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What is Technology? - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Health care, food and energy, transportation, communication
      - Improve existing solutions to make them stronger
        
        Make things more safe, fast and reliable to use
        
        Meet changing human needs
        
        Society is constantly changing therefore challenges come to light and technology helps us adapt to it
        
        Improve QOL (quality of life)
        
        Medicinal tech advancements, safer travel, improved communication and accessibility tools
        
        Increase efficiency
        
        Automate repetitive tasks espcially in factories, reduce waste and both of these help use resources more effictively.
        
        Learning and innovation
        
        New technologies often build on our existing knowledge and tools that can always be improved
        (Kumar, Kumar and Persaud, 1999)
- - - - I used to think technology mainly meant electronics and new inventions. Now I understand that technology can also include simple tools, older inventions, knowledge, skills and processes.
  - - - Toronto Typewriters
        
        A typewriter shows that technology does not have to be digital or modern to be useful.
- - - - Physical: Tools/equipment, processes, products, techniques
      - Informational: skills, management, production knowledge
- - - - Wikipedia contributors
        
        Smartphones are a modern example of technology used for communication, information and everyday tasks.
- - - - Tvs
        
        Gaming consoles
- - - - Space technology
- - - - Manufacturing equipment