COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

History of Technology

Technology has become a need in human life. We need technology to switch on the lights, to heat the water, and obviously we need technology to give us better lifestyles. Everything needs technology. But, do we have ever wondered or look back at the history of technology? The history of human technology begins with the finding on how to give a stone cutting edge. Basically, technology is the invention of techniques and tools in order to make and do things much easier. "Technology" is a combination of the Greek techne which means art and craft.

    

In 17th century, technology it was only used to mention a discussion of the applied arts. The term has growing fields of meaning, processes and ideas in extension to tools and machines in 20th century. The knowledge gives the opportunity to human to create their own creations; new things and technology allow people to reach something that impossible to be reached. Technology has affected by a society's cultural traditions and it gives new changes in economic, political and military power. Human nowadays has been exposed to many terms of technology such as travel technology, information and communication technology. 

                        

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The history of technology is mostly about invention and adapting to change. Another meaning of technology is human have to create and control their environment in order for them to survive and have a comfortable life. Since ancient times, people have develop many ways to go out from their place, to find a way to build their lodgings and way to keep all the knowledge that they have learned. In order to that, technology gave human many advances in terms of health, devices, and others scientific mechanism such as telescope and microscope.

The past years, human use wood fires to keep their body warm. Hand-operated activities build pyramids and cities in the ancient times. Plus, they use wind drove sailing-ship and later they use windmills. They found a new power sources such as electricity, coal and steam, oil and gas. Human in the past years, they use horses and other animals as transportation but after the invention of steam engine, they use steamboats and steam locomotives, making a great antiquated carriage. Furthermore, technology introduces human to gasoline that powered automobiles and airplanes.

                             

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In terms of communication, early humans are only communicating by talking and gesturing. From that,, they create languages. Some prehistoric people vomit their experiences and expression by drawing on rock and painting in the cave. Meanwhile, writing offer them literature and philosophy. But then, books were only handwritten as manuscripts until the invention of printing were existed in 19400s. Telegraph, telephone and radio are part of technological achievement in communication over long distances. 

                                   

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Brief information about Information and Communication Technology

Communication technology is called as the activity of constructing, designing and maintaining communication system.  Information and communication technology is a way to provide communication application and devices such as radio, television, cell phones, computer and many more. In these devices, there are many services and applications included. ICTs lie more in the ability to form a great key to information and communication in a place that is less populations.

People nowadays go all up to have better living conditions, to find their identities and obviously to survive. Young people, senior citizens even the kids are being exposed to communicate not by face to face. They are incomplete without their gadgets. More than 800 million adults are lack of literacy skills but on the other side, the use of information and communication technology is vault up. ICT are giving a huge transformation in human’s life and playing an important role in young people's lives and society. The generation of technologies are causing speedy transformations in all aspects of life. 

                 

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