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4 Incredible Modern Technologies That Have Lost Their Luster. I try to never lose sight of how far we've come in our development of technology.

4 Incredible Modern Technologies That Have Lost Their Luster

When I was a kid, I had a small TV that was so heavy, if it were placed on one of today's glass TV stands, all it would need was the weight of a channel to send it smashing to the floor. I never want to stop being amazed at the incredible advancements we've made; it's just that sometimes the things that were amazing a couple of years ago can lose their luster almost immediately. It can be like watching a close friend gradually give in to alcohol, but that friend is an iPhone. The technologies listed here haven't been around for too long, and they're still incredible -- but it's happening.

The groundwork for their fall from grace is being laid now, before our eyes. . #4. Ingram Publishing/Ingram Publishing/Getty Images Once Upon a Time ... If you're not jaded by the rapid pace of technological innovation, you should still be amazed by the vivid imagery produced by HDTVs. Today, the HDTV luster is fading. 9 GIFs That Show Wearable Tech Will Make Us Look Like Idiots. Between Google Glass making its retail debut and Facebook's purchase of the virtual-reality headset Oculus Rift, it appears that futuristic facial computers are here to stay.

9 GIFs That Show Wearable Tech Will Make Us Look Like Idiots

But before you chuck your laptop into the river, here's a reminder of what wearable technology means for the world. Namely, that the next generation will definitely be the most socially awkward generation ever to grace planet Earth. #9. Take Photos With Google Glass, Unnerve Innocent Bystanders Google Glass boils down a bunch of smartphone functions into a series of face-scrunching commands that would put the most overly serious little league coaches to shame. Jeremy SciarappaNot a Tourette's patient. You look like a shittier Nicolas Cage movie when you do it. . #8. - #6. Much like the games on your tablet or smartphone, the announced games for Google Glass so far are a series of repetitive and satisfying tasks such as skeet shooting and a Fruit Ninja knock-off. Joseph Kamelgard #5. - #4. . #3. - #1. 6 Everyday Gadgets That Are Secretly Personality Tests. Invention is smart people creating new things, and technology is other people screwing with them in ways the inventor never imagined.

6 Everyday Gadgets That Are Secretly Personality Tests

For example: vacuum cleaners. Digital Vision/Photodisc/Getty Images"It's probably best if you don't watch what happens next. " The whole point of technology is letting people use things they could never understand. It's why Fox News has a website, instead of a tree people avoid because the residents throw shit at everyone. The upside is that millions of users can discover functions the inventor never imagined, and we live in a world where someone imagined and invented a holster so that people could have sex with their iPads. Fleshlight InternationalAlso a great way for Apple fanboys to watch the yearly keynote. Many other technologies you use every day have hidden bonus functions. #6. We all have a physical age, a mental age, a legal age, and a technological age.

Our technological age is important. . #5. . #4. The rage results from its spectacular success. The 33 Most Unexpected Accomplishments of Famous People. 18 Technologies You Didn't Know Are About to Fix Daily Life.