“Do you remember the typewriters they had a long time ago Dad?” my nine year old son Nicolas asked me recently. Nicolas started attending computer lab in the first grade and now knows as much about computers as most grownups do. When I was in the first grade I remember learning to use an abacus… and I had difficulty with that!

I recently accompanied Nicolas’ class on a field trip and used my iPhone to keep up with work while we were walking around the local marshlands counting different species of birds. Thanks to modern technology I was able to check voicemail and respond to emails while listening to my favorite tunes. I even managed to take a few pictures of birds using my phone.

It seems hard to imagine how we ever lived without the conveniences of modern technologies and it’s even harder to imagine what technologies will be developed in the future. Research scientists tell us “the age of computing has not even begun” and talk about technological advances such as brain prosthetics and telepathy. Check out this link for more information on the future of computing: http://tinyurl.com/p9abm.

Who knows, maybe one day Nicolas’ son will say to him, “Do you remember the computers they had a long time ago Dad?”

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