how does technology make our life easier?
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I don't know if it makes life easier, but it sure makes it lonlier.
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technology can support all of that.
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Technology.\n\nIronic that something that was created to quickly access knowledge in a convenient way has served to take away from learning as well.\n\nLet me explain....\n\nOur students have been experiencing ADD in higher numbers. One finding in research is that we have become a "push button" society. Children are "plugged in" and "unplugged" numerous times during a day. At one time it was the fault of a "remote control" of a tv that allowed people to surf through numerous channels looking for the right show to stimulate their needs. Now let's not only add the TV to the picture but include the internet. They may have four or five windows open jumping from email to answers to a game to chat site back to their homework. If one doesn't give them the stimuation needed they hop to another and to another. Click to this and back to that.......get bored.....move to next window.\n\nIn addition, students have lost the art of using books for research. They "google" or use wikipedia and rely on answers fed to them from sites that aren't always as reliable as documented print in books. Oh sure.....there are many wonderful sites out there too. Don't get me wrong. But it is not enough to just "google." Students really need to master researching skills and technology has enabled quick access but at a price of accuracy. \n\nWriting is suffering as well. Students are found writing papers in "chatonese." For example:\n\n"This book is the one 4 u! It is so hilarious that I was lol. J/K!" \n\nTeachers can teach writing in brilliant forms. However, if students continually chat on the net in chat speak, it becomes a habit that is hard to break in school.\n\nTechnology is a wonderful thing! But I fear that learning has become "easier" for children. Part of the learning process is taking responsibility for your learning rather than expecting an answer to be fed to you via the net. I'm very anxious about seeing where technology will progress positively in the class room.
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I think technology is keeping families in touch information wise but we are not (IN TOUCH).  We no longer sit down to dinner with the family anymore now we don't even have to go thru the task of talking on the phone or writing a letter. When was the last time you sat around and just relaxed with family and friends and connected on a personal level?\n\n We are connected but in NO WAY are we IN TOUCH.
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There probably ARE simple ways to do these things, but unfortunately the way technology works is that first we find the hard way, then engineers get paid LOTS OF MONEY to find the shortcuts.
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There are so many things we should be doing instead of sitting in front of a computer... I wonder why we love that so much. It's like we're truingto escape from what we are supposed to do.
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We wake up (usually by an alarm clock), we get ready for work, school etc (usually listening to the radio or watching TV), we go to work or school (usually by car, tube, train or bus) while listening to our ipods, chatting on our cellphones or watching our ipod TV's. At work we use computers and telephones. At lunch time, draw some money (from a cash point) and buy our lunch (at the till point), then we may do a spot of lunchtime shopping (on our credit cards), then we go back to work and send silly emails around the office or chat to cyber friends on msn or yahoo messenger. We travel back home and use our cells on the way to send texts, talk or listen to the radio. We prepare dinner (sometimes in a microwave) and watch TV or listen our stereo. We play computer games and watch movies, chat on the phone and on the Internet, and as it gets darker we use electricity to be able to see, we have a shower and get ready for bed.\n\nTechnology has made us complacent, lazy and shifted our focus on the important aspects of life. Because our every need is catered for in some way by technology, we get greedy and impatient for things that will further enhance our way of life. It has provided the most wonderful creations and things that we, at somepoint, would never have imagined, yet it has made us all vulnerable and open to the darker minds of our society and addicted to what we cant live without.\n\nTechnology has effected society by giving no boundery. It has created a people of instant touch-of-a-button satisfaction with more, more and more requested. If technology had not developed as fast as it had people would spend more time interacting in 'real-time' in person. Family and Community morals would be of more value as there wouldn't be such a variety of things to seclude and distance us.\n\nWhile technology can bring people closer and encourage people to spend time together, it seems that technology seperates generations. With each generation theres something new and cool that comes out that alienates the previous one. \nFor example \nRecord LPs - Cassette - CDs - MP3. \nVideo Tape - DVD. \nPen and paper - Typewriter - Computer - Laptop. \nWalkman - CDman - ipod. \n\nHowever, I love my phone, I love my computer and all the other things mentioned above! But its the fact that we rely so heavily on technology that makes us weak. Quite simply, with more technology comes more control of our society. And we are not the ones controlling it.
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People don't see the use of things.  It was never thought that people would want computers in their house, because the applications hadn't been invented.  And plus computers were as big as a house back then, no one realized they would get smaller.  My mom still doesn't think she needs wireless.  A friend doesn't think she needs a cell phone, even though it is getting really hard to find pay phones to stop at.  People can't see the use of things that haven't happened yet.  You never know what will catch on.
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1) Our Friends are on it\n\n2) We are able to edit profiles to our liking\n\n3) We can play games and do surveys in bulletins\n\n4) The Internet is a powerful Thing
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There is no two words about it:\nThe technology has helped us, but the only thing is everything has pros and cons. Without technology/scientific knowlege we wouldn't be answering these questions on internet. Technology/scientific knowledge made us realize that stars are not haning lanterns (as mentioned in some folk stories). Technology/scientific knowledge made us realize that the world is not flat and it is not a huge flat surface shouldered by 4 large elephants on a huge turtle that floats on the sea (this is a true mythical idea long time back). \nBut there are bad sides to it too. Golbal warming / wars / pollution and there are many too. It depends on the way people use it. \nBut the next generations will be more brainier than us. They shall tackle these issues too. It is our duty make the next generation brainier, to put them in the right track. \nDon't worry about technology, it is always for good.
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Printing press, hands down.  I know it's a common answer, but you can't deny its importance.  The fast production of books enhanced our educational systems and the overall spreading of knowledge in ways we can never really measure.  We would likely be centuries behind in our technological, medical, and scientific advances if it had not been invented.\n\nThe most important one to me is the car, for obvious reasons.\n\nI think that technology has made life more convinient, not necessarily better.  Too much technology can make things too noisy and busy.  There's no denying it's made things easier, but at the same time devices like cell phone ensure that your company can get in touch with you all the time.  Laptops enable you to take your work with you wherever you go.  This sounds great, but it creates more work and stress for the average person.
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Wireless communications have revolutionized the way we do everything. Wireless communications are important to me becuase it makes me more accessible when i need to be contacted by cell phone. As far as computing, a person can setup a network of computers with in minutes due to the fact that wires are no longer required. (Hope your just doing research for homework and not planning on plagerizing. Teachers are hip to the game and can search the yahoo answers database.)
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Laptops are handy because people can take their work home and do the work at home.  They are also handy if you do not have access to electricity (for example on a train, bus or camping)  I would not say they were a necessasity, we could do without them.  It just makes life easier.  You can take laptops into a business meeting, much easier than carrying and setting up a computer.
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Positive impacts:\n\n* Computers enhance the learning experience (Presentations, Animations. E-learning, Lecture podcasting...)\n\n* Computers entertain us: games, breathtaking special effects in movies, better animations...\n\n* The modern generation is aware about the issues related to the "rest of the world" through computers\n\n* Computers help the modern generation to share their knowledge and views with others (blogs, Wikipedia, Yahoo! Answers)\n\n\nNegative Impacts\n\n* Many youngsters have become porn-freaks\n\n* Many youngsters get addicted to there computers - they stay inside and do not indulge in healthy outdoor activities, interaction with friends etc\n\n* Many feel that computers have made us a little lazy
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It actually brings the world closer together making information nad technology easy to access.
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The impact is generally, good. It has narrowed the gap between countries and cultures. It also provides unlimited knowledge at your fingertips. It has freed up the mind from useless clutter, because now the computer can store it instead of us.
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Not sure that I understand this question.  But the short answer is that technology greatly helps in diagnosing nearly all diseases.\n\nToday we can run a multitude of lab tests and imaging tests to figure out what causes most people to be ill.  When we discover whats wrong with the patient, we use technology to (via pharmacology or surgery) to correct the problem.\n\nRegards,\nRyan