DVD Player: The DVD player
has the same fate as the VHS.
Blue-ray technology may extend the life of physical DVDs, but why carry
around and store discs when you can have electronic copies of your favorite movies
and shows or you can stream them?
E-Reader: Why carry around a
Nook or Kindle that essentially has one function when tablets of the same size
can do infinitely more cool things?
Unless e-readers become very cheap, they will enter the black hole of obsolete
technology as tablets become more refined.
Text Books: The days of
carrying around twenty-pound book bags will soon be over. The future college and high school
students will access their calculus, economics, and Spanish readings on their
tablets.
GPS: Your Garmin or TomTom
is on its way out the door, and faster than you may think. As more and more people own smart
phones with equally good or better GPS functioning, there is no need for a
portable GPS. Also, expect GPS to
become standard in cars within the next ten years.
Digital Cameras: The new
iPhone 4s has an 8 megapixel camera that captures 1080p HD video. Don’t know what that means? Crystal clear high-definition quality
better than today’s lower-end digital cameras. From here, the smart phone camera will only improve. So unless you’re into more advanced
photography and high-end cameras, you’ll be using the pencil-thin smart phone
that allows you to share instantaneously.
Video game systems: The
future of gaming will be part of your television or cable/digital
library/streaming/video game box.
mp3 Player: Like the GPS and
digital camera, there is really no need for mp3 players when smart phones have
the same capabilities and much more.
New technologies such as the cloud eliminate any issues with storing
data. If you haven’t already
gotten rid of your iPod, it will be dying in the back of one of your drawers
pretty soon.
Cars and airplanes: Experts
predict the invention of teleportation by 2020. Just kidding.
Alex Campbell
Intern
University of Delaware
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