Technological Developments
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Description
Technology development is the process of research and development to achieve new technologies. This leads to new applications and products.
Most of the new developments in the field of technology are not immediately used, but are being applied in the near feature.
Enablers:
- The state of economy, since developments costs resources
- Customer demand
- Companies’ policy on innovation.
Inhibitors:
- Forced labor cut-off; new developments may require personnel with different competencies.
- Ethical issues; New developments could possibly achieve things that where assumed unethical before.
Paradigms:
- Some think that technology always provides good improvements for society, but others resist to developments since their work process might change because of new developments.
- New vacancies can arise where others become obsolete, caused by chancing competencies required by new developments.
Experts:
- USA
- Western Europe
Timing:
- Paleolithic (2.5 million – 10000 BC)
- Stone tools
- Fire
- Clothing and Shelter
- Neolithic
- Metal
- Gold
- Modern History (0CE - )
- Simple machines
- Computer science
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_development