim15409 — 2013-01-22 04:28:31 UTC

Before the introduction of Adobe Photoshop, the only way that photographers could fix errant exposures was to control the amount going to the emulsion in the darkroom.

shim15409 — 2013-01-22 04:29:42 UTC

iTunes and other music sites have allowed people to purchase whole albums, individual songs in a short amount of time, eliminating the need to go to CD shops.