Technology literacy age drops
At this rate, by the end of the decade I will be replaced in my job by someone still in diapers...scary.


Anita Frazier, an industry analyst for the NPD Group, said that one reason for the drop in adoption ages for consumer electronics devices is their increasing ease of use. Not surprisingly, the electronics device that kids use most often is the television, with parents reporting that their children turn on the TV an average of 5.8 days a week.

The long-standing joke in computer help desk circles is that the best question to ask those having trouble with their computers is "Sir, is there a child in the house?" For a particularly hilarious riff on this idea, watch Wes Borg's "Internet Help Desk" video on YouTube.

Now a new study by the NPD Group, "Kids and Consumer Electronics Trends III," underscores just how early kids can start handling the household tech chores. According to the report, the average age at which kids begin using consumer electronics (CE) has dropped from 8.1 years in 2005 to 6.7 years in 2007.

While all consumer electronics devices saw an earlier age of adoption, the survey showed that the biggest age drops were in the use of DVD players and cell phones.

Read all about it here, courtesy of sci-tech-today.com

Eric