The role of innovative technologies and the growing pace of technological progress make users pay attention to what surrounds them. Many of these objects become less useful with time, and therefore come out of everyday life. Here is the list of such things.

Printed editions

In the near future, the release of paper newspapers and magazines may completely stop, experts say. In 2017, such large print magazines as Teen Vogue and Nylon ceased to exist.

Hard disks

Experts believe that the need for hard disks will disappear by 2020. All information will be stored in cloud storages, because this is considered a more reliable way.

Paper maps

According to experts,there will be no paper maps with roads and settlements. They will be replaced by such applications as Google Maps.

Fax machines

At present, many people already consider faxes as a relic of the past. According to experts, their era, along with the era of paper documents will soon end.

CDs

CDs will become part of the music history. It is much easier to use the Internet to listen to music. Streaming services will be a worthy replacement for such disks, experts believe.

Calculators

Given that most of today's smartphones have built-in calculators, conventional computing devices will disappear. Experts bet that the reason is their limited functionality.

Alarm clocks

By 2020, alarm clocks will become useless. Having only one function, they lose to smartphones, in which a timer and a stopwatch are built in.

Landline phone

Mobile phones have long been replacing fixed communications. The time of awkward landline phones is a thing of the past. Soon they will become a part of history.

Wired chargers

The era of chargers with wires and cables is coming to an end. They are being replaced by wireless communications. Changes will also reach wired headphones, which are going to be replaced by wireless Apple AirPods and Bluetooth-headphones.

Travel agencies

Currently, the number of travel agencies is steadily declining.Peopleitizens are increasingly planning their vacation by independently booking hotels and buying tickets for airplanes and trains. For Internet users, there is no difficulty in finding everything necessary for a trip in the global network. As a result, the travel agencies activity field is narrowing.