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• the word “technology” came from the Greek words techne and logos which means art and word, respectively
• paul gottlieb nipkow- A German student, in the late 1800s was successful in his attempt to send images through wires with the aid of a rotating metal disk
• in 1907, two inventors, Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton who was an English scientist and Boris Rosing who was a Russian scientist,
• The first call ever made on a cell phone, was from an engineer named Martin Copper calling a rival engineer to brag about his accomplishment
• It was Charles Babbage, a nineteenth century English Mathematics professor, who designed the Analytical Engine which was used as the basic framework of the computers even until the present time.
• A robot is an actuated mechanism programmable in two or more axes with a degree

  of autonomy, moving within its environment, to perform intended tasks.
• Autonomy in this context means the ability to perform intended tasks based on current state and sensing without human intervention
• A service robot- is a robot that performs useful tasks for humans or equipment excluding industrial automation application.
• A personal service robot or a service robot for personal use- is a service robot used for non-commercial task, usually by laypersons. Examples are domestic servant robot, automated wheelchair, personal mobility assist robot, and pet exercising robot.
• A professional service robot or a service robot for professional use- is a service robot used for commercial task, usually operated by a properly trained operator
• George Devol - an American inventor known for developing Ultimate, the first material handling robot employed in industrial production work
• Isaac Asimov- was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.

  These laws were formulated by Isaac Asimov back in the 1940’s, when he was thinking of the

  thical consequences of robots
• . Safety- it is important to know who should be blamed and who should be held

  responsible if such things happens.
• Ethical component- it is not completely impossible for robots to develop emotions.
• In the field of robotics, there are so the so-called partial autonomy or full autonomy
• Partial autonomy includes active human-robot interaction
• Full autonomy excludes human-robot interaction.
• Humanism is another school of thought espouses the freedom of man to carve his own

  destiny and to legislate his own laws, free from the shackles of a God that monitors and

  controls.
• Theism- The world where we are in is only just a temporary reality where we have to maneuver around while waiting for the ultimate return to the hands of God.
• The original term, apatheia, precisely means to be indifferent.
• Stoicism- Another school of thought led by Epicurus, the stoics espoused the idea that to generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be apathetic.
• Hedonism- The hedonists, for their part, see the end goal of life in acquiring pleasure. Pleasure has always been the priority of hedonists
• “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.” Led by Epicurus,
• Democritus and Leucippus led a school whose primary belief is that the world is made up of and is controlled by the tiny indivisible units in the world called atomos or seeds.
• Joan Stuart Mill declared the Greatest Happiness Principle by saying that an action is right as far as it maximizes the attainment of happiness for the greatest number of people
• “truth” is the aim of the theoretical science
• “good” is the end goal of the practical ones.
• Martin Heidegger- a philosopher argued that the essence of technology, or purpose, and being are different from each other
• Humanity has indeed come along way from our primitive ways, and has a general rule, we are more “develop” than we were before.
• Gross Domestic Product- determine the value of the country’s goods and services produced within the territory given a certain time priod.
• Literacy Rate- access to education provided to more individuals generally creates a more informed public that could determine a more just society.
• Average Lifespan- science is able to prolong lives by enhancing living status and discovering different remedies to most diseases
• Mortality Rate- medical care for premature infants allows them to survive and develop normally, while proper maternal care ensures that mothers can fully cover remain empowered.
• 4 Notable compaison- Mortality Rate, Average Lifespan, literacy rate, Gross Domestic Product
• The Holocene Extinction is an ongoing extinction and is a result of human activit
• arliest case of man-made extinction occurred over 12,000 years ago
• Homo erectus have been using fire to cook, chipping to produce a spark, and without realizing the laws of friction and hea
• The term “generation gap” is attributed mainly to the changes brought about by technology
• How Much Is Too Much?- Economists believe that growth is the primary indicator of development, as both go

  hand in hand, and has put forth their resources in trying to achieve such.
• Science as Education- Aristotle’s eudaimonic person is required to be knowledgeable about science, among

  other things of equal importance. They are supposed to possess intellectual virtues that will

  enable them to determine truth from falsehood or good reasoning from poor reasoning.