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• Technology


  Came from the Greek words techne and logos which mean art and word respectively
• The word 'technology' first appeared


  17th century
• According to Kantar Media, one of the most trusted television audience measurement, in the Philippines, 92% of Urban homes and 70% of Rural homes own at least one television set
• Paul Gottlieb Nipkow


  • A German student in the late 1800s
  • Attempted to send images through wires with the aid of a rotating metal disk
  • Invention was called 'electric telescope' that had 18 lines of resolution
• Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton and Boris Rosing(1907)


  • Created a new system of television using the cathode ray tube in addition to the mechanical scanner systems
  • Namely, mechanical and electronic television
• Martin Cooper (April 3, 1973)


  • A senior engineer at Motorola, made the world's first mobile phone
  • The mobile phone used by Cooper weighed 1.1kg and measured 228.6 x 127 x 44.4mm
  • It was capable of a 30mins talk time, however, it took 10hrs to charge
• Motorola (1983)


  • Made the first commercial mobile phone available to the public
  • It was known as the Motorola Dyna TAC 8000x
• Charles Babbage


  • A nineteenth century English Mathematics professor, who designed the analytical engine
• Osborne


  • First true portable computer was released in April 1981
• Television


  • Mainly used as a platform for advertisements and information dissemination
  • It also serves as a recreational activity and good stress reliever to most Filipino families
• Mobile phones


  • Primarily used for communication
  • Surf the internet and to take pictures more than to text or to call
  • Very portable and convenient because it can fit into small space
• Personal computers and laptops


  • Have useful set of functions and rules
  • People prefer to do their jobs using a personal computer or laptop
• Most parents would argue that these devices make their children lazy and unhealthy
• People in the scientific world nor the children are blameworthy
• Service robots


  • Robots that perform useful tasks for humans or equipment excluding industrial automation application
  • Personal service robots are used for non-commercial tasks, usually by laypersons
  • Professional service robots are used for commercial tasks, usually operated by properly trained operators
• Germany


  • Was one of the first countries to develop service robots
  • Sponsored a collaborative project called DESIRE (Deutsche Servicerobotik Initiative-Germany Service Robotics Initiative) which had the following objectives:
  • To achieve a technological edge toward attaining key functions and components that are suited for everyday use
  • To create a reference architecture for mobile manipulation
  • To promote the convergence of technologies trough integration into a common technology platform
  • To conduct pre-competition research and development activities for new products and technology transfer in start-up enterprises in the field of service robotics
• Asimov's laws of robotics


  • Law one - A robot may not injure a human being or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
  • Law two - A robot must obey orders given it by human being except where such orders would conflict with the first law
  • Law three - A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law
• One of the dilemmas faced by robots is safety. It is important to know who should be blamed and who should be held responsible if such things happen
• Another ethical dilemma is the emotional component. This may seem a little absurd as of the moment, but looking at how fast technology progresses nowadays, it is not completely impossible for robots to develop emotions