Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -

logia[2]) is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of
goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation. Technology
can be the knowledge of techniques, processes, and the like, or it can be embedded in machines to
allow for operation without detailed knowledge of their workings.

The simplest form of technology is the development and use of basic tools. The prehistoric discovery
of how to control fire and the later Neolithic Revolution increased the available sources of food, and
the invention of the wheel helped humans to travel in and control their environment. Developments
in historic times, including the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, have lessened physical
barriers to communication and allowed humans to interact freely on a global scale. The steady
progress of military technology has brought weapons of ever-increasing destructive power, from
clubs to nuclear weapons.

Technology has many effects. It has helped develop more advanced economies (including today's
global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many technological processes produce
unwanted by-products known as pollution and deplete natural resources to the detriment of Earth's
environment. Innovations have always influenced the values of a society and raised new questions of
the ethics of technology. Examples include the rise of the notion of efficiency in terms of human
productivity, and the challenges of bioethics.

Philosophical debates have arisen over the use of technology, with disagreements over whether
technology improves the human condition or worsens it. Neo-Luddism, anarcho-primitivism, and
similar reactionary movements criticize the pervasiveness of technology, arguing that it harms the
environment and alienates people; proponents of ideologies such as transhumanism and techno-
progressivism view continued technological progress as beneficial to society and the human
condition.

Types of technology

FIXED TECHNOLOGY: the outstanding feature lies in the fact that it is not possible to use it for the
realization of another good or service. On the other hand, fixed technology is one that does not
change continuously. For example, oil refineries.

FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGY: term used to refer to technical knowledge and physical elements with which
it is possible to develop other products or services. That is why, it can be observed according to a
variety of formalities. Examples of flexible technology are: the medicine and food industries.

SOFT TECHNOLOGY: the term encompasses the knowledge of planning, administration and
marketing, leaving aside technical knowledge in this regard. It is called soft because it refers to non-
tangible information, as opposed to hard technology, which is.
HARD TECHNOLOGY: term used to designate the know exclusively technical, applied to the
production of machinery, products, materials, etc.

EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY: for this type of technology two meanings are presented.

a) Equipment technology understood as the set of rules, procedures, skills and empirical knowledge
applied to the production, use and maintenance of machinery.

b) equipment technology understood as one in which the development of the same is carried out by
the person who produces the equipment or machinery. It includes the textile, plastic industries, etc.

OPERATING TECHNOLOGY: here the technology is the result of observation and application of the
contemplated for years. That is, it is that produced after a process of evolution. It is usually affected
by process and equipment technologies.

PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY: encompasses all those procedures, specific characteristics, rules and
techniques used in the manufacture of a product or service. That is, it includes manual skills and
theoretical knowledge applied to a specific good.

CLEAN TECHNOLOGY: is one that when used does not produce changes in the environment. That is,
clean technology is based on the rational and balanced use of resources, so that they do not affect
natural systems.

Adventges

Technology shortens distances and improves efficiency ...

Improves industrial productivity and the use of resources

Automate and accelerate processes (Industry 4.0)

Gives access to information and facilitates its analysis and processing (Big data)

Enables more comprehensive quality processes

It gives revolutionary solutions in the field of Health and Science

Facilitate collaboration in collaborative communities

Open the possibility of using free software programs and systems

The global is also local, and vice versa

The immediacy increases the effectiveness in the response

Facilitate communications and information exchange

It is used with sustainable fines that promote renewable energies

Facilitates the use of less polluting transport and infrastructure

Create new professions and professional opportunities

Promotes self-learning

But it also widens the digital divide and accentuates inequalities ...

Elimination of jobs in which the human hand has been replaced by robots

Health problems derived from the abuse of technological devices

Decrease in the need for human interaction to solve doubts

Disappearance of the experiential factor in some activities

Encourages social isolation and lack of empathy

It increases the problems of marginalization of groups that can not access new innovations

The immediacy incites an excessive consumption

Creates a generation gap in the world of work

Promotes programmed obsolescence

Abuses natural resources needed for technological devices

Use labor exploitation to obtain the necessary resources

Shorten memory and mental exercise

Promotes more sedentary forms of leisure

Creates new psychosocial pathologies