Here is an image of iPod shuffles and some of the various colors that they can come in. Imagine from : Google; https://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3014731/apple-ends-production-of-the-last-of-its-old-school-ipods

For my technological artifact I picked the iPod shuffle. The iPod shuffle has always been the most interesting iPod design to me because there is no screen. This was my dads favorite feature as well, the idea that his young daughter could still have an iPod but not have her eyes glued to a screen 100% of the time. These iPods came out when I was in elementary school entering middle school. Around this time children all around me were starting to get phones and computers but for the most part had already had an iPod of some kind.

There are all different sorts of iPods in the world but the shuffle is on of the only ones without a screen. Screens completely surround technology and are in our everyday lives. From phones, to computers, to televisions, to our home appliances. Music has always been a huge part of peoples lives and will continue to be until the end of time whether people realize it or not. I personally love music and listen to all different kinds of music and have watched my own taste in music change overtime. It can be away to let my mind be free and almost escape reality.

It all started with records and tape recorders, then turned in to CD’s, MP3 players and the radio, now we listen to music through our phones and televisions. Technology is only advancing and each advancement is creating a easier access to music, communication, social media. This device is specific for listening to music, and how it works is by downloading music onto your iTunes account and then connecting your shuffle to the account and boom, your all set. Each device can differ with the amount of storage it may have and this can limit you to how many songs the shuffle can hold. The device itself is very self-explanatory in how it used, there is an on/off switch along the top, play/pause button, fast forward and rewind, volume controls, along with a nifty clip on the back ignorer to attach the iPod to an item of clothing.

After reading the Media Archaeology Lab, it made me realize how quickly technology is advancing. Technology is only getting more and more complex within design but is getting more accessible for the mainstream public. The reading talked about how they had kept old gaming controllers and conceals and this made me think about my old xbox and how some of those games have now become apps that can be used anywhere on a mobile device that has cell service.