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• Technology


  Came from the Greek words 'techne' and 'logos', meaning word and art respectively. Taking these 2 words together, technology means a discourse on arts.
• Technology became popular in 17th century because the concept was only used to talk about applied arts.
• Technology


  Use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes and applications.
• Techne


  As society evolved and technology progressed, machines and tools were attached to the word TECHNOLOGY.
• Celebrities in the field of technology


  • TV sets
  • Mobile phones
  • Computers and Laptops
• TV sets


  • Ultimate medium for advertisement placements
  • 92% of Urban homes & 70% of rural homes own at least 1 TV set
• TV development


  1. Paul Gotlieb Nipkow (Nipkow Disk) - successful in his attempt to send a message through wires with the of rotating metal disk

  2. Boris Rosing and Allan Archibal Campbell-Swinton (1907) - created Cathode ray tube (new system of TV) in addition to Mechanical Scanner System
• Cathode-ray tube (CRT)


  • A specialized vacuum tube in which images are produced when an electron beam strikes a phosphorescent surface. Most desktop computer displays make use of CRTs.
• Mobile phones


  • More than half of our population own at least 1 mobile phone regardless of type
  • 86.98 million internet users in PH at the start of 2024
  • 117.4 million cellular mobile connections were active in PH, 99.3 percent of the total population
  • 2021 Ranking for country with most smartphone users (7 Japan 94.78M, 8 Mexico 77.31M, 9 Nigeria 72.03M, 10 PH 67.37M)
• Martine Cooper


  Senior engineer Motorola, made the first mobile phone call to rival telecommunications company on April 3, 1973
• First mobile phone


  • Weighed 1.1 kg & measuring 228.6 X 127 X 44.4mm and capable of 30 min. talking time, took 10 hours to charge. In 1983, Motorola made the first commercial mobile phone available in the public, it was known as Dyna TAC 8000X
• Computers and Laptops


  • Charles Babbage - a 19th century English Mathematics professor, designed the first Mathematical Engine (used as the basic frameworks for computers)
  • Analytical engine - considered the first computer designed & partly built by Charles Babbage in 19th century
  • Osborne 1 - first true portable computer released in April 1981
• Roles played by technological advancements


  • Platform for advertisements & information dissemination
  • Recreational activity & good stress reliever
  • A good way to bond with one's family members
  • Primarily used for communication
  • Games
• Ethical dilemmas faced by technological advancements


  • Make their children lazy & unhealthy
  • Alienation
  • Moral dilemma
  • Develop different kind of sickness
  • Brings virtually closer but not physically
• Robot


  An actuated mechanism programmable in 2 or more axis 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 interventions.
• One of the first countries to develop service robots, as part of German Federal Ministry of Education and Research "Service Robotics Innovation Lead Initiative".
• DESIRE (Deutche Servicerobotik Initiative- Germany Servirobotics initiative)

  1. Clear up the kitchen table - all objects on top of the kitchen table will be moved to where they belong

  2. Fill the dishwasher - dirty dishes will be sorted correctly into the dishwasher

  3. Clear up this room - all objects that sre not in their proper places will be moved to where they belong
• Robots classified by intended application


  • Service robot - performs useful tasks for humans or equipment excluding industrial automation application
  • Personal service robot - used for noncommercial task usually by lay persons
  • Professional service robot - used for commercial task, usually operated by a properly trained operator

  
• The earliest robot as people know were created in early 1950s by George Devol named "Unimate" ( from the words, Universal Automation) BUT UNSUCCESSFUL
• Set of characteristics that define what a good robot is (Isaac Asimov, 1940)


  • A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
  • A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict the first law
  • A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law
• Roles played by robotics


  • Ease the workload of mankind
  • Perform complicated activities which human beings are incapable of doing
  • Made for pleasure or perform activities
  • Made to serve as toys
• Medical robots in hospitals


  • Surgical assistance
  • Medical transportation
  • Sanitation and disinfection
  • Telepresence
  • Rehabilitation
• Ethical dilemmas faced by robotics


  • Safety
  • Emotional component
• The most automated countries measured by robot density: (1) Republic of Korea (1020 robots per 10000 employees), (2) Singapore (730 units), (3) Germany (415 units)
• Partial autonomy


  Includes active human-robot interaction
• Full autonomy


  Excludes active HRI, perform actions even w/o telling it what should be done
• Top 10 must have gadgets of 2024


  • AI powered smart glasses
  • Foldable phones
  • Health monitoring wearables
  • Home robots
  • AR/VR headsets
  • Wireless charging stations
  • Smart home security systems
  • AI-powered PA
  • Smart kitchen appliances
  • Electric vehicles
• Information Age


  Also called the Digital Age and the New Media Age. Defined as "period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century when information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the management of information by computers and computer networks."
• Information


  Knowledge communicated or obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance.
• Theory of Information Age by James R. Messenger (The Father of Information Age), 1982
• Information Age timeline


  • 1960's and 1970's – information was difficult to collect and manage
  • 1980's – Richard Wurman: "Information Anxiety"
  • 1990's – information as a currency in the business world
  • Present – information has turned to be a commodity
• Important people of Information Age


  • Tim Burners-Lee (Computer Scientist) – World Wide Web
  • Bill Gates (American Business Magnate) – Microsoft, Windows
  • Steve Jobs (American Entrepreneur) – Apple 1
  • Robert Harris (English Novelist) - a former journalist and BBC television reporter. Although he began his career in non-fiction, his fame rest upon his works of historical fiction.
• Truths of the Information Age

  • Information must compete – stand out and be recognized by most audience
  • Newer is equated with truer
  • Selection is a viewpoint
  • The media sells what the culture buys
  • The early word gets the perm
  • You are what you eat and so is your brain
  • Anything in great demand counterfeited
  • Ideas are seen as controversial
  • Undead info walks ever on
  • Media presence creates the story
  • The medium selects the message
  • The message is the medium
• Information Age


  • 1990's - information as a currency in the business world
  • Present - information has turned to be a commodity
• Important people of Information Age


  • Tim Burners-Lee (Computer Scientist) - World Wide Web
  • Bill Gates (American Business Magnate) - Microsoft, Windows
  • Steve Jobs (American Entrepreneur) - Apple
  • Robert Harris (English Novelist) - a former journalist and BBC television reporter, famous for his works of historical fiction
• Truths of the Information Age


  • Information must compete - stand out and be recognized by most audience
  • Newer is equated with truer
  • Selection is a viewpoint
  • The media sells what the culture buys
  • The early word gets the perm
  • You are what you eat and so is your brain
  • Anything in great demand counterfeited
  • Ideas are seen as controversial
  • Undead info walks ever on
  • Media presence creates the story
  • The medium selects the message
  • The whole truth is pursuits
• Computer


  • Among the most important contributions of advances in the Information Age to society
  • Runs on a program that contains the exact, step by step directions to solve a problem
  • Used because of its speed, reliability, consistency, storage, communication, entertainment
• Charles Babbage


  • An English polymath, mathematician, philosopher, inventor, and mechanical engineer
  • Originated the concept of a digital programmable computer
  • Considered by some as the "Father of the Computer"
  • Invented the first computer in 1822
  • Invented the first computer for the future use, by developing the minds of people and changing their lives
• Types of Computers


  • Personal Computer (PC) - multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use, single-user instrument and known as microcomputer
  • Desktop Computer - personal computer designed for regular use at a single location on or near a desk or table due to its size and power requirements, described as a PC that is not designed for portability
  • Laptops - portable computers that integrate the essentials of a desktop computer in a battery-powered package, commonly called notebooks
  • Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) - tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but rely on a touch screen for user input
  • Server - a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other computers
  • Mainframes - huge computer systems that can fill an entire room, used especially by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that process millions of transactions every day
  • Wearable Computers - usually integrated into cellphones, watches, and other small objects or places
• World Wide Web (Internet)


  • An information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, accessible via Internet
  • A worldwide system of interconnected networks that facilitate data transmission among innumerable computers