Question

Which technologies developed during the 1950s still affect our lives today?

Check all of the boxes that apply.

transistors

televisions

computers

nuclear power

vaccines

Answer 1

transistors — yes
televisions — yes
computers — yes
nuclear power — yes
vaccines — yes

All five technologies were developed or came into wide use in the 1950s (transistor-based electronics and integrated circuits, mass-market TV, commercial/programmable computers, the first commercial nuclear power plants, and major vaccines such as the 1955 polio vaccine) and continue to affect our lives today.