Each mobile phone today – indeed, each washing machine – has more computing power than NASA could deploy on the Apollo programme.
In Bill Bryson's book "Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society," he highlights the remarkable advancements in technology. He points out that today's ordinary mobile phones and washing machines possess greater computing capabilities than the entire resources that NASA utilized during the Apollo program, which was a monumental achievement in space exploration.
This comparison underscores the rapid progress in technology and how far we have come since the 1960s. It serves to illustrate not only the increased accessibility of powerful computing tools in everyday life but also the profound impact of scientific innovation on modern society.
