How Technology Has Changed Our Future

Technology is defined as machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge. Its original use was meant solely for the service of humans, however overtime it has evolved into something much different. What was originally meant to be an assisting piece of machinery has changed almost every aspect of our culture. The way we think, communicate, lie, and even love has been impacted by the use of technology, and all of this is has made for interesting pieces of literature. In pieces such as Her and I, Robot, we see the evolution of robots and artificial intelligence into a more empathetic and humanlike creatures. This gradual change in our views of robots overtime speaks volumes to the evolution of technology. Technology in literature has become a reflection of human beings themselves, mirroring the very qualities of ourselves that make us human. By looking at the personality that technology takes on in literature, we can greater understand the aspects of ourselves that truly make us human.

The world we live in today is changing fast, due to the introduction and the advance of technology, it has improved modern life in many different ways. When you wake up what’s the first thing you do? You turn off the alarm off or hit snooze button on your phone. What’s next? The T.V., radio, or microwave, just think how many things throughout the day we use that involves using technology. We have based our lives around the use of technology. Yes, it’s good and has made our life’s easier, but it has also caused many problems that have been over viewed. Everything we need to do involves us using technology. Technology has taken over our life’s, as explained in “Technology: Do We Control It or Does It Control Us?”. After reading and analyzing it, I agree with it.

Technology and interconnectivity has become a crucial part of modern society, being predicted by 2020 that 90% of the entire world will have a cellphone (Woods, 2014). With how fast-paced today 's society is becoming it is no surprise that dating online is becoming the most popular way to meet people. People just don’t have time to keep trying (and failing) at the ‘bar scene’, they want to make the most of their time and find someone compatible for their needs at that moment. The following report is a summary of the findings of our research that was ran over a 15 day period (September 28th, 2016 to October 12th, 2016).

Who can deny that we are reaping the benefits of living in a modern age? How many times have we heard older people talk about the good old days? However, when we examine the good old days, maybe they were not quite as good as they remember. Every generation has benefitted from the advances made by the prior generation to improve the quality of life during the current generation. Today’s generation is no exception. Developments in technology, health, living, society and culture in the United States has made life better for today’s generation.

Technology, as we know, has completely changed the way every American goes about their daily activities. Today we are able to communicate globally with anyone from any part of the world within seconds, making business and our social lives a million times easier. Look to your left and you will find your cell phone buzzing with missed calls, texts, and social notifications. Look to your right and you will see your emails filling up with the newest offers on fashion or your boss giving you this weeks new assignments. Information now travels faster than ever and new medicines or surgical procedures have saved millions of lives. But as we continue to travel down our technological path, we will see a change in the world. Our elders today constantly complain about the growth of technology and are often confused on how the rest of the world works. This is because with every new year technology seems to rise with new programs or new inventions to enhance our everyday lives in efforts to make them “simpler” and “better.” Our world is changing or upgrading at a rapid pace.

A few centuries ago, before technology was underdeveloped due to limited resources and knowledge, communication between countries on the opposite end of the world was extremely slow or not possible. Most people did not know much about other lands, people, and cultures. What people thought they knew about the world was often wrong or inaccurate. However, within the past hundred years, the pace of our technology has accelerated rapidly. Nowadays traveling across the globe in less than 24 hours is not a dream anymore. Communications between two distant individuals are only a click away. Technology has changed the way how we interact with the world drastically and it is one of the key ingredients that mankind cannot live without. As American critic and writer, Joseph Krutch states “Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable(Krutch). But what is technology? To me, technology is anything that is revolutionary and enhances our everyday life, such as agriculture, health care, and factories. And by revolutionary, I am referring to anything that has a major impact on a human society. That being said then domestication of plants and animals and the emergence of cites will therefore be under the category of technology because they both had a major impact on human society. The domestication of plants and animals has a direct correlation to the emergence of cities because it lies as a foundation in order for a complex society to form.

When a college student was asked if they knew what an overhead was, the response had been, “Yes of course! It’s a projector like box with a light and mirror, which sits in the front of the classroom. It displays pictures from slides, and the teacher has clear sheets that we can write on using vis-a-vis marker.” Then when a student in elementary school was asked if they knew what an overhead was, their response were entirely different. None of them knew what it was, as their responses had been, “A coloring table”, “When you wear a mask”, and “A wood that covers things.” As one can see, the newer generations didn 't have the slightest idea of what an overhead is, while older students have grown up with the use of one. This is due to how technology has been advancing throughout the years and it will continue to change as time goes on.

Young people nowadays might remember the time that they had their first mobile phone, but there are only a few of them can remember what was the the first time they watched a television. Televisions are so familar to many people. It is one of the blockbuster inventions of all time. Back in ten years ago, the television is how people get the news, and how they entertain themselve, not a computer. Computers in ten years ago were a comlicated machine to use. Even in the twenty first century, the computers or many other high technology machines have much more advance features than a television, but they can be seen as present-day duplicates of televisions. Mostly their functions are broadcasting. Although they seem to be the same concept, laptops, smart phones, and some other mobile technology gadgets are more loved because they can carry many tasks at a time in just a tiny machine. People can trust the technology to help them with their works in most of the situation in daily life. Since technology is so common nowadays, people senselessly cling on to them nonstop. At the same time they senselessly see technology as indispensable part of life.

Could you imagine life without your cell phone? I know I couldn’t. My daily routine is controlled by my cell phone; from the alarm clock on my phone that wakes me up to the last Instagram post I check before I close my eyes. I couldn’t fathom the thought of not having my phone (not a phone but, my phone!) with me every second of the day. My life would probably shatter in to pieces. Without a phone I don’t think my family, friends, or I would be able to function everyday properly.

At this day in time, everyone has some form of technology, even children. This technology can range from a cell phone to an iPad to an old-fashioned Desktop computer. Along with these devices comes some form of internet or way to reach the outer world. The common denominator between these all is communication. Communication can be as broad as an exchange of information between people. To others, communication is meant to be more interpersonal than that. Now, people have the luxury or texts, emails, phone calls, video calls, and social media. This tends to break that interpersonal communication between people. Technology has led to a decline in communication by making

“Without a doubt, technology is amazing and what will we do without it”. These are the exact words of my husband while changing and playing the lights of our swimming pool through his cell phone. It is a fact that technology has changed our lives in many ways and it is constantly changing. A computer is a great illustration of how technology keeps evolving. About two weeks ago, I was looking for a laptop because my desktop is about to give up on me. The sales clerk from the computer store said that there is the a version in the market with more sophisticated features, faster and more advanced processor compared to the one I was checking. Aside from the computers, I have realized that there are many

Every major holiday like Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving, my family gets together. Like a majority of families do. Growing up we would play games and tell jokes, and have a lot of fun with each other, but now, we barley even talk. It’s not because we don’t like each other it’s because of phones. If we are sitting in the living room we aren’t talking and it’s just awkward. I have 2 cousins that are younger than 2, and they are growing up attached to a screen, they are just waiting for a phone to be handed to them, or cartoons to be turned on to watch, they are growing up in a tech filled world, and I’m afraid that they’re just going to be attached to a phone just like everyone else is. . Generation Z is being raised in a world where their eyes are instantly attracted to a screen. They’re not going to know what it’s like to go outside and make up their own games, to have an imagination. This day in age their imaginations are handed to them. We are so worried about what’s happening on facebook or twitter we don’t know what’s going on around us.

Technology is often considered the key to nations’ economic growth due to the many improvements brought to society. Taking a look back in history, technology has made good changes in human life, due to the automatization and less effort spent to produce in mass. In recent years, the dependence resulting from the usage of small and powerful devices by young people to correlate with others is causing side effects associated with health disorders. Researchers are working to find the best application of technology in human life, without compromising the development of society and leverage the usage of emerging devices and services. The majority of society is more dependent on the evolving technology than they think, causing several issues to human life such as psychological effects, psychological issues, and sociological complications. What can people do in order to prevent the symptoms of emerging disorders?

In today’s society, technology has increasingly become more present in our lives. Grow-ing up, what I remember most was whenever I was a home, the one place anybody could be sure to find me was in my bedroom, sitting behind my Sony laptop doing random things. For many people, including myself, who grew up around computers and technology, it is really hard to imagine living in a world without them by our sides since we are so used to having them around. So where did computers and laptop even come from?

In this era, the applications of science have become ubiquitous to our lives. Whether in cell phones, cancer screening, or hybrid cars, we tend to overlook the underlying trials, perspirations, and excitement of discovery that led to these indispensable inventions. I have had an avid interest in science for as long I can remember. I have always been interested in why things work, how they work, and how innovations can further be improved and made more efficient. I love science because it has to power to explain everything around us. It allows us to know where objects originate, why roses are red, how airplanes fly, and so much more! I have a great interest in math, science, technology, computers, and above all learning. The opportunities for imagination and application are boundless, and nothing would excite me more than applying science to solve today’s problems.