Keeping Up with Technology
Here are a few interesting facts about trying to keep up with technology.
- In 2004 the top ten in-demand jobs in 2010 didn't even exist.
- It is expected that a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the computational capabilities of the human brain by 2013.
- There are roughly over a half a million words in the English language today which is five times more than in Shakespeare's time.
- The first commercial text message was sent in December 1992. Texting today exceeds the total population of the planet.
- The amount of technical information is doubling every two years. Students who are taking a four year technical degree will have learned out-dated information in their first year while still in their third year of school.
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