Things That Technology Should Have Killed by Now
I am compiling a list of things that we use everyday in our personal and business lives that should have already dissappeared based on the technology that exists today. Please add to this list and vote up the things you see as most important.
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Paper Receipts
Starbucks and Apple have gotten this as have online retailers. Why can't the rest of the retail world?
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Credit Cards
Let's see, I am going to carry around something small that has a ton of identifiable info and access to a large amount of money that can be easily duplicated and most people happily swipe them without checking to see if you are actually the person supposed to be using it.
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DVDs and BluRays and Game Discs
Seriously? I know we see more digital content every day, but Walmart still sells billions of these every year. Quit locking my media up in plastic, give it to me where I want, when I want.
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Residential Mailbox
Probably the #1 source of identity theft. Plus all that junk mail that goes straight from mailbox to recycling...
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Power Cords
Tesla was onto this. So why do I still have to sit near a wall plug, buy an inverter for my car, and trip over tangled cords all the time?
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Newspapers and Magazines
I know they are dying, but each month I still get enough of these to kill a forest.
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Report cards
All the graded papers that come home and then goes to the recycling bin at the end of the year
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Restaurant Menus
There should be an app for this already... You should be able to see a menu and place an order pretty easily.
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Steering Wheels
Forget all the promises that were made to me in my youth that I would have a flying car by now, where is my autodrive? I thought I saw a car driving itself the other day, but it turned out to be an 88 YO woman who couldn't see over the wheel instead.
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Textbooks
Did you know that after teacher's salaries, the next biggest expense for any School District is Textbooks / Curriculum? The first company to offer a school district a free ruggedized ebook reader dominate that market.
