technology

• Human condition before Common Era

  • Primitive
  • Superstitious
  • Ignorant
  • Dependent on nature
• Human condition in the Common Era

  • Rational
  • Knowledgeable
  • Independent
  • Able to control nature
• Before Common Era


  Human condition was primitive, superstitious, ignorant, and dependent on nature
• In the Common Era

  Human condition became rational, knowledgeable, independent, and able to control nature
• Essence of technology


  Revealing the truth about the human being
• Essence of technology


  • Challenging
  • Enframing
  • Revealing
  • Unconcealing
• Technology is a way of revealing the truth about the human being
• Technology


  • See technology as some form of necessity
  • "techne" and "logos" - Art and Word
• Technology in the 17th Century

  • Technology > ARTS (Applied Arts)
  • Nowadays, concepts like machines and tools were also attached to the word "technology"
• Each person in the society is directly or indirectly affected by technology whether he wills it or not
• Most people survive their everyday lives with great reliance to the different technological advancements already available to the masses
• Technology is already an inevitable part of the society
• Reasons why technology is seen as a necessity

  • Convenience
  • Pleasure
  • Happiness
  • Communication
• • Anything too much is bad
  • Various ethical dilemmas involving the use of technological devices
  • Misuse or invention to produce bad results
• Television


  • According to Kantar Media, in the Ph, 92 percent of urban homes and 70 percent of rural homes own at least one television set
  • Households with tv set reached 15.135M (Noda, 2012)
• Roles of television


  • Ultimate medium for advertisement placements
  • Almost all use this particular type of device
  • Television plays a great role in the lives of the people
• Paul Gottlieb Nipkow


  • Late 1800s
  • Successful in his attempt to send images through wires with the aid of a rotating metal disk (Nipkow disk)
  • "electric telescope" - 18 lines of resolution
• Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton and Boris Rosing


  New system of television by using the cathode ray tube in addition to the mechanical scanner system
• Mobile Phones


  • Filipinos love to use their mobile phones anywhere, anytime
  • More than half of the Filipino population own at least one mobile phone regardless of type
  • 2010, Synovate declared 67 percent product ownership in the country
  • Mobile phones are considered a must-have among young Filipinos
  • 1 out of 3 Filipinos cannot live without a mobile phone
• Mobile phone used by Cooper

  • Weighed 1.1 kg
  • Measured 228.6 x 127 x 44.4 mm
  • 30-minute talk time
  • 10 hours to charge
  • Motorola DynaTAC 8000x in 1983
• Computers and Laptops


  • Not possible for all Filipino families to own at least one computer or laptop
  • Most profits gained by computer and laptop manufacturers come from offices, businesses, or schools
  • Growing number of Internet users in the Ph, problems regarding the Internet providers
• Charles Babbage


  • A nineteenth-century English Mathematics professor
  • He designed the Analytical Engine which was used as the basic framework of the computers even until the present time
• Laptops


  Released in June 1981 by the Osborne Computer Corporation, the Osborne 1 is considered to be the first true portable, full-featured computer
• • Mobile phone subscription is at 119M
  • Filipinos spend approximately 3.2 hours on mobile and 5.2 hours on desktop daily
  • Ph has one of the highest digital populations in the world
  • 47M active FB accounts in PH
  • Fastest-growing application market in Southeast Asia
• Roles played by technological advancements

  • Television sets
  • Mobile Phones
  • Computers and Laptops
• Roles of Television


  • Mainly used as a platform for advertisement and information dissemination
  • Serve as a recreational activity and good stress reliever to most families
  • Also, a good platform for different propagandas and advocacies
  • Lastly, a good way to bond with one's family members
• Roles of Mobile Phones


  • Primarily used for communication
  • In the past - services - texting and calling
  • In the present - additional features - Surf the internet, Take pictures, Music players, Calendar, Radio, Television, Photo Editor
  • All-in-one device (very appealing to the masses)
  • Very portable and convenient
  • Can fit into any space (pocket or bag)
• Roles of Personal Computer and Laptops


  • Used to surf internet and communicate
  • Wide keyboard
  • Wide screens and separate keyboards
  • Availability of a mouse or a touchpad (easy to maneuver than mobile phones)
  • Can play different computer games - allow them to play with comfort and convenience
  • Personal computers are not portable
  • Laptops are portable - most people prefer laptops than personal computer
• Most parents would argue that these devices make their children lazy and unhealthy
• People, especially the children who are not capable yet of rationally deciding for themselves what is right or wrong, are freely exposed to different things on televisions, mobile phones, laptops or computers
• Ethics of Responsibility


  Rather than Ethics of Technology - "what ought to be allowed?"
• People develop different kinds of sickness because of too much use of technological devices
• It also causes them to become reclusive, alienating themselves from other people
• Technology may bring both positive and negative effects
• Ethics of Responsibility


  • Focuses on positive rather than the negative
  • Instead of asking "What ought not to be allowed?" ask "What ought to be allowed?"
• It is important for the people in the scientific world to inform the masses of the dangers of their contribution/s to the world of technology
• The agents using the devices should also be accountable to and accountable for their use of their gadgets
• Robot


  • An actuated mechanism programmable in two or more axes with a degree of autonomy, moving within its environment, to perform intended tasks
  • Autonomy - ability to perform intended tasks based on current state and sensing without human intervention
• Service Robot


  • A robot that performs useful tasks for humans or equipment excluding industrial application
  • A robot may be classified according to its intended application as an industrial robot or a service robot
• Personal Service Robot


  • Service robot for personal use
  • Used for a noncommercial task, usually by laypersons
  • Examples: domestic servant robot, automated wheelchair, personal mobility assist robot, pet exercising robot