Twisted Titan
6th May 2018, 10:03 PM
Visualizing Yesterday's World: The Old Tech That Kids Don't Know
For most people born before the 90's, a "3 1/2 inch floppy" was once a crucial part of their technological lives; securing and transporting important files and data. Of course nowadays, the 1.44 MB storage space is far from adequate and no new computers come equipped with an appropriate drive for the disks.
Little surprise then, as Statista's Martin Armstrong notes (https://www.statista.com/chart/13696/yesterdays-world_-the-old-tech-that-kids-dont-know/), that the majority of children today have no idea what one is (despite the fact that ubiquitous software such as Word and Excel still use a floppy disk symbol for their 'save' buttons).
https://infographic.statista.com/normal/chartoftheday_13696_yesterday_s_world_the_old_tech _that_kids_don_t_know_n.jpg (https://www.statista.com/chart/13696/yesterdays-world_-the-old-tech-that-kids-dont-know/)
You will find more infographics at Statista (https://www.statista.com/chartoftheday/)
As a recent survey (https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/04/26/two-thirds-children-dont-know-what-floppy-disk/) by YouGov has shown, 67 percent of the 6 to 18 year olds in the UK (https://www.statista.com/topics/4218/tech-companies-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/)don't know what a floppy disk is. Other essentially obsolete tech such as overhead projectors (once present in almost every classroom), and pagers were recognised even less.
For most people born before the 90's, a "3 1/2 inch floppy" was once a crucial part of their technological lives; securing and transporting important files and data. Of course nowadays, the 1.44 MB storage space is far from adequate and no new computers come equipped with an appropriate drive for the disks.
Little surprise then, as Statista's Martin Armstrong notes (https://www.statista.com/chart/13696/yesterdays-world_-the-old-tech-that-kids-dont-know/), that the majority of children today have no idea what one is (despite the fact that ubiquitous software such as Word and Excel still use a floppy disk symbol for their 'save' buttons).
https://infographic.statista.com/normal/chartoftheday_13696_yesterday_s_world_the_old_tech _that_kids_don_t_know_n.jpg (https://www.statista.com/chart/13696/yesterdays-world_-the-old-tech-that-kids-dont-know/)
You will find more infographics at Statista (https://www.statista.com/chartoftheday/)
As a recent survey (https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/04/26/two-thirds-children-dont-know-what-floppy-disk/) by YouGov has shown, 67 percent of the 6 to 18 year olds in the UK (https://www.statista.com/topics/4218/tech-companies-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/)don't know what a floppy disk is. Other essentially obsolete tech such as overhead projectors (once present in almost every classroom), and pagers were recognised even less.