The technology is to make, use and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization, in order to solve a problem or an advantage. . The word technology comes from the greek te???????a (Technology), which t???? (Techne), which means "art, skill, cunning and ????a (-logy), which means" research "[1] The term can be applied generally or in areas specific: for example, civil engineering, medical technology and information technology.
Technologies have significant consequences for humans and the ability of other species' to control and adapt to their natural environment. Use of the human species' of technology has begun the conversion of natural resources for simple tools. Prehistoric discovery of the ability to control fire increased the available food and the invention of the wheel helped humans traveling to and control over their environment. Recent technological developments, including the printing press, telephone and internet, have been reduced by physical barriers to communication and makes people interact freely throughout the world. However, not all technology is used for peaceful purposes, the development of increasingly destructive power of weapons is passed through the history of the club of 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.
