Technology is changing a lot of things in our lives and in greater society. For example, you couldn’t read a news article like this one on your telephone 20 years ago. A telephone was something that plugged into the wall and allowed people to make and receive voice calls.
Industries of all kinds are being innovated in exciting new ways and using technology to their advantage. Whether it’s video games or beverage production, the advances in automation, virtual reality (VR) and 5G internet are taking fields to the next level. It doesn’t matter if a company is in the business of technology; tech is making just about everything more efficient and precise. Below are just five industries that have been around for a long time and are now innovating with technology.
Video Games
It should be no surprise that the video game industry is on the cutting edge of technology. Video games have been around for a few decades, but only recently have they been taken to a new stratosphere. Between exceling engineers, digital artists, and technologies like virtual (VR) and augmented (AR) reality, video games are almost unrecognizable to their former incarnation. Now they contain whole universes, unique narratives, and original music. As video games evolve, the gamification of our daily lives will also increase.
Online Retail
Online retail began humbly, but now it is one of the biggest industries in the world. Amazon alone is a huge part of the economy. Using sophisticated algorithms, automation in warehouses, and new delivery technologies like drones, online retailers are changing the game of shopping. These websites know what you want before you want it. It’s like the algorithms of YouTube, except you are making a purchase. The effective method of easy to find and quickly-shipped retail items has forever changed retail—and there is no going back.
Television
TV shows used to be on at a specific hour and if you missed it, you’d have to wait for a rerun. These days are gone forever. With streaming platforms becoming the central component of entertainment, the medium of television has changed. TV producers can make a whole series by dropping it on Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, or one of the many other streaming services right after they finish it. There’s no waiting around anymore. Entertainment is at your fingertips.
The Beverage Industry
From precise, computer-monitored brewing and distilling of alcoholic beverages to the packaging, the beverage industry is using technology to make better drinks and provide them to the public quickly in beautiful cans and bottles. Beverage contract packaging services provide a one-stop-shop for canning, packaging, and labeling. There is more accuracy in how to can beer and other beverages to taste the best and look cool in unique can and bottle designs. Not only is the canning process more efficient because it uses automation, computers enable brewers and other beverage makers to make more precisely delicious drinks.
Elder Care
Another industry that has greatly changed with technology is elder care. Apps are available for senior citizens to find companionship, home-repair services, and even call for help if they’ve taken a fall. Homes for the elderly have also advanced with algorithms that can predict which people will get along based on their age, pre-existing conditions, personality, and more. With services that help match the elderly with the right house-share and assisted-living options, we are learning how to better treat and care for our elders.
These five industries are just the beginning of all the innovations that are being made to our world. Technology is taking old industries and making them new again. It is providing convenience and efficiency in ways that most of us never imagined. Tech is changing our lives in many ways, augmenting both our pleasures and necessities.
While there is a palatable difference when it comes to how technology is changing our world, the result of the overall advances have yet to be determined. Technology has never advanced so rapidly and unforgivingly. There is no way to stop the future, but we can see to it that the innovations are in our favor.
That’s why it’s imperative to tread softly, to think deeply about our innovations and how they affect both humanity and the rest of the planet. Most of the innovations that these industries and others are implementing only provide positive moves forward, the consequences of our convenient and advanced society have yet to come fully to the surface.
Founder Dinis Guarda
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