TECHNOL

OGY
 What Is Technology?

Technology is a body of knowledge

devoted to creating tools, processing
actions and extracting of materials.
The term Technology is wide and
everyone has their own way of
understanding the meaning of
 We use technology to accomplish
various tasks in our daily lives, in
brief; we can describe technology
as products, processes or
organizations. We use technology
to extend our abilities, and that
makes people as the most
important part of any
technological system.
 We apply technology in almost
everything we do in our lives, at work,
we use it to extract materials , we use
technology for communication,
transportation, learning,
manufacturing, creating artifacts,
securing data, scaling businesses and
so much more. Technology is human
knowledge which involves tools,
materials and systems. The application
of technology results in artifacts or
 The impact in technology in our lives, today, is
unmeasurable. We use technology every day, in
different ways and we do it to harming up our
lives or the society we live in. But what we are
used to call modern technology, technically it is
not as new as we think.
 ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES

of the so called

Modern Technology
ADVANTAGES
Improved communication
advanced communication technology
tools;
Easy access to
information
at anytime and
anywhere;
Improved housing and lifestyle
most of the items that we have
in our homes today are automated
(if we compare with houses in the
Improved entertainment
- we have more video games, good
music to listen and visual systems like
Social
Networking
great
improvement
for individuals
and
Convenience in
education
Convenience of traveling
very important in our lives and
in the business world;
Changed the health industry
modern technology in hospitals,
reducing the mistakes made by doctors
and evolving the patients treatments;
Efficiency and productivity
helping businesses increasing
production, saving time and
money in the industry;
DISADVANTAGES
Job loss
replacing humans;
World destruction
weapons
Increased loneliness
social isolation;
Pollution
production emits unacceptable
chemicals;
Global Warming
mass production cost natural
resources.