ClearlyExplained.Com
7 January 2009
updated: 22 November 2010
by Richard Conan-Davies BSc Dip Ed
A straightforward and fast information
guide to Technology from ClearlyExplained.Com
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Why is technology Important?Technology is important in a range of different ways. Primarily technology is really about trying to make our lives easier. In many instances it is essential to our day to day lives. Technology is important for commerce by providing the means of distributing goods or services. |
Commercial aspects - A major aspect of technology is the commerical aspect. This considers aspects like whether the technology is useful or popular enough to make money.
In addition the role of technology in moving or distributing goods and or services from place to place.
Cultural aspects -The cultural aspects relate mainly to the the way human interact with technology. It might include things like the design and presentation to the pure popularity of technology, collectables to music and dance or art that is inspired by technology. Natural aspects - this can be considered as the interaction of nature with technology. For example the impact of technologies on nature but also the impact of nature on technologies. |
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News about technologyNews about technological innovations is one of the most common sections in a news paper. Here are links to some main stream technology reports:
Many technology news articles relate to the latest developments of computing technology, for example the release of new products such as tablet computers. Computer companies also make headlines on a daily basis often promoting their products. Also technolgy news relates to extreme technology events, For example how technologies sometimes fail and cause disasters or near disasters.
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How is technology developed?Technology is primarly developed through design and development. It is often about observing a phenomena, often natural, in a scientific or consistent way and then thinking about how that could be applied to a device. Technology development can perhaps start with replicating an effect using other devices or materials. For example looking at the way a feathered wing achieves lift and then thinking about a different kind of material a wing could be made would be a way of developing a technology. |
How is technology classified or organised?
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History of technologyTechnology goes back to the earliest times when humans first developed stone tools.
There could be an argument that other animals developed tools in someway too, for example chimpanzees have been observed to use sticks to extract ants from a nest. |
Here are a few resources to timelines of technology...
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Future of TechnologyThere are a few terms associated with how technology might progress into the future. These include the idea of :
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Technological singularity - a theoretical point in the future in which artificial machines are able to reproduce themselves and able to manipulate their surroundings...more at wikipedia
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For example health technology deals with technologies associated with the health industry.
