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Effect of Technology on Our Lives

Posted in Business Technology | January 6th, 2012

Technology is an improved route to an unimproved target. Technology is associated with innovation. It involves the transformation of ideas into something useful. Innovation is just not limited to creative people and organizations, but also involves the availability of technological and scientific talent. Technology and innovation are synergistic. Technology has definitely changed our lives and for the better.

Looking back in time, we realize how much our lives have changed due to the fruits of technology. It has provided us with freedom and less consumption of time and resources. Pointing out a particular technology for the drastic changes in one’s life is simply not possible. A nation’s economic growth can be measured according to the level of technology. This is because a number of factors are responsible for affecting an individual’s life style. The most important factor for deciding the working of a particular technology is the presence of competition. One kind of technology seems beneficial only until a technological advancement does not occur.

The most effective piece of technology is the mobile phone, and now a days being equivalent to a civilization. Due to technological changes, the dependency upon technology has increased many folds. Some advancement occurs at such a pace that they become self-defeating. The ability to convert carbon dioxide into fuel energy is a breakthrough process and once well established in would change our dependency on nonrenewable and limited sources.

With time, the use of internet is rising rapidly. The World Wide Web literally connects over 700 million people round the globe. The state-of-the-art technology has improved our means of communication as well as our educational standards. Due to the innovations in technology, an individual can gain knowledge about any topic at any place and at any point of time in his/her life. It has allowed the ease of availability of education. It has also improvised upon ways to fulfill our needs and to meet our expectations. Innovations in today’s tech-world can help us to solve urgent problems.

The revolution in technology has given rise to chat rooms, discussion rooms, personalized web pages and online databases. The IT sector has completely changed the outlook of human communication with e-mails, video conferencing and instant messaging. With the advent of technology, people are building bridges to decrease the distances in their mind. One basic drawback that has taken place is that people are becoming lethargic due to high trends in technology. It is shortening our ability to pay attention. Robotics, automation and computerization are on the go for changing our lives. Implementation of robotics will give higher efficiency and cheaper labor, thereby increasing unemployment rate.

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Is the Education System Can Take A Great Leap Forward With Technology

Posted in Innovation | August 3rd, 2011

Many start-ups that target the education market, as technology makes it easier and more cost effective to bring education to the poorer areas of the world. This is one hot investment areas and where there are advantages, there is progress. Education is the key to economic wealth, and Horace Mann as the right states, “Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the human condition, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.”

But what response the richest countries of the education system that has not changed in a generation and are under budget pressures? The Government has provided programs for their start-ups seeking to improve American education process and today, investors think either fund the government for not taking equity in start-ups. On the downside, investors do not like the education system because it is very inexpensive, have long sales cycles, and avoid risk. With an emphasis on the improvement of government such as education, the investors believe there will be some start-up winners.

Last year, my local school district anticipates a budget deficit and ask parents for advice. When I take a look at the school district budget, I see their problems. They need to cut millions from their operating budgets, but 85% of their labor costs. It’s just not possible to reduce the budget in non-labor with the amount needed.

Let us step back and take a quick look at what happened with telecommunications. When the telecommunications and networking that takes a big leap forward in the bubble, the developing countries bypassed landline infrastructure and directly to wireless and cell technology. Now landlines are declining in developing countries as wireless becomes more cost-effective, capable and well liked by customers.

Education is likely to follow suit. We have been dabbling with online and distance learning for more than a decade. Technical capability exists, now just a matter of adoption. Poor countries and developing countries will lead the way and start using technology to educate the masses more efficiently. Eventually this trend will transition into the U.S. school system.

As a parent, children of primary school unable to become independent learners, they will always benefit from a constant daily attention of teachers. As children become older, they are more able to independently and by the time they get to college, students spend less time in formal classroom settings.

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