The internet is a potentially revolutionary technology. And yet when one looks at how the internet is used, it seems as if its primary uses are more evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
You can use the net to order a pizza, watch an entertainment video, make travel reservations for next weekend, send internet greetings cards for any occasion -- even send flowers or chocolates. But how long do we have to wait before we have genuine telepresence, including teledildonics?
The two infographics below -- the top one from 2012 and the lower one from 2010 -- provide a short time line of how people spend time online.
Infographic by- GO-Gulf.com Dubai Web Design Company
Visual Economics
And here is an abbreviated graphic from Intel containing similar use statistics:
You can use the net to order a pizza, watch an entertainment video, make travel reservations for next weekend, send internet greetings cards for any occasion -- even send flowers or chocolates. But how long do we have to wait before we have genuine telepresence, including teledildonics?
The two infographics below -- the top one from 2012 and the lower one from 2010 -- provide a short time line of how people spend time online.
Infographic by- GO-Gulf.com Dubai Web Design Company
Visual Economics
And here is an abbreviated graphic from Intel containing similar use statistics:
Online classes for credit -- from K12 through graduate and professional school level -- should become noticeable in such infographics in the near future.
Internet statistics below via Internetworldstats.com
NUMBER OF USERS
|
% WORLD
POPULATION |
INFORMATION
SOURCE | |
| December, 1995 |
16 millions
|
0.4 %
| IDC |
| December, 1996 |
36 millions
|
0.9 %
| IDC |
| December, 1997 |
70 millions
|
1.7 %
| IDC |
| December, 1998 |
147 millions
|
3.6 %
| C.I. Almanac |
| December, 1999 |
248 millions
|
4.1 %
| Nua Ltd. |
| March, 2000 |
304 millions
|
5.0 %
| Nua Ltd. |
| July, 2000 |
359 millions
|
5.9 %
| Nua Ltd. |
| December, 2000 |
361 millions
|
5.8 %
| Internet World Stats |
| March, 2001 |
458 millions
|
7.6 %
| Nua Ltd. |
| June, 2001 |
479 millions
|
7.9 %
| Nua Ltd. |
| August, 2001 |
513 millions
|
8.6 %
| Nua Ltd. |
| April, 2002 |
558 millions
|
8.6 %
| Internet World Stats |
| July, 2002 |
569 millions
|
9.1 %
| Internet World Stats |
| September, 2002 |
587 millions
|
9.4 %
| Internet World Stats |
| March, 2003 |
608 millions
|
9.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| September, 2003 |
677 millions
|
10.6 %
| Internet World Stats |
| October, 2003 |
682 millions
|
10.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| December, 2003 |
719 millions
|
11.1 %
| Internet World Stats |
| February, 2004 |
745 millions
|
11.5 %
| Internet World Stats |
| May, 2004 |
757 millions
|
11.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| October, 2004 |
812 millions
|
12.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| December, 2004 |
817 millions
|
12.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| March, 2005 |
888 millions
|
13.9 %
| Internet World Stats |
| June, 2005 |
938 millions
|
14.6 %
| Internet World Stats |
| September, 2005 |
957 millions
|
14.9 %
| Internet World Stats |
| November, 2005 |
972 millions
|
15.2 %
| Internet World Stats |
| December, 2005 |
1,018 millions
|
15.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| March, 2006 |
1,023 millions
|
15.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| June, 2006 |
1,043 millions
|
16.0 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Sept, 2006 |
1,086 millions
|
16.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Dec, 2006 |
1,093 millions
|
16.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Mar, 2007 |
1,129 millions
|
17.2 %
| Internet World Stats |
| June, 2007 |
1,173 millions
|
17.8 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Sept, 2007 |
1,245 millions
|
18.9 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Dec, 2007 |
1,319 millions
|
20.0 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Mar, 2008 |
1,407 millions
|
21.1 %
| Internet World Stats |
| June, 2008 |
1,463 millions
|
21.9 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Sept, 2008 |
1,504 millions
|
22.5 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Dec, 2008 |
1,574 millions
|
23.5 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Mar, 2009 |
1,596 millions
|
23.8 %
| Internet World Stats |
| June, 2009 |
1,669 millions
|
24.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Sept, 2009 |
1,734 millions
|
25.6 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Dec, 2009 |
1,802 millions
|
26.6 %
| Internet World Stats |
| June, 2010 |
1,966 millions
|
28.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Sept, 2010 |
1,971 millions
|
28.8 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Mar, 2011 |
2,095 millions
|
30.2 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Jun, 2011 |
2,110 millions
|
30.4 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Sept, 2011 |
2,180 millions
|
31.5 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Dec, 2011 |
2,267 millions
|
32.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
| Mar, 2012 |
2,280 millions
|
32.7 %
| Internet World Stats |
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I think there may be some gaps there. Especially in the online percentage top list for countries. 90% of swedish 16-74 year olds use the internet(I'd guess the number is 99-100% at least up to 40-50). The total number for 2011 is 86% of the population uses the internet. In other words we beat out england. We're the most connected country on the planet, by capita. Unsurprising because we were the country to most aggressively build up of an internet infrastructure in the 90s.
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