Computer
texturing and imaging clear the pictures and even show objects that may be
hidden beneath sand, soil, or snow. When resolution was questioned by
critics, the American government produced a readable spy photo of a Russian
Computers have also made communications easier than ever. Today, e-mail is
beginning to replace the ordinary post office and telephone as a way to keep
in touch. E-mail provides the best of both worlds; it is instantaneous and
free. Before e-mail, one would have to send a letter that
would take days to arrive, or they would have to use the telephone, which
would cost money if the call was long distance. The Internet saves
businesses money because they do not have to send out catalogs to thousands
of customers (Internet World 48-51).
Automobiles have undergone several changes since computers were put in
them. Computers provide options like cruise control, traction control,
power steering, anti-lock brakes, and the use of fuel-injected engines. The
other options are nice, but fuel-injection is a vast improvement over the
older, caurberated engines. Fuel-injected engines give a car more power,
better gas mileage, and burn gasoline cleaner (Sherman 61-63). With the
help of computers, automobiles run faster, longer, and are safer to the
In the article, "The Big Bank Theory", Joshua Cooper Ramo writes that in
the not so distant future, the world's money system could have a major
change. It is possible in the next ten years that cash, credit cards, ATM
cards, ID cards, insurance cards, all information pertaining to one's
medical needs and the amount of money in your possession could all be on a
single electronic card(Time 50-51). Conceivably, this idea would make
things simpler than the current way of spending. Digital cash has many
advantages. Money could be sent over e-mail using a string of digits,
ending the need to balanc...