Week 1- Response To Content

     In today's day in age, there are new means of technology becoming available to the public every day. My generation (1990's) has grown up in the boom of the PC. Our parents before us grew up in the age of the color tv, while the our younger brothers and sisters have grown up getting cell phones while still in elementary school. The moral of the story is that times are changing, but technology is changing even faster. As stated on Intel's website, one of its founders, Gordon Moore made a prediction that the amount of transistors on a chip will double about every two years. With over 40 years of proof, what today we know as Moore's Law, stands more true then ever. Technology and means of communication are advancing at the speed of light. As wonderful as it is being able to look something up in a matter of seconds on an IPad or Blackberry, technology isn't all it cracked up to be. Personally, I feel like it is ruining our younger generation from a social standpoint. When I meet a kid my my brothers age, 12 or 13, I feel like that have the social skills of a 5 year old. Why? Because they are not used to having face to face interactions with humans. As bad as it sounds its the truth. They have grown up talking to friends and such electronically. They communicate via facebook or instant message; not by talking on the phone or in person. As great and super as my new SmartPhone is, its honestly bringing down the younger generation. 

      With technology advancing so rapidly, it is hard to say what is new technology verses what to consider old technology. Personally, I feel that old technology is anything that we no longer use on a regular basis. For instance, a house phone would be consider old technology because while we may use it once in a while, the majority of people use cell phones to make calls. Same goes for a cassette player in car; some of the older cars still have them, however most people uses CD's or plug in their iPods to the car stereo system. On the other hand something such as Tablet PCs are considered to be new technology;  people are beginning to use them very regularly for both work and person use. In conclusion, I feel that new technologies will become old technologies when they are no longer used on a daily basis. 

Moore’s Law Inspires Intel Innovation. 2011. Moore’s Law Inspires Intel Innovation.  Available at: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/silicon-innovations/moores-law-embedded-technology.html. Accessed 28 July 2011.