Google Earth and Bing Maps- I can go anywhere in the world, see pics people took when they were there, and even get a birdseye view of lots of places, as if I was in a helecopter looking down. Its easy to daydream when I can just click over to Australia, or wherever.
This is going to sound geeky..... but computer stuff amazes me every day. I have worked in that industry for a good many years but the change so much and everyday I find something new to amaze me.
Oh and light switches too
Rubber Ducky your the one, you make my life so much fun
Music making software...The way in which you don't need to go to a studio to make an album anymore but can do it from their laptop
Flash memory.
Incredibly small memory that powers an MP3 player, cell phone, or thumb drive. You can replace the battery or unplug it and the information is still there.
It can withstand extreme temperature, shock, and water depths, and has no moving parts.
"In 2009, Kingston announced a 256 GB Flash Drive available only in the UK and other parts of Europe."
That's 256 gigabytes.
Computers and the Internet are amazing but what really amazes me is the technology in the new vehicles. Side scanning collision avoidance, road condition, static traction factor, vehicle location, speed, elevation the vehicle is operating in, weight distribution within the vehicle, the air/fuel mixture required for maximum performance - the list goes on and on but they all check on whatever they’re supposed to monitor at a rate of thousands of times PER SECOND and send a report back to the on-board computer. Yes, I know, these systems are dependent on one or more computers, but even the newest software for PC’s seem to have trouble efficiently performing more than 20 or 30 tasks at one time without slowing down the operations of one or more tasks. Somehow, the engineers behind these systems have figured out a way to get their computers to run continuously in any climate, processing literally billions of bytes of input, all without a glitch. I’d be willing to bet they aren’t running Windows!!
It's not what you wear; it's how you take it off.
For me, it's the "miracle" of satellite communications. It's amazing to me that 30 years ago, one-on-one communications from Miami to... somewhere in the Philippines, for instance... one-to-one communications between those two points would have meant voice only, with terrible audio qualities, having involved the intercession of three or more other people at switching points en route.
Nowadays, you can have a live two-way video chat, with sound, share digital files, share photos, and add in text messages if you want to, with no more trouble than clicking on someone's user name in Skype. Simply awesome.
What amazes me is the best invention in the world: The Hitachi Magic Wand!
What is even more amazing: Two Hitachi Magic Wands
What is even greater: The slip ons for the Hitachi Magic Wand
What is the greatest thing in the world?: Giving a guy a wand job with TWO magic wands.
Please do not PM me for XXX chat or to exchange nude photos.
A great deal of medical technology is incredible. The way a knee surgery that used to take 5 hours and leave a horrendous scar, can now be done in 2 hours with only a tiny nick of a scar? My brother has a 10 inch scar from his knee and leg repair when he shattered it at 10 years old, but now there would be almost no scarring, and the 6 month recovery time would be 3 or less. Amazing. The way a tiny device can be inserted into you and get accurate readings of damage to arteries and veins, and they can be just as easily repaired nowadays? The little device that ran over my stomach and gave me my first look at my beautiful baby girl? Just...wow.
Plus I'm pretty blown away by a remote that can all our stuff. Pretty cool.
"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere." - Groucho Marx
Computer technology. It just amazes me that some one figured out a way to store so much info on a microchip and be able to retieve it at such a high rate of speed. Where would be without this technology.
Medical advances are a close second but would not have occured without Computers I do not believe.
Anything technological amazes me. I sometimes think about the balls those guys who first "discovered" America (since America was already discovered by the Native Americans). Many people at that time thought the Earth was flat, it's just the natural thing, right? But they said "what the hell, will go anyway and see what happens". We know how it ended.
for me it has to be my iPod classic and the iPad
I have another one...... those little widgets in cans of English ale that release nitrogen when you open them.....amazes me.....
Oh and light switches again........
Rubber Ducky your the one, you make my life so much fun
I can think of so many things to respond to this topic, but every time I flip open my cell phone, I feel a bit like a crew member from the Enterprise.
Still fond of indoor plumbing.
I am amazed by technological adavances. Specifically technological aids available to visual impared individuals. A completely blind person can now use a device to make sure they don't over pour liquids, to determine paper money denomination, find out the color of their clothing to make sure they match, read a newspaper, read regular mail.. all non braille.
It's quite amazing!
iphones, androids, and all these other smart phones... need a map? get a droid! entertainment? get a droid! need a life? get a droid!!!... technology today... lol
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I am pretty amazed that I can sit outside with my little Toshiba net book, tap into somebody's wi-fi and hang out on Lush for over nine hours without having to go in and re-charge it...
Though I might have to go inside to grab another beer once in a while, and use the bathroom, of course...technology hasn't solved that problem yet...
Pretty cool actually...
The Muppets...LOL
Jim Henson created some wonderful 'real' characters...but since he died, they all seem to be fading out of the limelight with him...so sad.
