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Technology, for the most part, exists to make life easier. By that definition, we’ve got it pretty good thanks to the hard work of our fellow humans. In weighing the world’s most important technologies, we ruled out the nitty gritty that led to some of the creations below — transistors, electricity and the combustion engine, to name a few — and focused on products that changed the world forever. Here are the 10 technologies, in our mind, that have shaped the world in a way we could never go back.
The Light Bulb
No disrespect to candles, but light bulbs made it easier to burn the midnight oil (despite making that expression obsolete). That meant people could work late and party later, and stores could stay open for business to keep society functioning. High five to Mr. Edison and crew, this bright idea has made our lives all the more clear.
The Printing Press
Anyone who’s played a game of telephone knows how unreliable verbal messages can be. The printing press allowed information to be spread quickly and accurately. This was particularly useful for communication between scientists, and it also gave authors more prominence and boosted literacy rates by making the printed word ubiquitous. That’s why, even as the printing press gives way to new technologies, its impact on society can’t be ignored.
The Telephone
E-mails are more efficient and video chats are more personal, but no means of remote communication hits the sweet spot more than the telephone. And neither of those other technologies so easily get your attention when you’re focused on something else.
The Personal Automobile
Say what you will about their environmental impact; cars just make life easier (take it from someone who dealt with New York City subways for three years). When you can travel on your own terms to specific businesses or homes, it changes the social and economic landscape. Our need for gasoline may taper off, but cars are going nowhere.
The Camera
Words only go so far, but pictures let people see things with their own eyes. Even after the advent of Photoshop, photographs still carry a certain weight when proving something happened. Now, we can’t resist the impulse to snap photos during the most important moments in our lives, as if we won’t remember them on our own.
The Television
The ways we get our entertainment may be changing, but one thing’s certain: The television is king of the living room. Watching movies and playing video games just aren’t the same on a laptop, and, well, no one gathers around the radio anymore.
The Airplane
While the automobile connected states and countries, the airplane brought the entire world within reach. Families can now scatter to different parts of the globe and still visit each other in a matter of hours. Until someone invents the teleporter, the airplane will remain the fastest way to get around.
The Atom Bomb
We needed at least one destructive force on this list, and faced with a decision between guns and the A-bomb, only the latter was powerful enough to end a war (or humanity as we know it). Despite the fact that only two nukes have been used in battle, nuclear weapons continue to shape foreign policy the world over. And it can’t be uninvented.
The Personal Computer
Being able to perform billions of calculations per second has its advantages, and the personal computer made that kind of processing power accessible to all. Aside from games, music and other diversions; word processing alone makes the computer worthwhile. How else would I fuss over the last sentence in this blurb?
The Internet
The big one. I’d argue that this technology is up there with the light bulb, and we’re living to see how it changes everything, from personal communication to mass media. No business model is safe from the effects of an interconnected world, and it’s never quite felt like anything is possible. Forget the flying car; I’ll take a series of tubes any day of the week…
Thanks for reading, GadgetCravers. So, what do you think is the most important technology on this list? Did we miss a technology that is more important than any of these listed above? Share your thoughts in the comments, we’ve love to hear what you think. Funny, noting that most of these advancements occured in the last hundred or so years…
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Atomic Clock History
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Electricity Milestones
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Textile Industry and Textile Machinery
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* E. Sreedharan
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* Galileo Galilei
* John T Chambers
* Jonas Salk
* Larry Page
* Lawrence Hargrave
* Leonarda Da Vinci
* Mark Hurd
* Mozart
* N.R. Narayana Murthy
* Nandan Nilekani
* Raja Ramanna
* Ramalinga Raju
* Robert Noyce
* Rupert Murdoch
* Sabeer Bhatiya
* Sergey Brin
* Steve Jobs
* Vladimir Zworykin
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* Bill Gates
* C V Raman
* Christopher Columbus
* Douglas Adams
* E. Sreedharan
* Eric Emerson Schmidt
* Galileo Galilei
* John T Chambers
* Jonas Salk
* Larry Page
* Lawrence Hargrave
* Leonarda Da Vinci
* Mark Hurd
* Mozart
* N.R. Narayana Murthy
* Nandan Nilekani
* Raja Ramanna
* Ramalinga Raju
* Robert Noyce
* Rupert Murdoch
* Sabeer Bhatiya
* Sergey Brin
* Steve Jobs
* Vladimir Zworykin
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Overview
This lesson consists of two activities linked by classroom discussion. Its purpose is to engage students in the general topic of technology. The first activity involves classroom discussion and a short scenario to allow students to develop a sense of what technology is and to dispel the notion that technology relates mostly to computers. The second activity introduces students to the concept of scale by using the classroom to repre-sent a cell and other smaller objects to represent subcellular components.
Major Concepts
Technology is a body of knowledge used to create tools, develop skills, and extract or collect materials. It is also the application of science (the combination of the scientific method and material) to meet an objective or solve a problem. Scale is a way to represent the relationship between the actual size of an object and how that size is characterized, either numerically or visually.
Objectives
After completing this lesson, students will
- be able to explain what technology is,
- recognize that human intervention is the common bond among technologies, and
- describe the use of scale to distinguish between objects of different size.
Teacher Background
See the following sections in Information about Using Technology to Study Cellular and Molecular Biology:
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Throughout the twentieth century the uses of the term have increased to the point where it now encompasses a number of “classes” of technology:
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What Counts as Technology?
1. Technology as Objects:
Tools, machines, instruments, weapons, appliances - the physical devices of technical performance
Tools, machines, instruments, weapons, appliances - the physical devices of technical performance
2. Technology as Knowledge:
The know-how behind technological innovation
The know-how behind technological innovation
3. Technology as Activities:
What people do - their skills, methods, procedures, routines
What people do - their skills, methods, procedures, routines
4. Technology as a Process:
Begins with a need and ends with a solution
Begins with a need and ends with a solution
5. Technology as a Sociotechnical System:
The manufacture and use of objects involving people and other objects in combination
The manufacture and use of objects involving people and other objects in combination
The Nature of Technology
Technology has a number of distinct characteristics:
1. It is Related to Science?
Although there is certainly a relationship between science and technology, there is, except in certain high technology industries, very little technology that could be classified as applied science. Technology is marked by different purposes, different processes a different relationship to established knowledge and a particular relationship to specific contexts of activity. Change in the material environment is the explicit purpose of technology, and not, as is the case with science, the understanding of nature; accordingly its solutions are not right or wrong, verifiable or falsifiable, but more or less effective from different points of view.
Although there is certainly a relationship between science and technology, there is, except in certain high technology industries, very little technology that could be classified as applied science. Technology is marked by different purposes, different processes a different relationship to established knowledge and a particular relationship to specific contexts of activity. Change in the material environment is the explicit purpose of technology, and not, as is the case with science, the understanding of nature; accordingly its solutions are not right or wrong, verifiable or falsifiable, but more or less effective from different points of view.
2. It Involves Design
At the centre of technology lies design. That “design is the very core of engineering” is affirmed by the requirement that all degree engineering courses should embody it. The design process in technology is a sequential process which begins with the perception of a need, continues with the formulation of a specification, the generation of ideas and a final solution, and ends with an evaluation of the solution.
At the centre of technology lies design. That “design is the very core of engineering” is affirmed by the requirement that all degree engineering courses should embody it. The design process in technology is a sequential process which begins with the perception of a need, continues with the formulation of a specification, the generation of ideas and a final solution, and ends with an evaluation of the solution.
3. It Involves Making
The motivating factor behind all technological activity is the desire to fulfil a need. For this reason all designs should be made or realised - whether that be through prototype, batch- or mass- production or some form of three-dimensional or computer model - if the need is to be truly fulfilled, the design is to be legitimately evaluated, and the design activity is to have been purposeful and worthwhile.
The motivating factor behind all technological activity is the desire to fulfil a need. For this reason all designs should be made or realised - whether that be through prototype, batch- or mass- production or some form of three-dimensional or computer model - if the need is to be truly fulfilled, the design is to be legitimately evaluated, and the design activity is to have been purposeful and worthwhile.
4. It is Multi-Dimensional
Not only may design and production involve co-operation between different specialisms (between, for example, designer, production engineer and materials scientist), but may involve “technologists” in performing a multitude of functions, such as working with others, operating within budgets, persuading decision makers, communicating to clients and working to deadlines.
Not only may design and production involve co-operation between different specialisms (between, for example, designer, production engineer and materials scientist), but may involve “technologists” in performing a multitude of functions, such as working with others, operating within budgets, persuading decision makers, communicating to clients and working to deadlines.
5. It Is Concerned With Values
Technology is informed by values at every point. Value decisions may be called for not only in relation to the specific design criteria (i.e. aesthetic, ergonomic and economic judgements, suitability for purpose and ease of manufacture) but also in relation to the rightness or wrongness of a particular solution in ethical terms.
Technology is informed by values at every point. Value decisions may be called for not only in relation to the specific design criteria (i.e. aesthetic, ergonomic and economic judgements, suitability for purpose and ease of manufacture) but also in relation to the rightness or wrongness of a particular solution in ethical terms.
6. It is Socially Shaped/Shaping
Technological enterprises are determined not by advances in knowledge nor simply by the identification of needs, but by social interests. Of the potential new technologies available at any one time only a few are developed and become widely implemented. In this way technology is shaped by society, by consumer choice. yet it could also be argued that technology shapes society - the technology of the motor car, for example, has shaped our environment and our whole way of life.
Technological enterprises are determined not by advances in knowledge nor simply by the identification of needs, but by social interests. Of the potential new technologies available at any one time only a few are developed and become widely implemented. In this way technology is shaped by society, by consumer choice. yet it could also be argued that technology shapes society - the technology of the motor car, for example, has shaped our environment and our whole way of life.
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Technology in our world
What is technology?
Technology is a way of thinking. It is all about using what is known to solve problems and make life easier and more exciting.
Technology is the process of designing and then making what has been designed. Knowledge and ideas are tested in practical ways, and then improved upon until the best solution is developed. Designing in technology has to be enterprising, and people must be able to think laterally and creatively. The products of technological thought underpin wealth creation and employment generation.
Reproduced with permission Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
How do designers and technologists work?
Meet designers and learn about how they work. The Australian designers at work web site features designer profiles developed by the Technology Unit, Curriculum K-12 Directorate and supported by the Vocational Education in Schools Directorate of the Department of Education and training in partnership with the Powerhouse Museum. Additional resources to support the use of the web site by students and teachers can be found in Teaching ideas. These resources were funded by the School to Work Unit, Vocational Education Directorate.
What occupations focus on design and technology?
View the myfuture web site click hare, in particular the Mini Career Explorer, an application where you can select different combinations of work types, learning areas and education and training options.
