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=   = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Do you ever wonder about today's technology and the advances? A few things that there is to know about technology is the history and where it came from, the advances and what kind of advances, and a few things that may be miscellaneous about technology. = = This is the history of technology. Technology has been referred to as the way we people use our own inventions and discoveries. Technology has helped us gain control of nature to help build a civilized lifestyle. With the use of our technology, labor has been reduced do to new powered machines. After the automobile was invented, it influenced where people could live and work. = = Advances in today's technology. You may not know this, but Google is an enemy to Apple and Microsoft. During the making of the Iphone, Google, Apple, and Microsoft became friends for a short while. Today, older parts in older technology is being recycled into new parts. When the internet was introduced to us in the 1960's, there was a group of academics who launched this project to link larger systems. = = Here are some miscellaneous facts about technology. Did you ever wonder how cell phones work? Cell phones operate within a network of cells. When a call or text is made and sent it automatically goes through a transmitter, otherwise known as a base station. Have you ever seen a pacemaker? Well, a pacemaker is inserted in the chest and lasts up to five years before needing to be replaced. It is usually sealed in a waterproof casing so nothing can get inside of it. It also weighs about one to two ounces. Here is a quick fact. In September 2001, surgeons installed the first successful artificial heart in a patient with heart disease. = = You have just read about technology. Technology is one of the best things that has ever happened to us. The history of technology is changing, the advances are changing, and so are some of the most random facts about technology. See if you can try and come up with your own technological discovery or a new invention for technology. = = = = **Each and every day our technology is changing. Many things like computers and laptops,etc, are being made faster than ever before. Because of the advances in computers, there will be a higher demand for them, same for cell phones, and anything of that sort of nature. We need to take pride in our technology and not only that, but we need to be smart about how we dispose of it because we don't want to pollute the Earth anymore than what has to be.** =