Semester 2 has begun, and with it comes a new topic to delve into.

New Technologies

What are new technologies? What are technologies? Generally, i think the first thing that comes to mind when you mention technology to people are things like computers and other electronic devices. While these are indeed ‘technologies’, they are only a small part of it.

I see a technology as a thing that performs a certain function. A new technology is something that performs a certain function in a way that is better than the previous version. In group discussion the other day, a question was asked whether fire could be considered a technology. We all thought about it for a while, and came to the conclusion that no, it was not a technology, but the method of making that fire was a technology.

Before getting my head around the topic, i was one of those people who would just say ‘computer’ when technology was mentioned, but the more i think about it, the more interesting the idea gets.

This was my initial rant, please check back for more of the same as the semester goes on.

I have grouped with Sarah and Nadia this semester for our major methods and analysis project, so i will be discussing our findings on this blog.