Technology has changed over time

Technology has really changed over time!

As time goes by, technology develops to meet the changing needs of society. Look at the pictures below and see how things have changed over the years. You can decide if you think changes in technology meet existing needs or create new ones.
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Music Players - from the phonograph to the iPod
phonograph	turn table	record player	8-track player and cassettes
portable cassette player and radio	stereo - plays cassettes and CD's	The Walkman - portable cassette player	The Discman - portable CD player
portable MP3 player	The iPod	The iPod Nano
Telephones - from phones with cords, to cordless, to cell phones
the first telephone - no dialing!	dialing added	mouth piece and ear piece combined into 1 hand held piece.	more modern phone
this phone hung on the wall	this phone sat on a table	cordless phones - wow! You could walk around the house while you talked!	1st cell phone - big and bulky!
a little smaller but not many features	flip phone - protect the number pad from accidental dialing	tiny cell phone!	smart phones - lots of features but big and bulky again
A little smaller with a slide out keyboard	the iPhone - lots and lots of features, small and compact and touch screen	the wrist band cell phone
Computers - an ever changing technology! Don't blink - that new computer will be outdated!
The first computer! The size of an entire room!!	one of the first desktop computers	an early model of the apple computer	a current PC
a current apple computer	an early laptop	now laptops are tiny and lightweight	a computer so small it can be worn on your wrist!