What is technology?

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What is technology? by Mind Map: What is technology?

1. Technology is anything created by people to help make tasks easier or solve problems. It includes tools, machines, and systems like phones, computers, cars

1.1. Technology was before?

1.1.1. Before reading the module, I thought of technology mostly as gadgets like phones, computers, and machines that help us with everyday tasks

1.1.1.1. Typewriter

1.1.1.2. Telephone

1.1.1.3. Printer

1.1.1.4. Analog Telivision

1.2. Technology now ?

1.2.1. Now, I see technology as using ideas and creativity to solve problems and improve life. It's not just gadgets—it includes all kinds of tools and systems, big or small, that help us live and work better.

1.2.1.1. Definition that i read from course material

1.2.1.1.1. Traditionally, technology wasn't thought of the way it is today. Before the 1930s, people used terms like "useful arts," "invention," or "machinery" instead of "technology." This makes it tricky to understand technology in historical terms because what we call technology now wasn't seen that way back then.

1.2.1.1.2. Technology is one of the keywords of our world, yet it is also one of te most confused. (Agar,2019)

1.2.1.2. What has changed after comming technology in real life.

1.2.1.2.1. Any thing that was not aroud when you wer born. (Greelish, 2013)

1.2.1.2.2. Technology that we all need to make our life easy and to save time.

1.2.1.2.3. At the end

1.3. References

1.3.1. 1. Hughes, T. P. (2004). Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo3626290.html

1.3.2. 2. Schatzberg, E. (2006). "Technik Comes to America: Changing Meanings of Technology Before 1930." Technology and Culture, 47(3), 486-512. https://www.scirp.org/reference/referencespapers?referenceid=948164

1.3.3. 3.Nye, D. E. (2007). Technology Matters: Questions to Live With. MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262640671/technology-matters/

1.3.4. 5. Rogers, E. M. (2010). Diffusion of Innovations. Free Press. This book provides insights into how new technologies spread and become adopted in society. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Diffusion-of-Innovations-4th-Edition/Everett-M-Rogers/9781451602470

2. 4. Harari, Y. N. (2018). 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Spiegel & Grau. Provides an analysis of how current technologies, especially artificial intelligence and data processing, are shaping modern life and future possibilities. https://medium.com/steveglaveski/book-summary-21-lessons-for-the-21st-century-by-yuval-noah-harari-73722006805a