We’ve grown so accustomed to new technology that it’s everyday. It’s an everyday thing to pay at the pump, shop online, burn music to CD. It’s an everyday thing to speed through the toll-tag lane. It’s everyday your company is buying and installing equipment that is sensing, transmitting, monitoring and tracking events. Why shouldn’t it work perfectly every time?
It’s easy to take new technology for granted. Surveillance of the Red Planet, viewed from your own desktop, can bring back the wonder.