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===Technology=== The late 2000s saw the rise of two prominent [[mobile operating system]]s, [[Android (operating system)|Android]] developed by [[Google]] and [[iOS]] developed by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]].[[File:3D printed liver model for decision making.jpg|thumb|upright|right|[[3D printed]] model of a human liver]] Robotics, particularly [[Unmanned aerial vehicles|drones]] like [[quadcopters]], experienced a wide use and application in the 2010s. [[Self-driving car|Autonomous]] and [[electric car]] technology and sales showed considerable growth as well. In addition, [[Reusable launch system|sustainable space launch technologies]] were spearheaded by entrepreneurs like [[Elon Musk]]. In 2016, the number of people globally using mobile devices to access the internet overtook those using desktop computers for the first time, having been preceded by the U.S. two years prior in 2014.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/28/technology/mobile/mobile-apps-internet/index.html |title=Mobile apps overtake monthly Internet usage on PCs for the first time |first=James |last=O'Toole |date=28 February 2014 |website=CNNMoney}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/01/mobile-internet-use-passes-desktop-for-the-first-time-study-finds/ |title=Mobile internet use passes desktop for the first time, study finds |first=Darrell |last=Etherington |date=1 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.phocuswire.com/Pivotal-moments-in-2014--when-mobile-overtook-desktop |title=Pivotal moments in 2014: when mobile overtook desktop |website=phocuswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2014/07/08/mobile-now-exceeds-pc-the-biggest-shift-since-the-internet-began/ |title=Mobile Now Exceeds PC: The Biggest Shift Since the Internet Began |date=8 July 2014 |website=Search Engine Watch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://gs.statcounter.com/press/mobile-and-tablet-internet-usage-exceeds-desktop-for-first-time-worldwide |title=Mobile and tablet internet usage exceeds desktop for first time worldwide |website=StatCounter Global Stats}}</ref> [[3D printers]] also emerged in the 2010s and were referenced or used in pop culture during the decade. In 2018, during the [[Falcon Heavy test flight]], the first production car was launched into space. [[Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster|The car]] was attached to the Falcon Heavy rocket, the most powerful rocket in operation at the time,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salazar |first=Doris Elin |date=2018-02-06 |title=SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket: By the Numbers |url=https://www.space.com/39603-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-by-the-numbers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206145556/https://www.space.com/39603-spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-by-the-numbers.html |archive-date=2018-02-06 |access-date= |website=space.com}}</ref> which side boosters [[SpaceX reusable launch system development program|successfully landed]] back on Earth after completing their portion of the mission. <gallery widths="190" perrow="5"> File:2011-02-10-iPhone-4.JPG|The 2010s saw the release of smaller and earlier iPhone iterations, as during the 2010s newer smartphones began to replace [[Clamshell design|clamshell]] phones (flip phones). Phones of the 2010s mostly saw the usage of [[3G]] and [[4G]] technologies. File:iPod Earbuds.JPG|Many earlier iPhones would be released bundled with wired earbuds. File:Redbox kiosk in front of a Loaf 'N Jug in Gillette, Wyoming.jpg| DVDs continued to be used throughout the 2010s decade, as new DVD rental pop-ups like [[Redbox]] appeared. File:Nintendo-3ds-ds-cartridge.jpg|Nintendo DS and 3DS cartridges as would be used to play handheld video games earlier in the decade, before the later release of the hybrid Nintendo Switch system in 2017. </gallery>
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