When you look at legos what do you know just by looking at them? Hopefully like any other person you will see that you can connect and disconnect each part anyway you want it to be. In the technology there are some parts that do the same thing as the legos. In our lecture for class we know these parts as interchangeable parts for example a part that is interchangeable part is the memory chip we use in our phone most the smart phones. Its very simple, but yet we do it without even thinking about the history that got these parts to this point.
People today now take interchangeable parts for granted. We seem to forget that until early ninthteenth century when parts broke down we had to go to a craftsman to get it made. Even with that it was a long time consuming jobs plus very expensive to do. Though all that was face sometimes the part was impossible for the craftsman to recreate again so most of time people back then waste their money to get parts so their machines can work again. Now today we can just walk into a store and get the parts we need to replace.
So as we go through life and when we notice parts that break and need to be fix. As you go through the store to part the part we need to think about how hard it would be to get parts replace when craftsman were the only way. Think how expensive the job maybe and still not be able to get the part. When I do I'm thankful for how far technology came to help us out in this time of day. Whether memery cards or engines for cars interchangable has help and special thankful to the men that took apart 10 rifles group each parts mix them up and put them back together knowing the parts not the same, but still fit anyway.
link to interchangeable parts: http://www.ryerson.ca/~dgrimsha/courses/cps841/Interchangeable.html
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It is great that we are able to use interchangeable parts when things break down. It does make repairs easier. However, when it comes to technology, do we really take the time to replace parts, or do we just buy the newer, better item? Technology changes so quickly that it is hard to stay up to date with everything. For instance, my laptop is only four years old. It doesn't seem that old, but I am unable to view the 2007 version of anything. If my computer were to break down, or one part of it stopped working, I think I would just go buy a new computer rather than waste money on parts to repair a computer that is becoming extinct. I think a lot of people feel this way. Usually, unless their contract is up, people buy newer versions of cell phones because of the rapid growth of technology. This is how I see that interchangeable parts are not helpful in such a technology-growing world. They are only helpful for items such as cars where you really can't afford to replace it every time it breaks down.
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