Internet is the first technology people cannot live without

A new poll conducted by Zogby International revealed that high-speed Internet is the technology that greatly impacted the society over past decade. The study that surveyed 1,950 U.S. adults says that 24% of the respondents believe high-speed Internet had the greatest impact on their lives, followed closely by Facebook at 22 percent and Google with 10 percent.

Besides, the high-speed Internet also came first at 28% as the technology people cannot live without with email following at the second place at 18%.

The survey also asked respondents about what they thought would be the greatest technological advancement in the next year. 24% of the polled said it would be in home entertainment and 16 percent said it would be in general computing.

Making further forecast for the next 10 years 43% of the polled say there will be regular use of stem cells and cloning techniques to create human organs for transplant.

40% said computer chips would be implanted in people to monitor their health, and the same number said robots would be capable of performing manual labor jobs.