私たちを席巻した中毒性のあるテクノロジー

私たちは 21 ^st の 3 番目の 10 年にいます 私たちの周りの世界は、この新しいミレニアムの始まりから確実に変化しました。たくさんの技術があります。当時はインターネットが新しく、携帯電話を持つことが贅沢の象徴であり、コンピューターが革命を起こし、16 ビット ゲームをプレイすることが史上最高の楽しみだった時代でした。基本的に、当時は革命的な技術に慣れるのさえ嫌だった時期でした。ガジェットを所有しているかどうかは問題ではありませんでした。実際、ほとんど使用しませんでした。そして今、私たちがなくては生きていけないものがあります。テクノロジーへの依存度が非常に高まり、インターネットは生活の必需品になりました。

ソーシャル メディア、ビデオ ストリーミング、G-Suite から、音楽プレーヤー、オンライン予約サービス、人工知能まで、あらゆるものが日常生活に深く組み込まれています。 Uber でタクシーを予約せずに目的地に向かうことなど考えられません。ウィキペディアは私たちのワンストップ ナレッジ ベースです。 Instagram が私たちのカメラを乗っ取り、Amazon があなたの新しい小売店になりました。それがなければ何も機能しないため、インターネットは依然として最も重要な要件です。 AI ベースのスマート アシスタントは確かに存在しますが、現時点で必要だと考えるのは時期尚早です。 Instagram と Facebook は私たちの生活の一部です。個人的な認識だけでなく、専門的な認識と存在感を提供する 2 つのプラットフォームとして.

1 つの記事だけでは伝えきれないことがたくさんあります。そのため、そのリストを短縮しました。当時存在すらしていなかったものすべてが、現在の私たちの日常生活で長続きする役割を果たしているものを調べてみましょう.

私たちのリストに載っていなかった最高の中毒性の現代テクノロジー

1.インターネット

私たちが今日使用しているテクノロジーに関連するものは、インターネットがなければ価値がありません。 20 年前、インターネットは人々が待ち望んでいたものでした。そして、それを少しずつ使用できる特権を持っていた人々は、苦労して稼いだお金よりも慎重にそれを保存しました.今日、インターネットとさまざまなアプリケーションを通じてインターネットが提供するソリューションに費やされる時間の量を考えると、一定のブラウジング、ダウンロード、およびアップロード速度で遅延なく動作する無制限の高速接続が必要です.

2.ワイヤレスイヤホン

最初にイヤフォンが登場し、次にワイヤレス イヤフォンが登場し、現在は完全ワイヤレス イヤフォンです。 3.5mm 有線ジャックからワイヤレス Bluetooth 対応インイヤーバッドまで、このガジェットは常に相棒です。それらなしでは旅行も、仕事も、寝ることもできません。今日では、音楽からゲームまで、さまざまな目的のために明確に設計された数十種類のヘッドフォンとイヤフォンがあります。かつて電子アクセサリだったものは、今では別の産業になっています。

3.フェイスブックとインスタグラム

Congratulations Mr. Zuckerberg, despite so much talk about your negligence towards your platforms’ users, you still made a list and that too on No. 3. No matter what Zuckerberg has done, the dependence of people on Facebook and Instagram not just for social belonging, but also business needs has outgrown our concerns for data privacy. Now Instagram is an addiction, and Facebook is a one-stop solution for business promotion and social updates.

And for those who have forgotten, Facebook wasn’t even a thing until 2004 and was not yet public until 2006. So, just recall how life has just changed in less than two decades.

4. Google Applications

I think Google is what made us really dependent on the Internet. It was just a search engine earlier, and even then, it mesmerized us all with the information it could offer us. Later it became a mail client, and slowly and gradually, Google has become an entire suite of applications that we are using in every aspect of our personal and professional lives.

We never used emails two decades ago, and now complex tasks and conversations are carried out in minutes via mail. From document creation to cloud storage, Google has expanded its arms exponentially since its origin, and we willingly keep falling into them every single time.

5. Wikipedia

Search for anything on the web, and the first link, you’ll find will direct you to Wikipedia. The authenticity of the information on Wikipedia is indeed questionable; after all, it’s all user-fed data. But, a majority of information, especially something which is established and known, is accurately summarized in a single article here. It covers a wide range of subjects and genres and offers everything necessary you ought to know at a single platform.

6. Smartphone

Going mobile is the most common tech trend these days. There is an app for every single platform, which allows you to execute their respective operations on the move. Earlier phones were a luxury, used only to call and send text messages when required. And now, smartphones have Internet connectivity, Bluetooth, and Camera. Google, Facebook, Wikipedia; everything is available on mobiles. Smartphones were once also an expensive revolution brought by Apple in 2007, which has now spawned into an industry consuming the entire globe.

7. Amazon

Gone are the days when you traveled to the supermarket and spent hours selecting your groceries and other household stuff under your strict budget. Thanks to Amazon, we can now shop on our mobile phones and get all the things delivered at our doorstep without even paying for delivery. With Amazon’s Prime services, the delivery is even faster than ever. From groceries and apparel to electronics and travel accessories, Amazon has it all on its shelves.

8. WhatsApp

Chat messengers have saved people from long calls and have enlarged your conversation circle by offering instant messaging and even internet calls. Though this was a feature that Yahoo and Google launched way back before WhatsApp, thanks to smartphones, Whatsapp ultimately took the credit. WhatsApp was the application most of the people from the millennial generation were introduced to. It was the only app that existed on a mobile platform and was available for free. Plus, this was the app that was a fresh face when the Internet entered into every household across the globe. And now, there is hardly any smartphone that does not have WhatsApp installed on it.

9. Music and Video Streaming

Netflix, Spotify, Prime Video and Music, Apple Music, etc. All these names were nothing before Y2K. Netflix existed but as a DVD rental service company and not as an online video streaming platform. And now, online streaming subscriptions have killed DVDs. These services are available on cross platforms. What was the last time you paid for cable and soundtrack cassettes?

10. Uber

Yes, Uber does have issues. It runs on a shared economy model so, services do get hampered every now and then. But it has indeed made travel easier than ever. Finding a cab in rushed city streets has always been a tough task, and Uber has made it quite easier and somewhat a bit cheaper at specified instances. Cars and motorcycles were one thing; it is even transporting people on choppers now. Could you have imagined sitting in a chopper before Y2K?

11. Online Banking and Payment Apps

I don’t remember the last time I visited the bank to deposit cheques or cash in my account. There is little cash in my wallet, enough to travel at shorter distances and buy an item or two from the shop. I never pay my rent and other bills in cash. And I even manage my credit cards on my phone. All thanks to these banking platforms operable via applications and browsers. I couldn’t have imagined this during my childhood days long back.

12. GPS Navigation

GPS was invented way back in 1978. But GPS was not embedded in mobile phones before 1997. And it was globally commercialized probably after 2005 when Google launched Maps. Today, we can travel to unknown places and wander in new streets due to GPS navigation devices installed on our phones.

13. Voice Assistants

“Alexa, change the song.” That has become quite a morning phrase when I’m getting ready for work and listening to my favorite playlists. Voice assistants have changed the way we live, and it’s just an initial glimpse of artificial intelligence. It’ll be something amazing when it expands its capabilities in the future.

Technology has come a long way since the last twenty years, and it has the potential to grow at much larger scales. AI is expanding to technological singularity; online streaming is increasing to game streaming platforms; we’re getting choppers for taxis; you can literally buy aircrafts online; chat messengers have evolved into calling applications; the list goes on.

This is just imagination. Virtual and Augmented Reality is also being researched further along with quantum computers’ capabilities like the one at IBM, and hundreds of different fields are emerging in this sector. It’s just hard to clarify what the next decade might have for us in the future, but we can rest assured that our lives are going to change on a large scale.

What Technologies Took You By Storm:

Tell us in the comments which of the modern-day tech. You got stuck to and have been using ever since. What do you expect from the technologies of the next decade? Facebook、Instagram、YouTube などのソーシャル メディアでフォローしてください。