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What's a piece of technology you LOVE the progress of? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We talk a lot about enshittification of technology, so tell me about technology that is getting better!

I personally love the progress of electric scooters. I've been zooming around on a 400$ escooter for a year and it works so well. It has a range of around 20 miles and top speed of 15 mph, so it works just super well for my uses, and 10 years ago scooters with that range/speed/price were no where near a thing.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Lights. 15 years ago, everyone was using incandescent bulbs which were terribly inefficient and neon lights which had their own inconveniences. Today, LEDs have mostly replaced them, can produce better quality light, and use a fraction of the power.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Agreed. I remember when lightbulbs got banned here in the EU starting from 2009 to 2012 in steps. Here in Germany plenty of people were mad and hoarding them.

Nowadays with the larger focus on energy prices, especially in light of the russia-ukraine war, it seems insane that not even that long ago to light a room one or multiple lightbulbs using 65-100 watts were used. That's like the equivalent of an office PC running just for some light.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

And they run cool. My office has a fixture that was too bright which would normally take those 4' fluorescent bulbs.

I got on a ladder take one out. Turns out they were LEDs. Cool to the touch. I put electrical tape over them and called it a day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I miss real neon. but I like that hydroponic grow-lights now only use as much power as a 60-120watt incandescent bulb. I remember when those big metal hallide & sodium lamp setups were a huge barrier-to-entry for indoor growing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What do you grow? Carrots, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Tomatoes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Compact fluorescent bulbs were very common here 15 years ago.