Art, however, has also benefited from the products of technology. The tools and materials that have allowed artists to express themselves throughout history have all derived as a product of technology. From the earliest example of the development of paint to the advent of today's electronic media, artists have and will continue to make use of technology. Technology might then be considered the shared resource between the scientific and artistic worlds. Communication With the advent of today's interactive electronic media such as the Internet and World Wide Web, technology has created a new medium of communication which allows us to reach new or concurrent publics, disseminate information quickly, and makes us re-examine traditional schools of thought.
Communication also shares a common link to both science and art.
It is very apparent that communication is vital to sciences such as business and engineering to transfer ideas efficiently. It is also obvious that communication is important in art to capture and transfer a message to an audience. The Internet and World Wide Web are commonly discussed as a new medium of communication for marketing, advertising and sharing information. This new global network, however, also offers the artist limitless opportunities to explore this new agency as a canvas for expression or as an essential part of the art itself. Indirectly, the presence of new technologies such as the Internet effects artists of every form.