20 Dying Technologies

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1.) Combustion Engines

                Because of environmental factors, battery powered devices are on the rise.

2.) Consumer Video Cameras

                With smartphones, having a handheld video camera is redundant.

3.) Credit Cards

                With direct payments from bank accounts, credit cards are becoming useless.

4.) Desktop PCs

They will never be completely obsolete because of safety concerns but the increased need for portability has led to a decrease in desktop PC use.

5.) DVDs and Blu-ray

                Netflix is making the need for a physical disk a thing of the past.

6.) Digital music players

                This one is decreasing mainly because phones are now serving as media players.

7.) E-readers

For this one, the article blames the iPad… I will not concede this point. I hate you apple. The fact that you have to recharge an iPad more often than you would your Kindle is a huge downside to me.

8.) Fax machines

Yea, I agree. These things should’ve been dead years ago… There is no reason for this nonsense. Electronic signatures are the final nail in the fax machine comment.

9.) Game Consoles

With an increase in MMO games, I can see the decrease in consoles but keep in mind that PC has been “dead” for years now and I can call shenanigans on that one!

 10.) Pagers

These will continue to be used as long as cell phones are this unreliable but as soon as the whole “not working” issue is fixed, bye bye pagers!  (Note to self: Do not hold breath.)

 11.) Dash-mounted GPS systems

                Again, your cell phone does it…

 12.) Keys

Thank you! I hate searching for my darn keys. There is a reason I drive a Nissan Altima, I get to leave my keys in my purse… right up until I get home and have to unlock my door.

 13.) Landline telephones

                Whatever cell phones don’t cover, Skype and Google voice do.

 14.) 3D TV with glasses

                HOLOGRAMS!!! I AM SO FREAKIN EXCITED!!!!! </geek moment>

 15.) Metronomes and tuners

                There’s an app for that. (Sorry, I had to say it at some point)

 16.) PDAs

                Cell phone.

 17.) Point-and-shoot digital cameras

                Cell phone.

 18.) Power cords

                WiTricity. I am a little skeptical on this one.

 19.) Remote controls

                Motion sensors and voice recognition. I’m ok with this happening, I hate remote controls.

 20.) USB memory sticks

Again, for security reasons they will never be completely useless but they are certainly getting phased out.