Post 9: iPod Technology Researched at UNL

Whether it be walking down the street, working out, studying, sleeping, or just relaxing, people use iPods " everywhere you turn. The allow you to listen to whatever type of music you enjoy without being a bother to the people surrounding you. It’s also lightweight, convenient, and can store thousands of songs. Walking around a college campus, it’s hard put to go even a couple of feet without passing a student with a set of headsets stuck in each ear and a cord running down, attached to and iPod. This is just one way that shows how important iPods are in our society.

I find it amazing how so many songs can be packed into something so small. According to the Lincoln Journal Star’s article, "Research leads to Nobel Prize and, more importantly, iPods"", the science that led to the technology used in iPods was developed in 1988. The two scientists who discovered this were later Nobel Prize winners. After reading this I wondered if these two realized just how important their discovery really was to our culture.

Now at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, researchers are focusing on this same science used to develop iPods. I think this is amazing because this major research is being conducted right here in Nebraska. Usually when I think of scientists, I think of people in big cities or foreign countries, so it really impresses me knowing that research of this caliber is being done right here.

Maybe some day in the near future, these Nebraskan scientist’ research will develop some new culture-affecting technology that’s even more advanced than the iPod. It seems like there’s always something new coming out. I think it’s amazing how people can come up with so many new ideas and develop them into extremely popular products, just like the iPod.