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Re:List of Emerging Technologies by xondono on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:42PM (#26838848)
Considering atomic energy as somehow a “consumer tech” looks fishy
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Re:List of Emerging Technologies by russellbeattie on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:32PM (#26839311)
Oh, huh. Yeah. I actually went back and added the word "consumer" after I made the list to be more specific, then forgot about that.

Vinyl records! That's what should have been there. The LP was introduced in 1948 and the 45 in 1949.

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Re:List of Emerging Technologies by UncleOxidant on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:42PM (#26839850)
People buy electricity from nuclear power plants.
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Re:List of Emerging Technologies by xondono on Saturday April 17, 2021 @07:23AM (#26843401)
By that metric then every tech is consumer tech.
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