Technology may be broadly defined as the making and using of artifacts. In its simplest forms, however, use will involve no more than natural objects, and in more abstract instances fabrication and use can both be of concepts—in which case...

The fundamental relationship among science, technology, and ethics is often claimed to be one of neutrality. After all, science and technology can be put to good or bad uses by good or bad people; they are thus value-neutral. It is sometimes implied...

Although not originally designed as such, diffusion of innovations has proven to be an important theory for explaining the dynamics of communication. Diffusion of innovations is a theory originally designed to explain how change agents influence social...

As communication technology is invented and adopted, inventors and users alike ponder its meaning and value. Communication technology is very useful but its effect can also trigger both questions and problems. Philosophy provides tools to explore those...

Technology admits a wide variety of definitions. First, it refers to physical objects or artefacts, for example, a car. Second, it refers to activities or processes—the system of car production, the pattern of organization around vehicle...

The foundations of modern technology grew out of developments in electricity, communications, industrial research, and science in the first half of the twentieth century. During that period, technology became much more science-based, invention and...

Technology is often couched in terms of solving problems such as curing disease, providing for reliable food production, or affording efficient means of transportation. Indeed, technology has proved powerfully effective for solving any number of...

Current awareness of global environmental problems is drawing ecological anthropology into multidisciplinary debates over ‘sustainable *development’. The rapid destruction of tropical forests, grazing lands, coastal fisheries, etc., has...

Technology may be defined as ‘the application of scientific knowledge to the solution of practical problems’. In education the term is used in two very different ways: 1. A ‘new’ subject introduced into the national curriculum...

Application of knowledge to the practical aims of human life or to changing and manipulating the human environment. Technology includes the use of materials, tools, techniques, and sources of power to make life easier or more pleasant and work more...

The application of practical sciences within industry and...

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Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment. In human society, it is a consequence of science and engineering, although...