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1982 was the year of information technology in Great Britain. But what exactly is infotech? 85% of the people polled recently had not a clue what it means, 1 53% of those polled said they thought it sounded 2 important. They were right. It is. So what is it? Well, put simply, it is the "marrying-up" of products 3 several key industries: computers, telephones, televisions, satellites. It means 4 microelectronics, telecommunication networks, and fibre optics to help produce, store, obtain and send information by 5 of words, numbers, pictures and sound more quickly and efficiently than ever before.
The impact infotech is having and is going to have on our lives and work is tremendous. It is already linking the skills of the space industry 6 those of cable television, so programmes can be beamed directly into our homes 7 all over the world. Armies of "steel collar" workers, the robots, will soon be working in factories doing the boring, complex and dull jobs which are at present still 8 by man. In some areas the car industry this has already started. Television will also be used to 9 customers from the comfort of their homes by simply ordering 10 the TV screen, payment being made by direct debit of their credit cards. The automatic booking of tickets will also be done through the 11 screen. Cable television 12 in many countries now gives a choice of dozens of 13 will soon be used to 14 our homes by operating burglar and fire alarms linked to police and fire stations. Computers will run our homes, controlling the heating, air-conditioning and cooking systems while robots will cope with the housework. The friendly 15 will be a thing of the past as the post service and letters disappear with the electronic mail received via viewdata screens.