Technology has advanced rapidly in recent years, and what we thought was modern a decade ago, turned out to be old by now. Many of us no longer use those items or maybe have forgotten them. Technological advances go by leaps and bounds, and no matter how current something is at this precise moment, in 1 to 5 years, it will be totally forgotten, being replaced by new devices with many improvements. These are some devices that we stopped using completely and seemed very modern 10 years ago. If you do not remember having used any of these, you are probably very young!
Typewriters
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The first model and design was in 1865 by Rasmus Malling-Hansen and came to be marketed in 1870 with great success in Europe, arriving a couple of years to the American market selling the patent and taking the model by Remington.
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These machines have stopped being used almost completely in the whole world, being replaced by computers, laptops, cell phones and tablets.
Rotary and fixed line telephones
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This phone model dates from 1844, with a rotating disc that characterized it so much, allowing to dial the desired phone number.
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The fixed lines that used to have in most of the houses have been disappearing with the passage of time since the smart and modern cell phones appeared. They are more economical and efficient.
Telegrams and fax
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The telegrams appeared to serve as a means of communication that allows to send important information quickly and immediately. Years later, faxes appeared, improving that function.
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The Internet came to facilitate and give access to things that were believed impossible remote years ago. Emails helped to the fax almost complete disappearance.
Dot matrix printer
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This was a type of printer. The first models that allowed to obtain different fonts and general graphics by means of selection of points of a matrix, which made it possible to reproduce texts.
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The printing machines have evolved so much, allowing us to even print objects in third dimension, high resolution and of all possibly existing colors.
Diskette
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If you were born in the 90s or earlier, you probably used one of these. Originally appeared in the decade of the 70s, allowing to store data and information.
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These small diskettes have stopped being used completely, being replaced by memories of very compact sizes, but with greater storage capacity.
Disc and tape players
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Several of these portable music players were very popular in the 90s, allowing anyone to enjoy their favorite music without disturbing anyone anywhere.
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With the appearance of devices such as the ipod and modern phones, the pocket players stopped being used, being completely out of the market. The current cell phones have several applications that allow you to listen to any song immediately and unlimitedly.
Slide projectors
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With its appearance around the 50s, the slide projector became one of the most popular entertainment devices allowing images to be projected, one at a time.
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These were left in oblivion with the appearance of modern video projectors, for its ease and accessibility to watch videos.
Strainer
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The first colanders were manual, being a very useful utensil in the kitchen of any family, allowing to process and pour solid food into something more liquid.
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These were forgotten due to the appearance of electric blenders, cutters and processors, which not only facilitate the work, they also do it momentarily.
Telephone booths
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Public telephones had great popularity for many years, allowing people to communicate immediately to any place in an economic way.
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Like fixed lines, public telephones have almost completely disappeared. Very few countries or places still have them, since people prefer to use their cell phone, leaving these, only as a last resort.
Cámaras polaroid
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These instantaneous cameras appeared around the 40s, allowing capture any moment and person instantly, obtaining an image through a chemical process developed inside.
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The appearance of smart digital cameras and smartphones caused that all the cameras of old method will be very few existing, but that does not make them less popular. Since in the photographic medium they are highly sought and longed for.
