what are the wider and social economic effects of electronics

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What are the wider social and economics effects of electronics?

1994 model T Ford

33 mph

15 mpg

£45,000

2004 Ford Focus

100 mph

45 mpg

£15,000

1954 Government computer

1 Hz clock speed

1 kB memory

£1,000,000

2004 home computer

3 GHz clock speed

60 GB memory

£500

The effect that electronics has had on our lives is amazing. We are extremely dependent on our electronic devices e.g. mobile phones, computers and cars. In today's society we can't live without these devices and they keep on getting more and more accessible.

Most of this is to do with the amount it costs to produce and the price that they sell for, Here is a table showing the difference of price and specification of a car and a computer in the past and the present.

In a summary of this table a car has got 3 times better in 100 years and in just 50 years electronics has got better by just a factor a billon so I wonder what's in store for the next 50 years

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