The vehicle industry is becoming increasingly automated. While fully autonomous vehicles are only common among the extremely wealthy, many cars on the road simply have automized components. Such a component is the rearview mirror.
Many vehicles use a camera option instead of an old-fashioned mirror to see what’s behind them. Next in line to make room for video technology are the side view mirrors, which will also help you tackle your car’s blind spot.
Lines
Having to wait in a line that doesn’t move often feels like an eternity. You stand there, wondering why all those people had to be there in the first place and what other activity would have been a better use of your time. Next time you have a line to wait in, try thinking about the fact that those waiting days are almost behind you.
Do you know those phone operators that are programmed to call you back when a representative is available? Why not have similar services for physical lines too? Predictions say that it shouldn’t take more than a few decades. We can afford to wait that long if it means we don’t have to wait at all later on.
Cash Registers
With so many sales and transactions performed online, it looks like cash registers are going to be the next item to only be found in vintage stores. Also, now that we have so many options for online payment, cash is becoming the least favorite payment method. It only makes sense for this item to become unnecessary.
So next time you pay in cash for something at a local convenience store, savor that moment. Who knows? It might be the last time you see a real-life working cash register.
College Textbooks
As if going to college wasn’t expensive enough, in comes the list of required textbooks and makes you apply for a bigger student loan. The saddest thing about it all is that more often than not, some classes don’t even get to finish the textbooks assigned to them.
Fortunately, some colleges are internalizing that this textbook-buying business isn’t working and offering alternative options. Some of those alternatives include lending used books to students for the duration of the school year, or handing out packets with necessary information.
Fax Machines
Okay, we’re just going to say it – fax machines were always terrible. This machine was invented over a century ago and has never been 100% efficient. Missing toner, paper jams, and smudgy text is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to why this machine has always been horrible. Thank god no one uses it anymore.
With modern technology that allows us to instantly send texts and images, fax machines are making their way out of this world. They will only become fully extinct, however, when the government stops using them.