Comments on: Just what is technology? http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:05:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Priyanka http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-3619 Priyanka Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:11:17 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-3619 I would not restrict technology only to man. What about the beavers constructing damns and the monkeys that use crude hammers? I would consider technology as the process through which an action is effected. (Does there have to be a clear thought behind it?) ~<a href="http://www.mahindrauniverse.com" rel="nofollow">Priyanka</a> I would not restrict technology only to man. What about the beavers constructing damns and the monkeys that use crude hammers?

I would consider technology as the process through which an action is effected. (Does there have to be a clear thought behind it?)

~Priyanka

]]> By: Sciencebase http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-3374 Sciencebase Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:13:49 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-3374 But, there are robots cooking food already (hey, no McDonalds jokes, now) in factories, they're not like the mechanical-arm robots that put cars together, they're just computer-controlled machines, but a lot of ready meals etc are made by such machines... I doubt we'll have a cordon bleu chef with a silicon chip on his shoulder any time soon though. But, there are robots cooking food already (hey, no McDonalds jokes, now) in factories, they’re not like the mechanical-arm robots that put cars together, they’re just computer-controlled machines, but a lot of ready meals etc are made by such machines…

I doubt we’ll have a cordon bleu chef with a silicon chip on his shoulder any time soon though.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-3372 Wayne Smallman Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:51:21 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-3372 Ngozi, thanks for commenting and the interesting question. I suppose we could argue that our food is already prepared by machine, certainly in terms of harvesting, cleaning, cutting / chopping and irradiating et cetera. But it's a different thing to have them to actually cook the food prior to being eaten. Worthy of a discussion in its own right, I'm sure... Ngozi, thanks for commenting and the interesting question.

I suppose we could argue that our food is already prepared by machine, certainly in terms of harvesting, cleaning, cutting / chopping and irradiating et cetera.

But it’s a different thing to have them to actually cook the food prior to being eaten.

Worthy of a discussion in its own right, I’m sure…

]]> By: Ngozi Alywin Erem http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-3371 Ngozi Alywin Erem Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:34:35 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-3371 It is quite amazing, that technology is moving human race at a very fast pace. We now have machines, that do what we want it to do. They are specially manufactured for such and are called "Robots". We also have home robots. Soon we Shall have cooking robots and that would be very fascinating. I am looking forward to seeing technology applied in cooking. I wonder whether people would want to eat food prepared by robots. It is quite amazing, that technology is moving human race at a very fast pace. We now have machines, that do what we want it to do. They are specially manufactured for such and are called “Robots”. We also have home robots. Soon we Shall have cooking robots and that would be very fascinating. I am looking forward to seeing technology applied in cooking. I wonder whether people would want to eat food prepared by robots.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-920 Wayne Smallman Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:25:00 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-920 Hi Doug and thanks for the comment. I doubt that there's ever been a point in human history where technology has been fully checked and balanced by some rule of ethic or morality. War or economic pressures usually hasten the adaption of one technology over another, long before moderation or proper guidance can be invoked. So pause for thought and consideration with regards to the possible impact of any given technology isn't something that happens all that often. More often than not, <a href="http://www.blahblahtech.com/2005/03/when-technology-and-people-meet.html" title="it's people who do bad things with technology" rel="nofollow">it's people who do bad things with technology</a>, or make technology move too fast... Hi Doug and thanks for the comment.

I doubt that there’s ever been a point in human history where technology has been fully checked and balanced by some rule of ethic or morality.

War or economic pressures usually hasten the adaption of one technology over another, long before moderation or proper guidance can be invoked.

So pause for thought and consideration with regards to the possible impact of any given technology isn’t something that happens all that often.

More often than not, it’s people who do bad things with technology, or make technology move too fast…

]]> By: doug m http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-919 doug m Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-919 technology moves too fast on some fronts, and not fast enough on others. there needs to be a good balance between innovation and the releases of new products, having 6 different ipods that all do the same thing isn't very appealing to some technology moves too fast on some fronts, and not fast enough on others. there needs to be a good balance between innovation and the releases of new products, having 6 different ipods that all do the same thing isn’t very appealing to some

]]> By: YC http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-832 YC Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:35:51 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-832 The application of technology and the desire for immediate commercialization of it that might need to change, if the consequences outweigh the benefits. The application of technology and the desire for immediate commercialization of it that might need to change, if the consequences outweigh the benefits.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-773 Wayne Smallman Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:20:26 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-773 Ha! The phrase: "the appliance of science" is a tag line Zanussi used in the 80's-90's for TV adverts. Maybe they don't use it anymore. "The oil crisis of the early 1970’s should have been a cue to begin looking for ways to improve fuel efficiency or come up with alternative fuels. Yet progress languished, as there wasn’t a perceived urgency. Hopefully we’re feeling that urgency now." It's laziness more than anything else. Which reminds me of people who smoke & drink heavily all of their lives. They have a mild heart attack and are told to sort out their lifestyle. Thing is, they're still alive, so why bother? 5 years later with weeks to live, they're crying: "Why me?!" It's the same thing with fossil fuels; the signs are there, but the petrochemical companies just aren't watching where they're going. BTW, as another example of an 'analogue device', what about the bicycle? Ha! The phrase: “the appliance of science” is a tag line Zanussi used in the 80’s-90’s for TV adverts. Maybe they don’t use it anymore.

“The oil crisis of the early 1970’s should have been a cue to begin looking for ways to improve fuel efficiency or come up with alternative fuels. Yet progress languished, as there wasn’t a perceived urgency. Hopefully we’re feeling that urgency now.”

It’s laziness more than anything else. Which reminds me of people who smoke & drink heavily all of their lives. They have a mild heart attack and are
told to sort out their lifestyle.

Thing is, they’re still alive, so why bother? 5 years later with weeks to live, they’re crying: “Why me?!”

It’s the same thing with fossil fuels; the signs are there, but the petrochemical companies just aren’t watching where they’re going.

BTW, as another example of an ‘analogue device’, what about the bicycle?

]]> By: Heidi Cool http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-768 Heidi Cool Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:54:05 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-768 The appliance of science sounds good to me, it seems to cover everything from the bow and arrow to iPods. I think the trick is there has to be some kind of economic incentive for many technology initiatives. Companies that were balking at pollution controls are now discovering that they can actually save money when they explore green solutions. Yet others still balk. The oil crisis of the early 1970's should have been a cue to begin looking for ways to improve fuel efficiency or come up with alternative fuels. Yet progress languished, as there wasn't a perceived urgency. Hopefully we're feeling that urgency now. On a different tangent I still have a great appreciation for analog devices. One of my favorite gadgets is my apple peeler/slicer/corer (which can also be used for potatoes). With this little gizmo you put an apple on three prongs connected to a threaded rod. One cranks a handle that turns the rod to rotate the apple against a peeling blade/slicer combo and through a round coring blade. It's brilliantly efficient and runs on people power. I've yet to see a food processor that could manage the same task. The appliance of science sounds good to me, it seems to cover everything from the bow and arrow to iPods. I think the trick is there has to be some kind of economic incentive for many technology initiatives. Companies that were balking at pollution controls are now discovering that they can actually save money when they explore green solutions. Yet others still balk. The oil crisis of the early 1970’s should have been a cue to begin looking for ways to improve fuel efficiency or come up with alternative fuels. Yet progress languished, as there wasn’t a perceived urgency. Hopefully we’re feeling that urgency now.

On a different tangent I still have a great appreciation for analog devices. One of my favorite gadgets is my apple peeler/slicer/corer (which can also be used for potatoes). With this little gizmo you put an apple on three prongs connected to a threaded rod. One cranks a handle that turns the rod to rotate the apple against a peeling blade/slicer combo and through a round coring blade. It’s brilliantly efficient and runs on people power. I’ve yet to see a food processor that could manage the same task.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-767 Wayne Smallman Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:11:42 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/2007/10/just-what-is-technology.html#comment-767 Dare we say: the appliance of science? Dare we say: the appliance of science?

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