What changed our lives since the 50's until the modern age of 2008?

Kids going from making their own toys to play with (my dad built model airplanes in the 50s - he was very interested in aviation at the time as his dad, my grandpa, was an airforce pilot)

To now - kids dont even want to make believe anymore. Everything they have is already generated for them. They just have to play.

Oh yeah a nice improvement - CALCULATORS!
 
I visited a museum that had a whole house full of 1950s stuff with a 50s car parked outside. It was like traveling in time. The only new thing inside was a fan to keep the museum worker inside cool. :eek2:

desktop, laptop & handheld computers
calculators
video games
LCD, plasma displays and someday, laser and SED ones
credit and debit cards
internet for communication, information, banking, buying and selling
digital cameras
microwaves, they were not everywhere in the 50s
airbags
CFLs
LEDs
cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays
CT, PET, MRI
GPS
GIS
daisy wheel, dot matrix, inkjet, laser and dye-sublimation printers
many more
 
Too many to list and that will go on for years and years.... technology advacnes too ast, eh!
 
I like the new televisions much more, but web730's link to A&W made me very nostalgic for my childhood.
 
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My kid
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My HDTV now.
 
Drive in movies are becoming extinct if they already arent?
 
Shel90, there are few drive in movies in Bay Area. extinct, i believe. disappointed, yes?
 
Maria said:
Microchips used to be big, but now it's all small and gettin' smaller than before. Easier to make things smaller for microchips to fit in and more lighter, too....
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They weren't even "micro" chips (micro means very small). Early computers (behemoths) used tubes that constantly burned out and had to be constantly replaced by hand.
 
shezzbeav said:
I have no idea how people watched movies at home in the 1950's, but you know... VHS > DVD > HD DVD > BluRay > what's next?!
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In the 1950s, we saw only old movies on TV, and we saw them only at broadcast time (once). If we missed it, that was too bad. There was no way to record it.

My first video recording equipment was a bulky, top-loading, Beta VCR that my dad gave us. It cost $6,000 in the early 1970s when he bought it. He gave it to us around 1977.
 
Reba said:
In the 1950s, we saw only old movies on TV, and we saw them only at broadcast time (once). If we missed it, that was too bad. There was no way to record it.

My first video recording equipment was a bulky, top-loading, Beta VCR that my dad gave us. It cost $6,000 in the early 1970s when he bought it. He gave it to us around 1977.
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Wow! $6,000 for a Beta VCR? :shock: My parents also owned a Beta VCR in the mid to late 70s, but I have no idea how much they paid for it.
 
In the 1950s, the UNIVAC 1 was the first commercial computer.

Today, we have Macs and PCs.

In the 1950s, Sony introduced the first pocket sized transistor radio.

Today, we have Sirius and XM satellite radio.

In the 1950s, the first microwave oven was introduced and cost $1300.

Today, microwave ovens cost less than $100.

In the 1950s, the first computer hard disk is used.

Today, we use rewriteable CDs for data storage.

In the 1950s, the "AA" battery is invented.

Today, some electrical devices can be run by solar power.

In the 1950s, stereophonic recordings were introduced.

Today, we have 3-D sound through home theater systems.
 
Hear Again said:
In the 1950s, the UNIVAC 1 was the first commercial computer.

Today, we have Macs and PCs.

In the 1950s, Sony introduced the first pocket sized transistor radio.

Today, we have Sirius and XM satellite radio.

In the 1950s, the first microwave oven was introduced and cost $1300.

Today, microwave ovens cost less than $100.

In the 1950s, the first computer hard disk is used.

Today, we use rewriteable CDs for data storage.

In the 1950s, the "AA" battery is invented.

Today, some electrical devices can be run by solar power.

In the 1950s, stereophonic recordings were introduced.

Today, we have 3-D sound through home theater systems.
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Soo true! The more the technology evolves, the CHEAPER it gets :) but only much more better....

Visit Kris Trexler's COLOR tv page and u be so lucky lol..

http://www.ev1.pair.com/colorTV/
 
In 1950's has less obese and overweight but today, we got more overweight and obese people.

Most deaf school has more students in 1950's than today, student population at deaf school has declining due increase of popular in mainstream school, cochlear implant and immunization (rubella shot) has cut more deaf babies.

Many deaf people wear bodyworn hearing aids in 1950's, compare to BTE hearing aids today.

There's almost all cars are regular size in 1950's but we got more SUV and bigger pick-up today.

Baby boomer are young and childhood in 1950's but more and more baby boomers are getting older and start retire soon.
 
I remember family cars in the 1950s were like tanks except with lots of chrome. :lol:

Cars were heavy and huge, and had no safety features. No seat belts, no car seats, no headrests, no air bags but lots of chrome knobs on the dash board, big immobile steering wheel, and various other hard sharp objects that could either impale or decapitate one in an accident.

My dad's 1958 Imperial had real white-walled tires (not the little white stripe that we have now), AC, and electric windows and door locks.
 
Didnt Chevy come out with the Suburban in the early 50s???
 
Wow! There is a lot of changes over the years and the technologies are going faster than we thought with new changes every year. :ugh:
 
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