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33 Ways Technology and Time Twisted Wildly

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33 Ways Technology and Time Twisted Wildly

September 17, 2023

Here in the bold new age of the 21st century, it’s easy to think that technology is constantly advancing at a breakneck pace. Every day, there’s some new doohickey or doodad demanding you learn a whole new skill set, whether it’s figuring out your Zoom background or using keyless entry on your car. But much like a dad with a junk drawer full of old cables, some technology from what seems like the distant past has stubbornly stuck around. They say you can’t kill an idea, but apparently you can’t kill things like typewriters and telegrams, either. Here are 33 technological developments that warp the concept of time in brain-melting ways…

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VCRs were made until 2016. The last VCR manufacturer was Japan's Funai Electric, which stopped producing them in 2016. 750,000 units were sold in their last year, but finding the parts to make them was becoming increasingly difficult. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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CRACKED.COM Drug dealers use NOKIA old Nokia NOKIA phones. 8210 An illegal use is still a use, isn't it? Drug dealers prefer old handsets, as their movements are harder to trace with those-with the Nokia 8210 being a favorite. — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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There are still 100,000 payphones in the U.S. Not only are these payphones still used, but their operators are turning a hefty profit - 0000 0000 .0000 as few as three calls a day make a single phone sustainable. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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CRACKED.COM COM Finances run on an ancient CASH computer language. $3 trillion moves every day through ATMs, banking services, and other financial systems programmed in COBOL, a computer language from the 50s. Only older programmers are usually trained in it, which is shaping up to be a problem. — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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U.S. nuclear weapons relied on floppy disks until, uh, yesterday. We don't mean the cute, plasticky things on your Save button - we're talking about eight-inch monstrosities from the 1970s that couldn't hold a single photo taken with your phone. The system wasn't upgraded until 2019. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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The Pentagon still uses Windows XP. With some of their computers performing vital functions, paying Microsoft for extended support is often easier than xp an upgrade. irrosoft Windows* CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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Audio jacks were invented in the 19th century. The jack you use today to plug in your headset is just a smaller version of the one created in the 1870s for telephone switchboards. The little fellas were adopted by the radio industry in the early 20th century, and became really popular with the arrival of Sony's Walkman in 1979. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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You can still send an old- school telegram. Telegrams can still be useful, as the time stamp is a legal verification of when a message was sent to, say, cancel a contract. 175 CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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Vinyl records sell as much as CDs. While most of the music industry's revenue comes from streaming many people like to physically own the music they listen to. Vinyl records are a favored format for this, with sales going up as CD sales keep falling. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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CRACKED.co .COM Rural America still uses dial- up internet. About one third of rural residents browse the net like it's the 1990s, because they don't have access to broadband. In an increasingly digitized economy, this leaves these areas at a disadvantage. — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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Airports use dot matrix printers. In an airport you won't just hear the PA system and the hubbub of people but also the whiiiir- whiiiiir of these ancient, clunky devices. Reasons given are cost, reliability, and compatibility with legacy computer systems. live lots CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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The NYPD still used typewriters, as of 2015 A few years ago, if you reported a crime in New York City, the report wasn't typed on a computer, but on an old- school typewriter. This was to be expected in, say, the 1970s- but certainly s 7 2 6 not in the 21st century. W E R T Y O A S D F G H Z X C V B N CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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Doctors still use pagers. In hospitals, some walls are built to stop X-rays- which also block cell phone signals. Pagers use a different radio range, which can go through these sturdy walls. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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Hospitals

Hospitals share patient records through fax. Even when records are digitized, hospital computer systems aren't really made to communicate with one another. So pages are constantly printed out, faxed, and then scanned on arrival- a solution that frustrates everyone. 55554 EXPIRES 000 HEW STOP 8 MUTE FAX CRACKED.COM START — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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The IRS

999999 8800 The IRS uses a 60-year-old computer system. When you file your taxes, they're processed by the Individual Master File, a computer program written in the 1960s. Modernization plans have existed for years, but have yet to become a reality. 1040 on 888888888888888 5 822222222222 99999992 CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Old Technologies Still In Use Well Past Their Expiration Date

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CRAOT The first commercially available digital camera could take 32 photos in grayscale at 320x240 resolution. THAT'S THIS A BIG. Dycam Model 1 $995 in 1990 Now they sell full color children's cameras with five times the resolution and the 128 times the memory (that can also make Kidizoom Camera kidle movies.) $33.50 in 2018 — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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The earliest CERN network routers in the 1980s were limited by a 2.4 GHz frequency band and speeds oi 2 Mbit/s. to Today, you can buy a 5 a GHz WiFi router with speeds up to NETOPAR 426.7 Mbit/s straight from the market. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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CRACKED.COM The Mad Men-era washing machine-size IBM 2311 Disk Drive held 7MB. IBM That's about two songs in mp3 format The $5.99 SanDisk Flash Cruzer Drive holds 16GB. That's over 5000 songs in mp3 format. — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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The prevalence of smartphones CRACKED.COM in the U.S. skyrocketed in the past decade. Between 2005 and 2016, the number of smartphone owners went from 2% to 81%. — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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CRACKED.COM In 1979, The Beast broke world records for the fastest roller coaster, propelling guests at 65 mph. Today's fastest coaster, Formula Rossa, makes that ride look downright leisurely. Its hydraulic launch system brings the coaster to speeds of 149 mph, and guests are required to wear protective glasses. — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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CRACKED.COM 1996 saw the release of Pokemon Red. Pokerloy TM Red Version @'95.96. '98 GAME FREAK inc. READAT In 2018 you can emulate it, along with the console it was played on... Inside another game: Minecraft. — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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A prosthetic leg used to help an amputee perform basic activities. In 2016 paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm was not permitted to compete at the Rio Olympics because his prosthetic leg could give him an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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It took less than five decades for a heart rate monitor to evolve Holter Heart from a Monitor (1970s) briefcase Fitbit (2014) to a watch. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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This is the SLA-1 (arguably) the first 3-D Printer built in 1987 These are 3-D printed human embryonic stem-cells, 2013 CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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The first DNA tests in the 1970s required a large blood sample and were only 80% accurate. 23amdMe Welcome to you Monocker Ead Aim Chomoso South West Advicents Today there are more than 30 companies that offer at-home genetic testing with just a saliva sample, and for less than $100. GRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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CRACKED.COM 1988: Korg M1 Synthesizer Workstation $1999 MI the 2018: Korg M1 Synthesizer Workstation App for Ipad $14.99 COME GEOLAL COMBIMODE MULTIPLE INST HOWSES FEDC KORG MI ilmScore PERFORMANCE MIDI MASTEKE EASY osc VOH VISA CONTROL INSERED Choir Choir Plano Tubular cea married 813 Piano 00 VON RO RECEESE north ESSONANCE Enseable Hall 88 Expiter 88 — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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TEV In 1995, an advanced computer defeated: a world chess champion for the first time. And in 2005, a human defeated an advanced computer for the last time (so far). CRACKED COME — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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Back in the 1950s, computational the technology relied on individual: transistors the size of a cornflake. Now, this tiny Intel core i7 septa-core processor can produce the computational power of approximately one billion transistors. (intel, i7 CORE inside CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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2000s DVD RESOLUTION CACTUAL SIZE] 4K RESOLUTION CACTUAL SIZE] 2018 CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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Less than 1% of THE INTERNET of the world change population used internet in 1995. Today more than 50% are active users and according to a United Nations resolution access to the internet is a basic human right. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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Transplants

1962/ Lung 1 963 Liver First human organ Kidney transplant from deceased donor. 2018 First successful penis and scrotum transplant. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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In 2001, a 40 Sony TV weighed 286.6lbs and that was 26 inches deep. Today, a 40 Sony TV weighs just 17.1 lbs and is only 2.8 inches deep. — Source: 18 Ways Technology Has Changed In A Short Time

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