Technology keeps advancing at an accelerated rate. In fact, the computing power of computers, if displayed visually on a graph (computing power versus time), would show a logarithmic “spike”, going straight up! In other words, many of our electronic media gadgets (e.g., cell phones, tablets, MP3 players, PC’s, cameras, recorders) actually become obsolete by the time they come off the production assembly line! That is because by the time the newest gadget comes out for sale, the Research and Development folks have already come up with a new and improved design! But let’s look at some of the latest features of electronic media.
First, our gadgets are becoming smaller and smaller. In other words, microminiaturization is the name of the game. You can generally judge the time a particular movie was made just by looking at the size of the phones (landlines) and cell phones. The first car telephones were the size of walkie-talkies! Now we have cells that fit into the palm of our hands. Our cells and tablets are fully Internet connected, allowing us to surf the Net in all that it has to offer. Touchscreens are the way to go today. Soon, everyone will have a smartphone.
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