The Week the Gadgets Disappeared (TechNewsWorld.com)
I never thought asking a family to spend a week without iPods, laptops and cell phones would be a big deal. It's not like living in a tent on the Montana frontier in the dead of winter without plumbing. Or is it? I wanted to send a family back to 1985 as part of our "Technology and Daily Life" series of stories to see how our lives have changed.