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Applied Skills: Emerging Technologies

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Step 1: Older Technologies Research

Radio

Radio - from World Book Online

How Radio Works - from How Stuff Works

Rotary Telephone

How Telephones Work - from How Stuff Works  

Vinyl Record Player

How Record Players Work - from How Stuff Works

Cassette Tape

Cassette / Tape Recorder - from World Book Online

How Tape Recorders Work- from How Stuff Works

CD/DVD Player 

Compact Disc - from World Book Online

When were CDs Invented and How do They Work  - from World Book Online

How DVD Players Work- from How Stuff Works

Tube Amplifier

How Amplifiers Work - from How Stuff Works

Cathode Ray Tube TV

Television / scroll down to Cathode Ray Tube screens - from World Book Online

How Television Works - from How Stuff Works

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) - from World Book Online

Beeper / Pager

Pager - from World Book Online

What is a Pager - from How Stuff Works

Dial Up Modem

Broadband Communication / Dial Up Modem - from World Book Online

How Modems Work - from How Stuff Works

Step 3: Emerging Technologies Research

Best of What's New - from Popular Science, Scroll down for category links

The editors of Popular Science pick the year's top 100 innovations in the worlds of gadgets, aviation, engineering, health, and beyond. 

The Best Inventions of 2023 - from Time Magazine 

200 Innovations Changing the Way We Live  

Invention Articles Archived

Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2015 - from Scientific American

10 Top Inventions of 2011 - from Popular Science as reported by MSNBC

50 Best Inventions of 2010 - from Time Magazine

101 Gadgets that Changed the World - from Popular Mechanics

110 Predictions for the Next 110 Years - from Popular Mechanics