Mechanistic Technology
A Mechanistic Technology is a technology that involves the use of physical tools, machines, devices, or systems to solve problems, improve efficiency, or achieve specific goals.
- Context:
- It can involve Implemented Systems.
- It can be created by a Technological Innovation.
- It can range from being a Sustaining Technology to being a Disruptive Technology.
- It can be a Technological Unemployment Cause.
- It can be associated to a Technology-Related Prediction.
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- Example(s):
- Educational Technology, such as:
- Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Moodle or Canvas, which facilitate online learning and course management.
- Educational Software like Khan Academy that provides free educational resources.
- Software Technology, such as:
- Operating Systems like Windows, Linux, or macOS, that manage hardware resources and provide services for application software.
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems like SAP or Oracle ERP, that integrate core business processes.
- Mobile Applications like WhatsApp, which provide messaging and communication services.
- Computer Technology, such as:
- Personal Computers (PCs) that are used for various personal and professional tasks.
- Supercomputers that perform complex calculations at high speeds for scientific research.
- Printing Press, which revolutionized the production of books and dissemination of information.
- Photocopier, which allows for the quick reproduction of documents.
- 3D Printer, which creates three-dimensional objects from digital models.
- Term Normalization Technology, which standardizes terminology across documents and databases.
- a Dual-Use Technology, such as GPS, which is used both for civilian navigation and military applications.
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- Educational Technology, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Disruptive Technology, Innovation, Ethics of Technology, Conceptual Model, Goal, Reproducibility, Princeton University Press, University of Chicago Press, Tool, Kitchen Utensil, Machine, Software, Science, Engineering.
References
2024
- (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology Retrieved:2024-6-9.
- Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge for achieving practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [1] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software. Technology plays a critical role in science, engineering, and everyday life.
Technological advancements have led to significant changes in society. The earliest known technology is the stone tool, used during prehistoric times, followed by the control of fire, which contributed to the growth of the human brain and the development of language during the Ice Age. The invention of the wheel in the Bronze Age allowed greater travel and the creation of more complex machines. More recent technological inventions, including the printing press, telephone, and the Internet, have lowered barriers to communication and ushered in the knowledge economy.
While technology contributes to economic development and improves human prosperity, it can also have negative impacts like pollution and resource depletion, and can cause social harms like technological unemployment resulting from automation. As a result, there are ongoing philosophical and political debates about the role and use of technology, the ethics of technology, and ways to mitigate its downsides.
- Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge for achieving practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [1] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software. Technology plays a critical role in science, engineering, and everyday life.
- ↑ : "The first pole, that of the naturalisation of a new discipline within the university curriculum, was presented by Christian Wolff in 1728, in Chapter III of the "Preliminary discourse" to his Philosophia rationalisis sive Logica: 'Technology is the science of skills and works of skill, or, if one prefers, the science of things made by man's labour, chiefly through the use of his hands.'"
2012
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology
- Technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The word technology comes Template:Ety; Template:Ety.[1] The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include construction technology, medical technology, and information technology.
The human species' use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. The prehistorical discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available sources of food and the invention of the wheel helped humans in travelling in and controlling their environment. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. However, not all technology has been used for peaceful purposes; the development of weapons of ever-increasing destructive power has progressed throughout history, from clubs to nuclear weapons.
Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ways. In many societies, technology has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce unwanted by-products, known as pollution, and deplete natural resources, to the detriment of the Earth and its environment. Various implementations of technology influence the values of a society and new technology often raises new ethical questions. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human productivity, a term originally applied only to machines, and the challenge of traditional norms.
Philosophical debates have arisen over the present and future use of technology in society, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it. Neo-Luddism, anarcho-primitivism, and similar movements criticise the pervasiveness of technology in the modern world, opining that it harms the environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such as transhumanism and techno-progressivism view continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human condition. Indeed, until recently, it was believed that the development of technology was restricted only to human beings, but recent scientific studies indicate that other primates and certain dolphin communities have developed simple tools and learned to pass their knowledge to other generations.
- Technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species' ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The word technology comes Template:Ety; Template:Ety.[1] The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include construction technology, medical technology, and information technology.
2007
- (Franklin, 2007) ⇒ Ursula Franklin. (2007). “Real World of Technology." House of Anansi Press.
2006
- (Borgman, 2006) ⇒ Albert Borgmann. (2006). “Technology as a Cultural Force: For Alena and Griffin.” In: The Canadian Journal of Sociology, 31(3). doi=10.1353/cjs.2006.0050
1998
- (Stiegler, 1998) ⇒ Bernard Stiegler. (1998). “Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus.” Stanford University Press. ISBN:0-8047-3041-3
- ↑ "Definition of technology". Merriam-Webster. http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technology. Retrieved 2007-02-16.