There have been many tremendous advances in technology over the last decade, so many in fact, the pace is accelerating. Technology has also brought us closer together communicating with each other is instantaneous. We have all become accustomed to the advantages that science has brought us. Music: As former CEO and co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs helped create products and technology that transform the way we consume music, TV, movies, and books. A creative visionary, Jobs' innovations such as the iPod and its counterpart, the online iTunes store, revolutionized the industry and how music was distributed and purchased. Apple introduced iTunes in 2001, a few months before it would release the nowubiquitous iPod. Video Games/Online Gaming: When kids play after school, they aren't always in the same place together. Advances in video game systems and computer games allow game players to play against one another via the Internet. Players can don headsets to have multiparty conversations while they play, creating a virtual group experience while in reality each players is alone. Transport/Trains: Train manufacturers have started utilizing Hydrogen Technology for propulsion, with carbon emissions only coming from the manufacturing of the hydrogen itself. Electric Trains have always had no carbon emissions because they are run entirely by internal electric motors. However, the means of generating the electricity used to power these motors was predominately by burning fossil fuels or coal, both of which produce a large amount of carbon emissions. With the emergence of 'clean energy' generation, electrical trains actually run with very low environmental impact. Given the magnitude of change that the revolution in science and technology has potential to induce, it is vitally important that we understand how this revolution, has changed, is changing and will continue to change our world.
