After watching the video on Moore's Law (which made a bit more sense than the Wikipedia article), and touring the computer history website, it's amazing to think of how far we've come since World War II. It's interesting to see how computer technology evolved-being a key component to decode Nazi signals during WWII, to the first successful commercial computer in the mid-1960s used mainly by businesses and manufacturing plants, to the first email sent in 1971, and to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990. Not only do many households have computers, but even if one doesn't, it's still necessary to be proficient with one.
These are all things that have had a vital influence on our lives, and who could have predicted it better than Gordon Moore! While the progression of technology has occurred at such a rapid rate and continues to evolve, it can have negative consequences. As discussed in the Wikipedia article on Moore's Law, technology could grow too quickly, making current technology "obsolete."There is also the issue of not having enough natural resources to power the technology. The next big innovation should be "greener" technology! Solar powered computers maybe? The first article on the computer components would probably be more helpful if I was actually dismantling a computer and needed something as a guide to know what part I was looking at. As much as we use computers, it seems a lot of us don't know the basic parts and how they function together.
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