Technology is a broad concept that means the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes or applications and a field that has become part of our daily life, being encountered in other fields such as medicine, education, electronic equipment, space, and work.

Technology Advancement

In the years 1980-1990, we saw the creation of the personal computer, the birth of the World Wide Web, or WWW for short, and the creation of the video game, which took the world into a transformation. 

In the years 1999-2000, we have the era of the Internet, the introduction of electronic mail, and the most powerful engines, Google, Mozilla, which allow you to search for any different possible information. The transition of phones from the simplest ones to the most sophisticated ones. 

In 2007, we had the first release of the Apple iPhone, with a series of functions. Many brands, such as Samsung, Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo, have conquered the world with many variations of electronic devices. 

They are programmed with systems that are easy to manage and offer many applications.

They offer many options for editing photos and videos to adjust backgrounds and lighting. Their memory can save a lot of photos and videos. 

In case you lose your phone, iCloud, Google Photos, and Drive give you the opportunity to save them there. 

Years 2010-2020 

Artificial intelligence technology like Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant gives you more time and flexibility in what you want to do. 

After 2020, technology is going beyond our imagination.

Technology in other areas of life: 

Medicine 

Technology has played an important role in the creation of equipment in medicine, space, and schools. 

Scanners allow doctors to see the details of the body without intervention or surgery. 

Da Vinci’s Surgical Robotics helps surgeons perform operations with precision and on a large scale. 

AI analyzes health data and diagnoses diseases such as tumors and cancer. 

Devices such as watches, devices that are used to measure blood pressure, heart rate, and diabetes, help to detect and cure them in time. 

X-rays, or plain radiographs, are a way for providers to take pictures of the inside of your body. They are most commonly used to look at bones and joints. 

Biotechnology has advanced with safe and long-term vaccines, which shorten the time of medication.

In dentistry, we have lasers, teeth planting, or implants; devices such as wires for straightening teeth; or, for a Hollywood smile, we offer 2D or 3D teeth.

Home Appliances

Dishwasher that can adjust the water level, depending on the dirtiness of the dishes, the weight of the load, and the type of fabric. You can also choose the coherence of their washing. 

The refrigerators are equipped with Wi-Fi, which leads to temperature control based on the food. Touch and voice controller, which allows users to interact with their devices in new, exciting ways

Lights that work with Wi-Fi, making the light as strong or low as you want, you can control it from your phone or through smart speakers. 

AC offers us the possibility of choosing the temperature, according to the seasons. With a sophisticated system keeping the temperature stable and coordinated.

Space 

Satellites made with a technology that includes spacecraft and deep space communication that makes the connection with the astronaut and the earth. 

Sending spaceships to the moon or Mars has become frequent thanks to the possibilities of technology. 

Weather monitoring and communication navigation with the latest equipment enable us to be informed.

Education

The development of the lesson with a projector or a tablet, practice for different branches such as chemistry and physics, with the latest equipment, helps more in the way of understanding the lesson, making the students more engaged.

Replacing the book with the electronic one makes learning more accessible. Education applications make them learn creatively. 

The internet device helps in the development of online learning, or following courses in different fields from every country of the globe.

Work and Careers 

Technology has also transformed many other fields such as marketing, hospitality, finance, and economics. Some of the ways it has influenced other industries are Marketing (Digital Marketing), using social networks, online advertising, or SEO, for you to reach a global audience. 

Software and platforms for data analysis help marketers to improve their strategies and bring customers as close as possible. 

Social networks play an important role; promoting a service makes them even more followed. 

Today, many influencers are known who advertise their businesses, careers, or want to share some of their life experiences, and this is done through Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, where they also have benefits.

Hospitality

If you have your smartphone and internet to book your ticket or the hotel room where you want to spend your vacation. 

The hotels are equipped with state-of-the-art systems such as Booking.com, Expedia, and Airbnb to view reservations from clients. With a series of options, it allows them to view the requests for the rooms they have chosen. 

The rooms with AC and lighting controls also offer the latest luxuries. Virtual Assistant service that works 24/7 to be as close as possible to clients for any request or question. 

Finance and Economy

Fintech involves the use of technology to provide financial services, payments, transfers, credit, and wealth management. 

Economists use algorithms to improve the economic market; it also helps them to solve financial problems, to solve any problem, and to improve it. 

Platforms like Kickstarter, GoFundMe, and eToro help them manage investments or fundraise.

Social Media

The main function of social media is the main key to enable us to communicate, to create work and social relationships between people, as well as information on the latest developments that occur in every country of the world.

Platforms such as Zoom Meeting and Google Meeting are mainly used for meetings, to follow online lessons, as well as to be updated with your colleagues. 

LinkedIn offers you the opportunity to connect with people from different fields; thanks to it, you can find a job position, people with careers, and influencers.  

Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook are platforms that serve as marketing for the promotion of businesses, work, information sharing, and personal experiences.

Pros & Cons

Besides the fact that technology has had a great impact on our lives, making it easier for us, and every task to be completed successfully and on time. Here are some pros and cons. 

Advantages: 

  • No matter how far you are, through different platforms you can be present at any event or meeting. 
  • Search for information and news with Google, and you will find it in real time. 
  • Electronic books have replaced libraries by downloading them online. 
  • Advancement in medicine with moderate equipment, which helps in the detection and cure of many diseases.  
  • Improvement in education by offering courses and online lessons. 
  • Improvements in daily life, such as phones and laptops.

Disadvantages: 

Technology is great, if we’re in control of it. It’s not so great if it takes control of us. Some of the challenges we can face with technology in today’s times are: 

  • Security and information storage: many dates are hacked, which in some way can share any personal information.
  • Addiction: Their non-stop use, makes people limited and distanced from many activities such as reading books and walking in nature. 
  • The distribution of wrong information can affect the public in the way it is interpreted and can cause misunderstandings.  
  • Impact on mental health if we use it for long periods of time, causing eye fatigue, headaches, and insomnia. 
  • If you have to write a research paper you might sit down at your computer and use Google to look up the information you need. However if you’re not very disciplined, you might end up surfing the Web instead of writing that paper. In that case Google and the Internet will have taken over pulling you out of your state of flow.

Conclusion

Technology is advancing rapidly and in different ways. But they also require attention and careful management to achieve the appropriate benefits and to avoid risks.

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