Technology, unlike any other force, will continue to have a unique influence on the individual, society and the environment. While science seeks understanding, technology seeks solutions. Technology is important for our understanding of the human-made world in which we live. Technology and Science are not the same thing. Science is important for our understanding of the natural world and the universe in which we live.
Technology predates science by thousands of years.
That is to say that science, as a systematic inquiry to discover knowledge about the natural universe, is a recent phenomenon. For example, the telescope was not invented by careful application of the science of optics. In fact, the telescope led to investigation of the behavior of light and the study of optics. There are many other examples. In today's world, however, in product research and development and in basic scientific research, science and technology are linked in a symbiotic relationship, each pushing the limits of the other.