English: Essay introduction

Hi,

I need a sentence as an introduction for my essay,,, the subject is: the technology of today and the past

here are some options i have some far:

"Today, as far the devlopment of technology goes is far more advanced than what it used to be"

"The world of Today is growing very fast with the development of technology in the past they lacked that technology devlopment"

Any other ideas? to make it sound better?

thanks