When I was young...

In the early 1960's

• I watched Black & White Television with rabbit ear antennas
• We had to go over to the television to change the channel
• There were about a dozen channels to choose from
• Our telephone had a long cord and a rotary dial
• There wasn't anyway to record a television show.
• Mom use to ring a bell out the back door when she wanted us to come home from playing
• We listened to music on the record player or the A.M. radio
• Mail was hand written and hand delivered
• Clocks had to be wound up or plugged in to work
• All of our drinks came in bottles made of glass or waxed cartons
• Leftover food was wrapped in aluminum foil or wax paper
• We played board games, played cards, hide and seek and other types of games that required two or people to play.
• My parent's car did not have air conditioning and neither did our home.
• We drank tap water
• Washes our dishes by hand
• We used maps when we traveled
• We used carbon paper in our typewriters to make copies
• The lawn mower did not have a motor, it had to be pushed to move the blades.
• Smoking cigarettes and pipes was not considered harmful by adults
• Later when there were copy machines, we would cut out pictures or larger fonts labels and paste them into a new document with tape or glue.

Wow, how things have changed. 

• We got our first computer in 1990.  It had a 650 MB hard drive and 4 megs of RAM.  The built in fax modern meant I didn't have to buy a fax machine.
• Now we have remotes, cell phones, laptops, ipods, plastic, video games, GPS's and much more.

Here is a video which reviews the progression of technology and projects its advancement in a "Did You Know" fast-paced format.  Very interesting, I hope you enjoy!   
Technology | CLICK