Volume: 9, Issue: 1
INTRODUCTION
As it is widely said "Necessity is the mother of all inventions", welcome to the 21•1 Century! Here we can find that there is need to dial a ten digit number to call someone (Speed dialing on mobile phones saves you your valuable time}. Just one click and your mail travels across continents in few minutes rather than few weeks and you can turn your lights off without getting up from your chair. That's right people; here in the 21st Century we have vastly advanced that crazy concept called technology. No more video cassettes, tape drives, floppy disks or tape recorders. No more wasting your money on music or movies. With just a cli k of a button you can have anything your restless mind wishes. There are certain questions which need to be addressed before explaining the prospects and consequences of modern technology. What we have to ask ourselves now is, as technology advances, are we slowing down? Are we becoming victims of laziness and potential danger because of computers and cell phones? Are machines running or possibly ruining our lives? And so on. Here we present before our readers some prospects and consequences of modern technology: Prospects: Technology has made living very comfortable and cozy. Electronic gadgets, cell phones, computers, even coffee vending machines are now so much more efficient, quick and easy to use for most people. Not to deny the fact that they are also lots of fun. We've got robots to vacuum our carpets and to scrub our floors. We have everything in our homes just a click of button away. It's really amazing how quickly technology is developing and how far it has come. Had we ever thought that a single chip would replace an entire assembly line of workers? This has helped in eliminating human errors and made work faster and more efficient. There was a time when a person diagnosed as HIV positive was not accepted within the society as people thought that they would be infected too, even if they touched the infected person. But thanks to the advancements in the field of medicine science and health care, now these people are treated with love and care and have a hope to live. New researches about human anatomy are done every day. Doctors and researchers all over the world are working hard to introduce new medicines and treatments which can cure even the deadliest of diseases. This has surely added some years to the average life span of humans.
