Obsolete Technology or Evolving Technology?- Melaina Chapman

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    The idea of obsolete technology to me doesn't really seem like an actual thing. These technologies that have become 'obsolete' actually means that the older versions aren't used anymore but the technology has just evolved and is still around. The cell phone is still a technology we have now it's just more involved than it used to be, with Apple's announcement of the iPhone 6 and 6+ it's still a cell phone it just has many things all jumbled into one device. It can still call people and send messages just faster and with a higher quality, it can take pictures and give them to you instantly just like a polaroid or digital camera, and you can even get Gameboy apps to play these games on the same device. The VCR was one of the examples of Obsolete technology that we came up with in lab but it, just like cell phones, isn't obsolete either. It has evolved into DVDs and now Bluray movies and is still a common item in every home just like it once was, technology doesn't become obsolete it evolves and then gets replaced with that upgrade but the upgrade still has all the same ideas.

This idea of technology becoming obsolete made me think of all the different things I have or have had that could be considered these obsolete technologies. I used to rely on my Scooby Doo PDA to keep track of things that were going on like my friend's birthdays and parties and what not, but now I have a calendar on my cell phone because it was 10x easier to keep just one device than to have a bunch of different devices to carry around, it makes me appreciate the fact that our devices become more and more convenient and portable. Having a laptop that I can take in my room when I want is so much nicer than to have to sit in the living room and use the slow desktop, however there is a bad side to this. There has been an increase in problems because of the evolution of these technologies, kids have so much more access to technology now and it's causing so many problems, the emergence of sharing nude picture online and through texting is becoming and issue because now that these are portable and more accessible it's causing a divide through generations, and maybe the evolving of technology has finally started going too far? Maybe the evolving should stop and then the hype and hysteria of the newest iPhone, iPad, Laptop anything like that could stop and people would start socializing more, there are advantages and disadvantages to evolving technology.
http://www.useoftechnology.com/modern-technology-advantages-disadvantages/