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Discuss an example of a new communication or transportation technology which has “shrunk” the world. How has your example changed the network supply chain for products and what is driving the innovation? Class, New communication and transportation technology has definitely “shrunk” the world. When I joined the military and during my first deployment, I was only able to communicate with my love ones with letters and by using phone cards to call home where we had to wait in line to be able to dial in with a chance that possibly there was not going to be no one home as well as having a 10 minute max limit. During this time I was single but I saw the frustration of those with family back at home where sometimes it could be weeks between communications between them and their families. Also with letters it will takes sometimes weeks and many times these same letters won’t even make it home due to x or y reason. With technology advancements we have witnessed the evolution of technology especially with smartphones which allows people to connect instantly no matter the part of the world you are geographically located at. “Through these smartphones, may tens of millions of users in the United States and worldwide can perform an ever-expanding range of communications, networking, and consumption functions almost instantly” (Neil., et al, 102). After this evolution I was not only able to communicate daily with my family, but was able to purchase items online, pay my bills, conduct research and after I got married I was even able to order my wife flowers to be delivered to her from over 6500 miles away while I was deployed in Afghanistan. In addition to personal benefits, smartphones has provided another advantage when it comes to the battlefield. “With military smartphones, soldiers on the battlefield no longer rely exclusively on their military’s own reconnaissance systems; soldiers are able to link into and leverage all existing surveillance systems on the battlefield, ideally tapping into even those that belong to the enemy” (Wong, 2016). With these advancements firms like Apple, Google and others have continued to innovate to add other features like Face Time, Skype, Zoom, Cisco Webex Meetings and others; allowing not only to message others but have face to face conversations. In the military for example we were able to have virtual meetings with our teams located in different locations around the world like different command post locations in Afghanistan, Qatar, Kuwait, and in the United States. Coe, Neil M., et al. Economic Geography: A Contemporary Introduction . John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2020. Wong, E. (2016, December 8). How smartphones will reshape the Modern Battlefield . Modern War Institute. Retrieved September 6, 2022, from https://mwi.usma.edu/smartphones-will- reshape-modern-battlefield/#:~:text=With%20military%20smartphones%2C%20soldiers %20on,that%20belong%20to%20the%20enemy.
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