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Technology Impacts on our Daily Life Communication

I need to see you, Watson, so come on in. The dependable telephone has had a good run since Alexander Graham Bell spoke these first words about his revolutionary invention in 1876. Bell's original vision was for "one in every town." Of course, he was correct; in actuality, everyone now carries one in their pocket. However, thanks to technology , messaging and social media have supplanted the classic audio call as a method of staying in touch. Video calling is a different medium that has experienced a boom in recent years. Although the idea is not particularly novel—it has existed for roughly as long as Bell's telephone—the advent of high-speed broadband at reasonable costs has made it much simpler to send and receive the quantities of data required for a video call. While video calling has been gradually integrating into daily life over the past ten years, the ongoing pandemic has pushed it over the edge and guaranteed its future as a commonplace means of communicatio

Technology

Technology, the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life,  or, as it is sometimes phrased, to the change and manipulation of the human environment. The subject of technology is treated in a number of articles. For general treatment,  see technology, and history of; hand tools. For a description of the materials that  are both the object and means of manipulating the environment, see elastomers; industrial  ceramics; industrial glass; metallurgy; mineral deposit; mineral processing; mining; plastic.  For the generation of energy, see energy conversion; coal mining; coal utilization;  petroleum production; petroleum refining. For treatment of food production, see agriculture, history of; agricultural economics; beekeeping; beer; cereal farming; coffee; commercial  fishing; dairy farming; distilled spirit; food preservation; fruit farming; livestock  farming; poultry farming; soft drink; tea; vegetable farming; wine.  For the techniques of construction techn