Wild ideas from past now part of present
Wide-screen TVs, video chatting, tanning beds, moving sidewalks, robot vacuum cleaners – who’d have thought 50 years ago when “The Jetsons” debuted that we’d ever have many of their space age gadgets. Editor Don Whitten takes a look at advances through the years and wonders where we’ll be by the time we reach the Jetsons’ world of 2062. (December 12, 2012, Page 4A)
We’re definitely a gadget-oriented society
Cell phone? Desktop computer? Laptop? MP3 player or iPod? Game console? The list goes on for items in a recent survey, and Editor Don Whitten takes a look at how “connected” he in today’s electronic age and wonders how many gadgets most folks possess. (June 22, 2011, Page 4)
