The Twenty First Century, the "Age of Tecnology"

                                          Unit seven: Smart Cars, Intelligent Highways
                                      
                                       The Twenty First Century, the "Age of Tecnology"
                                                      ( Essay written by Marina Perdomo)

     Since the dawn of humanity, human beings, in their quest to find solutions to the problems posed by their needs, and improve the quality of life, have been designing, producing, and distributing various technology products.Through the ages, each generation has left their scientifc and technological contributions to another generation who takes these advances, and continues to develop others. For example, in the nineteenth century, humans produced great technological advances in communication, transportation, and medicine.These advances include: the telegraph and the steam engine which was applied to the steamboat and railroad. The twentieth century, produced other advances such as: the developement of electronic computing, the radio, radar, and sound recording were key technologies which paved the way for the invention of telephone, fax,and magnetic data storage.In spite of all these technological advances made during these last two centuries, the twenty first century is considered the" Age of Technology" where man has produced the most modern advances in communication, transportation, and medicine.                                              
Nowadays the technological advances made by man, have allowed him to improve communication worldwide. For example, the rate of developement of computers, in this century, have been a reflection of these advances.Nowadays many people in the world can use the Internet, and with only a click to get whatever information that they want. They also can use the social networks such as: Facebook, Tagged, Twitter, and Skype to communate and meet whatever person in the world. Another example of these technological advances, we can find in the invention of new modern mobile phones, such as: Iphones, Galaxies, and Blackbarries, which not only are used to make a call, but also have many applications to help us to supply other needs of our daily routine.

The technological advances not only have helped us to improve the communication in the world, but also have helped us to develop the transportation means.For example, nowadays it easy to move from one place to another in a few hours.We can travel over the world using only a plane or boat.I f you are in Europe, you can travel many  counties of Europe by train. Cars are also more technologically modern than before. They have a computer system which shows the driver if there is any problem in the car.If the driver is lost, he can use the Global Positioning System( GPS)which helps him to arrive to whatever place that he wants to go.

The transportation means not only have gotten great developement during this century, but also medicine has gotten a great developement.For example, many diseases which did not have treatment such as: Cancer and HIV, now there is treatment for these diseases,Tkanks to these advances the lives of humans are longer.


In conclusion, in the twenty first century, man has developed many technological advances in communication, transportation, and medicine which have  helped him to find a solution to many problems of his routine life.These advances  made by man make this century the "Age of Technology."