1. Technology has made communication easier.
People no more rely on sending physical letters and then waiting several days and perharps having your message lost in the mail. Instead, you have tools for audio and video calls for immediate communication. And also you can communicate to many people at the same time. For example through the use of whatsapp, facebook, telegram and others.
2. Improved in agriculture sector.
Technology has bring about improvement in agriculture sector, for instance, farmers and scientists have used plant selection and breeding techniques to improve crop yield for years. Plant bleeders have worked to improve germplasm to develop seeds with best mix of characteristics to deliver the best yield for specific soil and weather conditions.
3.Technology has improved health care.
The development of technologies such as laser treatment or use means that patience are able to recover much quicker and reduces the risk of medical procedures. Recovery periods are greatly reduced, where before they may have been weeks or months they are now down to few days in some instances. This takes the strain off health service and makes for more satisfied and happier patients.
4.Technology has help to reduce the work load of a man.
Technology has help to reduce man’s work load and made work easier and faster. For example, in the manufacturing industry, many dangerous tasks can be delegated to robots, making the work making the work environment a safer place. Robotics can also help improve the speed and quality of the manufacturing process because robots do not get tired or distracted and because they work consistently the way they were programmed to.
5. Technology has increased in income generation.
As a direct result of being able to advertise more effectively and more efficiently, income generation has increased drastically. Startups have an easier time getting off the ground because they don’t need to invest as many resources into trying to increase brand exposure using traditional methods when they can advertise online instead.
6.Technology has brought about improvement in transportation.
Through technology, cars, boats, trains and aircrafts have been made to import and export goods from one country to another, and also help people to move to different places. In addition, technology has also helped in the manufacturing of good road networks which has made transportation easier and faster.
Negative Impact On Technology
1. Relationships and social skills issues.
Kids are using mobile devices more and more, and they can become addicted to this, not spending enough time with their family and/or friends. They are more likely to be virtually connected with friends, sharing photos and texting online than meeting them in person, and also playing games online and accessing websites (sometimes harmful websites). It doesn’t mean that spending time online is a bad thing, but spending too much time online can really weakens the bond between the parents and the child, and also private the child to improve several social skills.
2.Unemployment.
Technological unemployment occurs when developments in technology and working practices cause some workers to lose their jobs. For instance, when labour-saving machines are introduced into the productive process, a firm can get rid of workers and produce the same amount of goods than before. Therefore some workers can lose their job.
3. Resource depletion.
There are several types of resource depletion, with the most severe being aquifer depletion, deforestation, mining for fossil fuels and minerals, contamination of resources, soil erosion and overconsumption of resource. And this can cause desertification, drought, global warming and other environmental problems.
5. Increased in social vices.
Many people are addicted to social vices such as prostitution, fraud, armed robbery and other trough technology. Most people especially the youth uses trickery ways to gain dishonest advantage over other person through computers. Also people who are unemployed uses arms to steal thing from others.
5. Loss of privacy and risk of hacking creates more deceit.
Thanks to people setting up false profiles, online deceit has been a problem for years. You still really can’t be sure of whom you are chatting with if you aren’t seeing them in person.
People are being “cat fish”, or lured into relationship with a person pretending to be someone else. Young children and teenagers are especially vulnerable to this type of difficulty behavior. They are more willing to accept things at face value compared to adult who have more life experience.
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