1. What I knew before the course?
1.1. Mobile, phones, Microwaves etc
1.2. Technology is anything invented after you were born. (Alan Kay).
1.2.1. Just like me many people thought that technology is just the things that are computer or AI based however during my first two weeks of this course we acknowledge that techonogy is not limited to computers only.
2. What I get to know now?
2.1. Technology is a word we use all of the time, and ordinarily it seems to work well enough as a shorthand, catch-all sort of word."( Thierer,2014).
2.1.1. According to Kumar, Kumar , & Persuad "technology has two primary components: 1) a physical component which comprises of items such as products, tooling, equipments, blueprints, techniques, and processes; and 2) the informational component which consists of know-how in management, marketing, production, quality control, reliability, skilled labor and functional areas."
2.1.1.1. Moreover, technology is not only electronics but also the things that are man made and are being used for human profit that is easy work and problem solving (kelly,2011)
2.1.1.1.1. https://youtu.be/GS1xL1qcBa4?si=7TrMV89GPiIgzW84
2.1.1.1.2. https://youtu.be/Px5z-dG531c?si=48CPFEDkKAj1FP1i
3. Issues that historians now discuss in terms of technology were framed in such terms as useful arts, manufacturing, industry, invention, applied science, and the machine" (Schatzberg, 2006, p. 486).
3.1. Modern thoughts
3.1.1. According to Isman-"When people think of “technology,” they tend to think of human artifacts such as machines, electronic devices, scientific hardware, or industrial manufacturing systems. However, a formal definition (College Dictionary) of technology indicates that it has a more general meaning which includes any “practical application of knowledge” or “manner of accomplishing a task”."
3.1.1.1. "Technology is messy and complex. It is difficult to define and to understand. In its variety, it is full of contradictions…Yet today most people in the industrialized world reduce technology’s complexity, ignore its contradictions, and see it as little more than gadgets and as a handmaiden of commercial capitalism and the military. Too often, technology is narrowly equated with computers and the Internet" (Hughes: 2004: 1).
3.1.1.1.1. If i will invent something to make my work alot easier then that will also be Technology.
3.1.1.1.2. As mentioed by Isman(2012) Human’s use of technology involves not only machines (e.g., computer hardware) and instruments, but also includes structured relations with other humans, machines, and the environment. In short, technology is more than a collection of machines and devices. To go beyond simplistic intuitions about technology requires investigation of the human mind and socio-cultural environment as well as interactions with technological artifacts"
3.1.1.2. Technology is
3.1.1.2.1. pen
3.1.1.2.2. Chair
3.1.1.2.3. Stairs
3.1.1.2.4. mope or anything that is invented to make the human life easy.