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The technological singularity—or simply the singularity [1] —is a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable consequences for Human civilization.
Technological determinism seeks to show technical developments, media, or technology as a whole, as the key mover in history and social change. [8] It is a theory subscribed to by "hyperglobalists" who claim that as a consequence of the wide availability of technology, accelerated globalization is inevitable.
The Morocco-US science and technology cooperation plan, signed in 2006 in Rabat, promotes the exchange of innovative scientific ideas, information and knowledge, skills and techniques and the training of technical experts. It also allows for joint scientific and technological projects, conferences and workshops.
1939 - the invention of the military nerve agent sarin (Schrader, Ritter, Linde und Ambros), the invention of the insecticide DDT (Schrader and P. G. Muller), the development of artificial fat manufacturing technology (Reppe), the beginning of work on the use of nuclear energy, the beginning work on radar technology, the first flights of ...
An operator controlling The Virtual Interface Environment Workstation (VIEW) [1] at NASA Ames around 1990 Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that employs 3D near-eye displays and pose tracking to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world.
In industry, educational technology is utilized to train students and employees by a wide range of learning and communication practitioners, including instructional designers, technical trainers, technical communication, and professional communication specialists, technical writers, and of course primary school and college teachers of all levels.
Technological change (TC) or technological development is the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes. [1] [2] In essence, technological change covers the invention of technologies (including processes) and their commercialization or release as open source via research and development (producing emerging technologies), the continual improvement of ...
The technological imperative: focuses on organizational characteristics which can be measured and permits some level of contingency; Strategic choices: focuses on how technology is influenced by the context and strategies of decision-makers and users; Technology as maker of structural changes:: views technology as a social object