IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGIES

19th Century vs. 21st Century

Prior to a Technological Revolution Dawn to Dusk Workday

Refrigeration: Think Again!!

Phone Calls, Talk to your Neighbor...

Changes in Daily Life Electric lights become widespread in 1890’s

Makes life easier and businesses more productive

New ideas and inventions became popular

Standard of Living Increases = Life is better

New Forms of Energy Drilling for and using oil became popular

Electricity became widespread allowing businesses to grow and prosper

Rural areas struggled to benefit

How electricity works

Advances in Communication Telegraph reaches across the U.S. by

1900

The telephone links entire cities together

Communication becomes easierUsed to take weeks to get a letter from

coast to coast

Moving Coast to Coast Railroads link east to west

Government became big investor in the railroad business

Transportation of goods/people becomes easier and more efficient

Linking East to West

Biggest Impact What in your opinion is the biggest

impact of all this technology???? Makes Life Easier and Industrial Growth

Possible

21st Century...

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Changes in Daily Life The idea of a 24 Hour society:

“Always tuned in and turned on”

Sharing of thoughts, ideas, & opinions has never been easier

New Forms of Energy

Advances in Communication Communication is now mobile and

instant

Different types: Text, IM, E-mail, Voice

Created a new language

Interconnected World What does that phrase mean to you??

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Biggest Impact???