America has created a lot of the technology we in australia can today be thankful for. America works to lead the world within technological advancements and has brought alot of its own technology to Australia’s shores. It has Been leading Australia with its technology since before the 1960s but in the 1960s it brought things like, the magnetic stripe card, the computer mouse, calculator and some computer programming. Shortly after the invention of technologies like this australia followed using them for itself. technologies did not always come to australia straight away like the taser or laser printing which both took some years to make it over to australia. Technologies like this have dramatically impacted on australian pop culture, Increasing and changing the way people spent their leisure time as people began staying home rather than going out to the cinema or other venues, it helped Australia bridge out on a global level which helped us stay up to date with global events satellite technology also had a big impact on the isolation of australia. The uptake on radios led the australian population to the explosive growth of new music styles such as rock ‘n’ roll, technology also helped music producers make electronically generated sounds this helped to evolve music.New building technology meant that Australians could afford to pay for bigger homes with the addition of extra bathrooms and bedrooms. From this Australia like many other countries fast developed a ‘consumer culture’’ where happiness and satisfaction came with the purchasing of consumer goods like new technology this trend then went on to accelerate in future decades.