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The Shrinkage of Technology!

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Home Inspector with B4 U Close Home Inspections&Radon Testing (www.b4uclose.com)

Perusing the photos from yesterday afternoon's Georgetown, Kentucky Home Inspection brought to mind how technology has shrunk so much in the last 30 years or so.Georgetown Kentucky Home Inspector on Shrinkage of Technology

 

It used to be that if you wanted to watch satellite TV you had to have one of these monstrosities hanging around your yard.

 

Look closely in the background at the left of the big dish. 

Now all you have to have is that little grey dish mounted on your house somewhere.

 

 

 

 

Lexington Kentucky Home Inspector on satellite TV on the go

 

 

 

And a quick Google search for miniature satellite dishes tells me that now you can put a tiny satellite dish (12") on your car or RV and have TV on the go.  Wouldn't do me much good as my Kentucky Home Inspector travels are usually alone and drivers aren't supposed to watch TV. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Makes me think of how odd it must be for those who are even older than me when most of the things I'm talking about shrinking weren't even around when they were young.

Radio, TV, movies, music machines, computers, cell phones, GPS Systems, etc

Here's one authors take on it I found while Googlling minaturization.

Shrinking Technology.

Some amazing inventions.

Some amazaing miniaturization

 

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Erby Crofutt
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B4 U Close Home Inspections & Radon Testing
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Comments (5)

Robin Dampier REALTOR®
Coldwell Banker King - Hendersonville, NC
Hendersonville & Western NC Real Estate Source

Hi -- I'm 65 and it is truly beyond amazing what all I've seen in technology advances!  The Satillite TV Dish being one.

For Home Inspectors the digital camera is a must.  It eliminates a lot of arguments as it's hard to argue that it ain't so when you are looking at the picture.

Sue of Robin and Sue

Apr 10, 2010 06:54 AM
Erby Crofutt
B4 U Close Home Inspections&Radon Testing (www.b4uclose.com) - Lexington, KY
The Central Kentucky Home Inspector, Lexington KY

As you can see from my sample report above in my blog signature, or the picture of the dishes, I make heavy use of my digital camera.

It as eliminated more arguments than I can count.

And makes good illustrations for my blog.

 

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Apr 10, 2010 12:49 PM
Lane Bailey
Century 21 Results Realty - Suwanee, GA
Realtor & Car Guy

There is so much cool stuff happening... and it is accelerating.  Phones are one of the coolest examples... Look at what is in them, and the size.  I think I have had phones that had more computing power than the school system had when I was in high school.

Apr 10, 2010 02:17 PM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Erby - not much of a surprise to me, but then I have seen computers shrink from the size of a large home to the size of the head of a pin, while increasing their capabilities almost infinitely.

Apr 11, 2010 02:16 AM
Yolanda Hoversten
Self Employed - O'Fallon, IL
Referrals for O’Fallon, IL & the Metro East

Hi, Erby!  Truly amazing where technology has lead us.  I'm happy to see that you're using the latest on inspection reports.  There are inspectors in my area who are still handwriting the reports...half of them we can't read because they're carbon copies.  LOL

What I'd like to happen is for companies to provide ready ways of collecting the discarded outdated hardware.  I still see those gigantic satellite dishes dotting the rural landscape in my area.  No kidding.

Apr 12, 2010 06:46 AM