I am living in the 1950's. Many inventions in technology were created in this era. There was the cable TV that attracted much of the family to the television during newscast reports. The attraction of the family to the television made stronger family ties and better communication between the families.
Next there was the radio. One of the first transistor radios was invented in 1954, and was called the TR-I. The radio was small enough to fit in ones pocket to carry around. This let people keep in touch with what was going on around the world without having to stay home and see it.
There was also computers that came around. Computers took up about a whole entire room, and took hours to figure out the problems inputted into the system. One of the first computers was the UNIVAC, but came in handy for businesses and such.
In the 50's I think technology was very important to people considering it had just came out and was very new to them. It was much easier on them and saved time for certain things and such.
Technology has changed quite a bit since then. It has gotten, better, faster, stronger, and much easier to figure out.
I think it is crazy how much everyone depends on technology now. It is very useful, yes, but what if it suddenly all disappeared? What would be do then? Panic and become distraught. People were getting by with hardly any technology back in the day, it made life easier yes, but they still survived without it. Now days people depend on it 100%. What if we lost it all? What then? Just a thought.
This would be my example and instructions on a blog post. It makes you think and teaches you something about the past, our history.
I did live in the 50's. TV was it then. Although the definition of "computer" has changed over time, it is generally accepted that there were less than 10 general purpose computers in the world in January 1950. See the Wikipedia article on Computer Hardware.
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Hi LeeAnn! I think this is a pretty awesome idea and would make for a very interesting blog post. That is probably because I am a huge history buff and love seeing how things have changed so drastically. Had this been a blog post, I would've loved doing it. I also think maybe pointing people in a direction of sites they can use for technology is probably a good addition as well.
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