Business Marketing

12 Items That Technology Will Replace This Decade

john Maher - Tuesday, January 17, 2012

1. Wrist watches: Sure, some will still wear them for fashion or swimming, but ask a Gen Y or Z crowd to raise their hand if they aren't wearing a wristwatch and you will see many naked wrists in the air.

2. Paperbacks: I still love a good book in my hands, but more and more I find myself cheating on my first love with my new love - Ms. Kindle.

3. Traditional homework: With offerings like Khan Academy and MITx, more and more teachers are assigning watching a lecture or lesson on YouTube as the homework and then doing the "traditional homework" in the classroom with the help of the instructor and peers. Being able to watch the best in the world deliver a lecture on a topic is a much better way to learn when you combine it with in-class practice. I wish this was around when I went to school - break out the popcorn!

4. Newspapers

5. Car keys

6. College backpacks: Imagine how nice it will be just to carry around a tablet with all your textbooks accessible in the cloud. And they won't cost $150 either. Also, you will be able to see the notes of all the other A+ students from around the world rather than praying that the used book you just purchased was from the next Einstein rather than the next Stoner. The books will be auto-updated as well.

7. DVDs

8. Instruction manuals: Replaced by much easier to comprehend "How to" videos.

9. Corked wine: Screw tops are better technology, but not quite as romantic.

10. Offline voting: No more "hanging chads" and imagine the percentage of voter increase when you can do it with a click of a button from your house. Even better, the results will be real time.

11. Cash: Mobile phones become transactional.

12. Desktop computers


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