what is technology? and its types

 

Written by Ali Subhan Kiani

Dec 10 2021 5 min read

Technologies

What is a technology?

The branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and there interrelation with life, society, the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science and pure science.

Importance of technology

I)  Technology has brought many changes in our lives, and the world will keep progressing in hand in hand. Those businesses that can provide digital services will be able to survive the fierce competition in the future .

II)  to be the part of change, join hands with the latest technology changes and move on. By 2020, almost a third of the data will pass through the cloud and within five years there will be 50 billion smart connected devices in the world

Types of technologies

There are a lot of types of technologies but some of the are below

I)   material technology

Applications: Piezoelectric materials used in micro-thrusters for satellites, self-healing coatings used to protect metal products

II)  Mechanical technology

Applications: Cars manufactured by using mechanical robots, 3D printers, Power plants

III)  Medical technology

Applications: Stethoscope, pacemakers, ventilators, computed tomography (CT) scanners, surgical robots

IV)  Electronics technology

Applications: Computers, smart phones, digital camera, RADAR (Radio Detection And Ranging), power suppliers, multimeters, interactive Sensors

V)  Communication technology

Applications: LAN (Local area network), videotext, teletext, Internet, wireless information transfer, GPS

Advantages of technologies

Not everything is bad about our technology and electronics through. Just we have to remember to not let them take over our lives.

1 very convenient

2 learns to do things on your own

3 allow us to do things we never thought we could do

4 save time

5 entertainments

6 save lives

7 create new things

Disadvantages of technologies

Every thing have two sides good and bad now it is time to talk about some disadvantages of technology

1 Atmospheric absorption

2 shadowing or signal deterioration

3 beam dispersion

4 interference from background light sources

6 only discrete spectrum available as light source and sensor

7 noise from interference of other source has to be filtered  

What is Educational Technology?

Educational Technology is a way for teachers to deliver content to students, different direct and face to face. In doing so, teacher will use mechanism of informational technology to deliver educational materials