Tech From The Good Old Days Still In Use
Always interesting to observe the way we all obtain and use information in our daily lives, and how our perceptions of what others are doing can often be very wrong. Conventional wisdom these days is that everyone is on the web constantly, everyone uses their smartphone constantly, no one listens to the radio, reads a book, uses time and temperature telephone services, watches TV and so on.
That's why a recent study is interesting – it shows the number of HAM radio operators in the United States at an all time high: over 700,000 licensed operators in September, 2011. If anything is "old" tech, you would think it would be HAM radio. Just goes to show that our perceptions aren't always correct. Just like with telephone time & temp – millions of calls per day still go to Time & Temp systems – many from smartphones! Here's a link to the HAM radio info.