Knowing that, you might learn all the other things you would need for your big project so you are ready when computers grow powerful and inexpensive enough. 0. Introduction I 1. First, we will see why the technology used to create computers 60 years ago could not make the computers we used today. Using one technology to make a better technology has been a force for change since people started making tools millions of years ago. Activity Conduct the Calculate Time to Build a Microprocessor activity.
Exponential growth is one pattern of how technology changes.
This is faster than it really happens. One reason it happens is that some technology can be used to make other technologies. Some of those technologies may be used to make even newer technologies. This can lead to exponential growth. Write an imaginary story about some technology that keeps doubling in power or halving in cost every few years.