Technology in the past changed socially. It changed in a way that relates to society.

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Cold War or the rivalry between the United States of America and the Soviet Union (USSR) is

what fueled the so- called space race that begun in the late 1950s. The Soviet Union

successfully launched Sputnik I as the world's first artificial satellite in October 1957 but the

United States effectively won the game by landing three astronauts on the moon in July 1969.

Consumer technology, or technology that is intended for use by consumers in the

general public, is what influenced the advancement that occurred in the 70s decade. These big

technological advancements that completely changed the world are: the floppy disk; a storage

medium, the portable cassette player; a portable audio player, the personal computer by Apple

I; a microcomputer designed for use by one person at a time, the cell phone by Motorola; a

phone with access to a cellular radio system so it can be used over a wide area, without a

physical connection to a network, the Video Cassette Recorder (VCR); electromechanical device

that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television, the Odyssey by

Magnavox; the very first home video game console, and the Pulsar LED; the first digital

electronic watch.

Consumerism and materialism still continued in the 1980s decade and the gadgets that

were being snatched as soon as they hit the shelves were: the IBM Personal Computer, the Sony

Walkman, the compact disc (CD), the Betamax and the VHS, the Atari 2600, and the Game Boy

by Nintendo.

Of all the technologies that changed our lives, the most profound would be the world wide web

of the 1990s. It is because it changed the way people interacted with each other on an international
scale. It has changed how we communicate, how we gain knowledge and study, how we socialize and

even how we conduct business transactions.

The technology industry flourished a lot in the 2000s. The smaller and the faster, the better. The

IT sector developed the camera phone that almost eradicated the digital camera industry, the USB flash

drive; the external device that plugs into your laptop or phone to save digital data a lot more than

multiple CD combined, Bluetooth; technology allows devices to communicate with each other without

cables or wires, iPods; a portable device for storing and playing digital media files and the social

networking and streaming sites Facebook and YouTube.

It's only two years after 2020, but we already have breakthrough technologies to showcase.

These are: microneedles for painless injections and tests, sun- powered chemistry; using sunlight to

convert waste carbon dioxide into useful chemicals, virtual patients; a specific type of computer-based

program that imitates real-life clinical scenarios, spatial computing; the digitization of activities of

machines, people, objects, and the environments in which they take place to enable and optimize

actions and interaction, and digital medicine; wearable technology that monitor medical conditions or

administer therapies such as glucose monitors and smart insulin pens.

 It is very tough now to imagine life without technology. It has already changed our way of

thinking, learning and communicating. Technology and society correlate. Our society is shaped by

technology, and the changes it brings is in correspondence with what society needs. The consequences

are both beneficial and harmful though.

Technology may have improved communication explicitly. Sending messages nowadays via

email and social media platforms has been the fastest and most effective, but through these mediums

people also learned to harass, threaten or target another person. Mechanized farming has improved

crop production on a very large scale, but due to vehicles and machinery, the rate of pollution is

increasing continuously. Medical breakthroughs have improved health and have lengthen humankind's

lifespan, but the technology also has reduced physical activity sometimes making people lazy. Access to

information have come very easy and free of cost because of the internet but due to its excessive use,

cybercrimes like hacking and identity theft and gaming addiction also has increased. Culture has

completely changed by technology, because of video calls, some find it difficult now to conduct a face-

to-face chat. Watching videos on smartphones is preferred by some over listening to another person.

Kids are more excited to browse on their phones instead of reading their books.

Some would and some cannot. Old people can live without access to the internet because they

have ways to entertain themselves back in the early days, but the young ones would go bored and crazy

the minute they are unable to access Twitter and TikTok. The physically fit can, walk if suddenly there is

no transportation available, but the frail and the elderly won't be to trudge even just a few meters. The

healthy won't mind if some medical treatment isn't made available, but the denying it for the sick will

surely aggravate their condition. Technology are products of invention after all and necessity is the

creator of it. Simply put, it was there because someone needed it.