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  • Boy, modern tech is ever-changing.

  • Hey, don’t blink, youll miss it!

  • You look back just a few years ago and think, “Remember when mobile games weren’t even

  • a thing?

  • Ah, yesheadphone jacks and home buttonsthose were the days!”

  • (Just wait until you see what the future has in store!)

  • But for now, check out some past vs. present

  • 1.

  • Power banks Nobody needed a power bank 10 years ago, and

  • only 1 or 2 firms made them.

  • It took forever to juice up the simpler batteries of the day, and the thing had just 1 connector.

  • Granted, the push-button phones of the time could stay charged all day since we didn’t

  • use them as much and for such big tasks as we do these days.

  • Now, power banks are common since we need to charge our mega powerful phones on the

  • go.

  • You still have to charge the power bank before you leave the house.

  • But it beats being stuck without a phone because your battery ran out!

  • (By the way, the power banks of yesteryear would only be able to charge a modern phone

  • battery about halfway!)

  • 2.

  • Tablets – “You be fine.

  • Take two tablets and call me in the morning.”c Talk about yesteryear, when you could actually

  • talk to your doctor on the phone!

  • Oh well.

  • Oops we were talking about tablets

  • When the first iPad came out, you couldn’t really do much with it.

  • Internet surfing was slow and not very convenient because of the small RAM and single-core processor.

  • You needed to connect the device to a computer to update the software and transfer content

  • to it from other devices.

  • Now, the iPad and other tablets are full-fledged mini-computers.

  • You can already connect a mouse, keyboard, and gamepad to them.

  • You can display two apps on one screen, open full desktop versions of sites, play games

  • with console-worthy graphics, and, well, I’m sure you know what they do!

  • 3.

  • – E-readers In the early 2010s, switching paper books

  • for electronic ones was a trend on the rise.

  • But this reading-of-the-future started out on computer and phone screensinconvenient,

  • to say the least.

  • Thus, a new gadget emerged: e-readers.

  • Their main perk is that they don't reflect light, making it easier on the eyes.

  • That, and the battery can last for weeks!

  • Over time, backlighting for night reading appeared, and the screen and speed have also

  • increased.

  • It seems like an ideal book, but, surprisingly, paper editions have started gaining popularity

  • again!

  • Even with so much tech around us, sometimes you just want a good olfashioned book!

  • 4.

  • Phones With such a low screen resolution 10 years

  • ago, you couldn't watch movies or videos on your phone for long.

  • Early smartphones didn’t have front-facing cameras, which meant you had to guess if your

  • selfie is centered in the frame!

  • (It usually wasn’t for the first 5 tries!)

  • All music was downloaded through a computer or transmitted via Bluetooth, and a game with

  • 3D graphics seemed mind-blowing.

  • Mobile Internet wasn't so common eitherif you did have it, it moved at a snail’s pace.

  • Now, modern phones are practically useless without mobile Internet.

  • Cloud services mean youve got pretty much endless memory.

  • Displays have become larger, and you can easily go without a TV if you have a newer-model

  • cell phone.

  • The cameras have become so cool that you can shoot movies, panoramas, and, yes, perfectly

  • centered selfieswith fun filters!

  • But the main change affected the appearance.

  • Smartphones are thinner, lighter, and more elegant now.

  • Every inch on the phone has become important.

  • Because of this, modern phones refuse space-wasters like home buttons.

  • Headphone jack ports are also disappearing for the sake of increased battery life.

  • And for wireless headphones sales of course!

  • Which brings me to my next point

  • 5.

  • Headphones 10 years ago, Bluetooth headphones were a

  • small wire that could be hung around the neck.

  • It had a mini remote with buttons to switch songs and change the volume.

  • The headphone's energy was enough for 1-3 hours of continuous listening.

  • Ooh!

  • Now, there are no wires at all.

  • Modern technologies mean getting rid of analog mechanisms and switching to wireless.

  • The battery lifespan has increased, and charging cases have appeared.

  • We have touch and "smart" controls on the headphones instead of analog remote control.

  • A smart noise reduction system means better quality sound streaming into our ears!

  • 6.

  • Gaming laptops We mightve gone from a 4- to an 8-core

  • processor and are now enjoying much better graphicsbut the appearance and price

  • of these laptops haven't changed much.

  • Theyre still bulky, heavy, expensive, and give you about two hours of battery life.

  • But now, a new type has appearedportable gaming laptops.

  • They weren’t around at all 10 years ago.

  • They launch games on high graphic settings, and the battery life has doubled.

  • 7.

  • Portable consoles In the early 2010s, PSPs were the thing.

  • You could play 3-4 hours without recharging, enjoy 3D graphics, convenient controls, a

  • large screen, and an affordable priceany teenager’s dream!

  • However, their popularity fell quickly...

  • Because phones began to support the same graphics!

  • Don’t worry thoughPSPs came back with a vengeance when the Nintendo Switch was released.

  • The key to success?

  • It can compete with those impeccable smartphone graphics!

  • 8.

  • Watching movies First, DVDs replaced VHS in the early 2000s.

  • So we switched to DVD and threw away the VHS.

  • But it was a short-lived victory since the disc soon found itself competing with the

  • Internet.

  • Which is one reason why you can by a DVD player for peanuts!

  • Now, movie-streaming services give you a huge library at your fingertips.

  • You can binge-watch your favorite shows for hours, maybe days!

  • The best part: no need to wait until they come out on DVD or spend hours scanning the

  • shelves at the movie rental place looking for something to watch!

  • Wow, remember movie rental places?

  • 9.

  • The Internet Anyone old enough to remember dial-up knows

  • how far weve come.

  • But even just 10 years ago, Wi-Fi wasn’t very fast.

  • Back then, no one couldve imagined that it’d be possible to watch 4K videos online

  • without constant buffers and crashes!

  • Oh yeah, and in the not-so-distant past, it took about an hour to download a 100-megabyte

  • music album!

  • Now, wireless connection has become available for free almost anywhere you go!

  • You can download 20 gigabytes of your favorite show in minutes.

  • The Internet has replaced flash sticksyou don't need to carry it everywhere when you

  • have cloud storage with an almost unlimited supply of memory!

  • After hearing all that, it might feel like were now at the peak of our technological

  • evolutionbut weve only just begun!

  • Let’s see what your favorite devices will look like in the near future

  • 10.

  • Super memory discs So-called “5D data storagehas already

  • been invented.

  • These are small thin glass disks that can withstand extreme temperatures and accommodate

  • 360 terabytes of data (that’s over 1,400 laptops-worth of memory).

  • The most mind-boggling part: it can save this data for billions of years!

  • Theyll become as commonplace as USBs in the future.

  • 11.

  • Rolling screens You won't surprise anyone with ultra-thin

  • TVs now, but imagine a large plasma panel that can be rolled up like a piece of paper.

  • Major electronics manufacturers are already working on this.

  • The same fate awaits phones.

  • There are already phones with folding screens now!

  • On that note

  • 12.

  • Phones Gaming graphics on them will reach the same

  • level as powerful PCs today.

  • And the battery won't require charging from electricityitll be fueled by solar

  • or kinetic energies (that is, when the phone is charged from your movement).

  • 13.

  • Augmented Reality AR-lenses will appear.

  • They won't only complement our reality with an amazing computer interface, theyll also

  • be able to improve your vision!

  • 14.

  • Watching movies One of the coolest technologies of the future

  • will allow you to watch your own dreams on any screen!

  • True, probably won’t happen in the next 10 years.

  • But scientists have already managed to scan the visual parts of the brain of a person

  • watching videos.

  • A computer then calculated the signals and converted them into an image.

  • They got a very low-quality picture, but it was a big step towards the visualization of

  • dreams!

  • 15.

  • – A.I.

  • Artificial intelligencewere already making baby steps into depending on it, what

  • with personal robo-assistants like Siri and Alexa.

  • Long story short, thanks to AI, humanity will be able to increase the speed of huge technological

  • advancements hundreds of times!

  • Itll make our lives easier in countless spherestransportation, medicine, banking,

  • research, entertainmentget ready for some big changes!

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