What is Technology?

1. What I thought technology was before.

1.1. DG-RA (2017) Cameras & Photography

1.2. Crothers (2021)

1.3. Computers & Laptops

1.4. O'Boyle (2021)

1.5. Apple and iPhones

2. References

2.1. REFERENCES Astrolabe. (2017, December 26). Past and Present, Technology Then and Now. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DENG7Q7VRgo&t=1s Crothers (2021). Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano Laptop Review [Update]. Retrieved from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2021/05/28/lenovo-thinkpad-x1-nano-laptop-review-update/?sh=535d242424d1 DG-RA (2017). DSLR Camera + Lens REMIX. Retrieved from: https://openclipart.org/detail/275084/dslr-camera-+-lens-remix-hq Dyer, J. (2009, December 27). Defining the word, “technology” four times. Retrieved from: https://perma.cc/FV4Q-FNNC Li-Hua, R. (2007). What is Technology? Journal of Technology Management in China, 2(3). O’Boyle (2021). How to get your iPhone camera flash to light up for notifications. Retrieved from: https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/apple/157027-how-to-get-your-iphone-camera-flash-to-light-up-for-notifications People, U. O. (2020). The Growing Importance of Technology in Education. Retrieved from University of The People: https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/the-growing-importance-of-technology-in-education/ TED Talks. (2010, February 22). Kevin Kelly tells technology's epic story. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS1xL1qcBa4 Toon, P. (2019, Nov 14). What is Technology. Retrieved from You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px5z-dG531c&feature=youtu.be Yaser. (2019, February 23). Technology Evolution Timeline. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGo6vlWbKl0

3. Why Do We Need New Technologies?

3.1. Ease of Access to Information: Technology enables quick and easy access to vast amounts of knowledge and information at the click of a button

3.2. Impact on Mobility and Transportation: Airplanes and electric trains have significantly cut the time to travel between vast lands, transforming how people and goods are transported across regions.

3.3. Enhanced Communication: Technology has transformed communication via video-calling and conferencing facilities, at really affordable rates and amazing speeds.

3.4. Impact on Education and Knowledge Transfer: According to University of The People (2020), "The cost of education has significantly reduced, with options like online degrees and by eliminating the need to buy physical textbooks. By accessing scholarly articles from your university’s database, for example, you can easily choose to continue your studies from another country or without leaving your home"(People, 2020).

4. How my ideas about technology have changed

4.1. 1

4.1.1. Before taking this course, my knowledge about technology was limited only to cameras, computers, and mobile phones. Now, my knowledge has expanded a great deal - technology encompasses tools or materials that facilitate our lives and make us function more efficiently and easily.

4.2. Astrolabe (2017). Past and Present, Technology Then and Now

4.3. Yaser (2019) Technology Evolution Timeline

5. What I think technology is now

5.1. "Technology represents the combination of human understanding of natural laws and phenomena accumulated since ancient times to make things that fulfil our needs and desires or that perform certain functions. In other words, technology has to create things that benefit human beings." (Li-Hua, 2007)

5.2. "Technology is not just our phones in our pockets but something beyond that... it is something that affects us physically and socially." (Dyer, 2009).

5.3. According to Pow Toon (2019), "some technologies do not have wires at all. Umbrellas help to keep us dry in the rain, and the lock helps to keep our things safe, a pencil helps us to write down information, and a fork helps us to eat food" (Toon, 2019).

5.4. Kevin Kelly’s (2010), TED talk: “Technology is anything useful invented by a mind.”

5.5. Tony Montez (2014) TED talk: "What is Technology?"