Advances in Medical and

Agricultural Technology
 What is Medical Technology?
 Medical technology, encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to
diagnose, monitor or treat diseases or medical conditions affecting humans. Such
technologies (applications of medical science) are intended to improve the quality of
healthcare delivered through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and
reductions in hospital stays and rehabilitation times.Recent advances in medical
technology have also focused on cost reduction. Medical technology may broadly
include medical devices, information technology, biotech, and healthcare services.
 The impacts of medical technology may involve social and ethical issues. For
example, physicians may seek objective information from technology rather than
listening to subjective patient reports
 Advancements in medical technology have allowed physicians to better diagnose and
treat their patients since the beginning of the professional practice of medicine.
Thanks to the continuous development of technology in the medical field, countless
lives have been saved and the overall quality of life continues to improve over time.
What Does The Future Hold?
 Major challenges and opportunities will arise in the health sector in the
future. Although sophisticated medical technology is already available in
health systems in developed countries, further advances are constantly being
made. As a result of the addition of medical nanotechnology to existing
knowledge of molecular and cellular biology, it seems likely that new, more
personalized, more accurate and more rapid diagnostic techniques will be
devised in the future, as well as new treatments that are also more
personalized and promote regeneration of the organism.
What is Agricultural Technology?
 Agricultural machinery is machinery used in farming or other agriculture.
There are many types of such equipment, from hand tools and power
tools to tractorsand the countless kinds of farm implements that they tow or
operate. Diverse arrays of equipment are used in both organic and nonorganic
farming. Especially since the advent of mechanised agriculture, agricultural
machinery is an indispensable part of how the world is fed.
 GM FoodThere was once a time when farmers used to plow the land manually
and it was one long hard task stretching from dawn to dusk. So they put their
heads together and came up with the tractor. Cut to the 21st century and
farming has gone all high-tech and is talking about GM food and agricultural
biotechnology.
 Agricultural technology is also making inroads into the relatively new but very
promising fields of nanotechnology and genetic engineering. And nowhere is it
more apparent than in the crops that are being churned out and the animal
husbandry techniques that are being practiced.
 The scientific advances have touched all the facets in the field of
agriculture. Thus agricultural machinery has witnessed a radical makeover
from the days of hand-held apparatus like trimmers and chainsaws to the
modern day computer-controlled, GPS-monitored and self-steer programs
that are virtually negating the need for human intervention.

 Did you know?

 The Industrial Revolution led to advances in agricultural technology that
greatly increased food production allowing large numbers of people to pursue
other types of work
Farm equipments