First off what is technology? In the 21st century, main people you ask will simply say it’s a smart phone or a computer which in some sense is true but technology isn’t just a product it surrounds us and is the only reason why we are able to live such luxurious live compared to the past. The definition Technology is the usage of knowledge for making and modification of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods in order to solve a problem
Data can be seen as the language of technology it is what allows us to understand our surrounds and improve on past products and solve past mistakes. In our current age data is no often seen as 1 and 0 this is due to the digital era where data is no longer stored in book but now on digital servers. The definition of data is a series if observation, measurements, fact and information.
Robot and cyborgs are quite similar and also quite different. First, of they are similar in the fact that both of them are a byproduct of technology and both of them are created to help with the problems faced by mankind. The way they differ is mainly the fact that one was completely created from technology and has no leaving parts to it these are the robots whereas cyborgs are considered modified humans. From the article “the real cyborgs” we are able to see that even now in the 21st century we have people who would be considered cyborgs. These are people with heart pacers and also people who have an artificial limb or have technology replace a body part.
Our relationship with technology has greatly changed over time this can be seen with how we currently are and how we were in the past. We have people now who would not be alive or even consider life without technology this show how much people have come to rely on technology compared to the past where people didn’t trust it anywhere as much and it was seen as this new thing that caused many problems but as we started to get used to it and learn from it. We discovered how technology could make our lives easier. In the 21st century, you are almost never without technology in your daily life.
In the 21st century, we have reached the point where we have given genders to technology this is main done thought design. The design of a product has a profound effect on deciding which gender the product is this can be seen in all different types of devices from small products like phones to large products like car. The design of the product defines the gender of its technology
Technology also has an interesting relationship with culture this is main due to the fact that different cultures view and use technology differently allowing for many vernation in technology. This is important because it allows people to see how one problem may have many solution depending on their understanding of technology. Thus showing how technology can be different from place to place making it culturally specific.
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Gigaom, 2016, Open journalism also means opening up your data, so others can use and improve it, viewed 26 October 2016, <https://gigaom.com/2014/08/25/open-journalism-also-means-opening-up-your-data-so-others-can-use-and-improve-it/>.