Paper money and telephone: what they have in common
- Step 1. Paper money — evolved into — Payment card. The next form of money.
- Step 2. Payment card — has part — Integrated circuit. An EMV chip.
- Step 3. Integrated circuit — is part of — Mobile phone. Inside a phone are microchips: processor, memory, radio.
- Step 4. Mobile phone — evolved from — Telephone. A mobile phone keeps the function of a telephone, replacing the wire with a radio channel.