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What is Technology? by Mind Map: What is Technology?

1. What I thought it was before this module

1.1. Laptops

1.2. Phones

1.3. Televisions

1.4. Tablets

1.5. Headphones

2. Why is technology important and why do we need it?

2.1. Technology helps with most of the new challanges that we face everyday all arond the world

2.1.1. "we are still inventing, and this is what technology is allowing us to do; it's continually to reinvent ourselves" (Kelly, 2010).

2.2. Technology allows our sientists and medical professionals to contstantly advance life changing procedures

2.2.1. "DDT sprayed on local homes, theres nothing better to eliminate malaria, besides insect DDT-impregnant mosquito nets. But thats a really good idea; thats a good job for technology."(Kelly, 2010).

3. How have my views changed

3.1. Technology can be used to better our lives even in the workplace

3.1.1. There is a company that is starting to use security cameras to monitor the fatigue levels of their employees to know if an employee need is fatigued or under the infuence of anything (SentriForce, 2021).

3.2. My views have changed to include that fact that technology is more than a smart phone, it is found in everything and is advancing everyday all around the world

3.2.1. "Technology represents the combination of human understanding of natural laws and phenomena accumulated since ancient times to make things that fulfil our needs and desires or that perform certain functions."(Karatsu, 1990)

4. What I think now

4.1. According to Kevin Kelly, "Technology is

4.1.1. Allows the production of vaccines in just a few years versus 100 years ago when it would take decades sometimes

4.2. Used to create most things that are found around us, whether that is the operations behind a phone screen, or the development of a new vaccine, or even the collection of data to analyze for a buisness.

4.3. "The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry" (Oxford, 2022).

5. References

5.1. Future of healthcare: 10 Ways Technology is Changing Healthcare. The Medical Futurist. (2021, March 13). Retrieved September 16, 2022, from https://medicalfuturist.com/ten-ways-technology-changing-healthcare/#

5.2. Li-Hua, R. (2007), "What is technology?", Journal of Technology Management in China, Vol. 2 No. 3. https://doi-org.library.sheridanc.on.ca/10.1108/jtmc.2007.30202caa.001

5.3. TED Talks. (2010, February 14). Kevin Kelly tells technology's epic story. Retrieved from YouTube: https://www.youtube.come/watch?v=GS1xL1qcBa4

5.4. Community Resources: Managed Surveillance Camera System Services. SentriForce. (2021, April 13). Retrieved September 17, 2022, from https://sentriforce.com/community-resources/