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Technology
* -Study different methods of dating fossils.
* All technology is governed by generalized physical laws
  - product of human intelligence, effort and imagination
* CAN serve to enhance human qualities and support higher levels of human development.
* Examines the impact of rapid technological change on bioethics.
* Explain how technological changes have resulted in financial innovations.
* Investigate how people use selected items of technology at work.
* Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems.
* Makes things easier, helps people to interact.
* Many technologies can increase the yields of crops
  - exist which can be used for sensing objects and movement outdoors
  - have a half-life of a year or two
* Most technologies developed by humans have positive as well as negative impacts.
* Most technology helps biological fathers
  - is just a form of information system
  - leads to inventions
  - reduces pollution
* Most technology uses artificial intelligence
  - energy
* Some technologies apply to more than one contaminant or media
  - have little or no waste effluent to treat
  - impact society more than others
* Some technology aims at genetics
  - changes human conditions
* Some technology creates glow light
  - improves nutrition
  - involves carbon dioxide
  - leads to scientific discoveries
  - produces light
  - reduces carbon dioxide emissions
* Technologies accelerate the process of globalization of knowledge.
* Technologies are objects with often complex histories
  - wings enabling the persons with disabilities to fly in the technical world
  - change so fast that they become obsolete before they mature
  - come from the paradigms of science
  - exist today to protect and preserve privacy
  - give rise to many ways to communicate
  - have economic implications, most carbon sinks are in ecosystems
  - is the leader in real-time group communication
  - start-up company growing through the efforts of exceptionally talented people
* abounds in almost every occupation and profession.
* acts as both a nervous system and an amplifier.
* advances in agriculture, industry, and social services according to established patterns
  - the blink of an eye
* affects capacity
  - many areas of our lives, especially in the workplace
  - other academic disciplines such as the humanities and the sciences
* affects the lives of people living in the Bay Area
  - way teachers teach, students learn, and administrators operate
* affords the means to amass, correlate and manipulate personal information.
* aggravates the lag between information and understanding.
* aids the globalization of the economy.
* allows a larger proportion of the population to develop their creativity
  - exploration
  - fewer workers to produce ever-increasing quantities of goods
  - for examinations
  - objects, people, information, and ideas to travel great distances and dimensions
  - observations
  - operations
  - researchers
  - scientists
* also affects culture and social cohesion
  - the nature of pedagogy
  - boosts the quality of employment
  - enriches education
  - evolves, adapting to the exigencies of human life and culture
  - has a huge impact on today's farm economy
* also has an effect on the success of a home based business
  - important role in the teaching and learning of geometry
  - holds the key to protecting the environment and promoting safety
  - includes devices that make physical processes more efficient
  - is integral to the everyday lives of the American people
  - means mobility
  - plays an important role as well as the media
  - promotes networking because it allows people to express themselves more freely
  - provides retrieval of information via the Internet
  - suppresses human interaction
* always forces people to evaluate their thinking
  - involves the means to accomplishing ends
* are the things and methods which humans use to make tasks easier
  - world-class leaders in textiles, fiber materials technology and fashion
* assists with both the art and the science of teaching and learning.
* barrier to learning only when it is unfamiliar.
* basic infrastructure of the information society.
* big part of human's life
  - the present and future
  - today's education culture
  - word, literally and figuratively
* biological byproduct of the human race.
* breeds industries which breed research.
* bridge between science, acoustics and music.
* brings new products
* can also affect the evolution or the status of property rights
  - be a catalyst for bringing schools together with their own communities
  - destroy fish habitats
  - have no effect on learning at all
  - refer to the technique applied to a situation
* can be a force-multiplier in reducing poverty
  - link between the past, present, and future
  - major factor in warfare
  - about maning things or information
  - an important driver towards the tackling of unemployment
  - the great equalizer in terms of accessibility to information
  - benefit students with disabilities in many ways
  - bring disasters directly to people's homes
  - change the value of human talents
  - control a person's confidential information and how it is given out
  - enable people and organizations to do great things
* can enhance children's learning and unlock their creativity
  - the presentation and communication of information in various forms
  - expand and compress space and time
  - have positive and negative impacts on individuals, society, and the environment
* can help children whose physical conditions make communication difficult
  - cure diseases and it can lead to weapons of mass destruction
  - increase production while maintaining or decreasing costs
  - people with disabilities become independent and productive citizens
  - to predict, deal with or influence change
  - isolate and alienate people
* can play a constructive role in addressing environmental problems
  - similar role in education
  - vital role in education as well
  - prevent or reduce the adverse effects of terrorist acts
  - provide access to information and perhaps even to knowledge
  - reduce pollution from fossil fuel combustion
  - simulate real-life environments and promote learning by doing
  - take different forms, as in calculators, telephones, and tape recorders
  - transform teaching and learning
  - transport people to places they have never visited
* cans have effects
  - significant effects
* changes cultural values
  - faster than a the speed of light
  - quickly in today's world
  - quickly, people and institutions change slowly
  - rapidly where people are reluctant to change at all
* changes the way people interact and learn
  - learn, conduct research and communicate
  - work is done, whether it be production, coordination, or management work
  - ways of living, values and even reproduction
  - what mathematics is to be learned and when and how it is learned
* combines parameters.
* comes about only because of the human, thinking, rational mind.
* comes in many shapes and forms
  - the form of people who believe in themselves
* concept which suggests change.
* consists of knowledge, actions, and things.
* consumable item.
* continues to artificially increase carrying capacity for the human population.
* continues to be an integral part of human development
  - the engine of change and is slowly becoming the currency of power
  - change the working world at light speed
  - expand the frontiers of cosmology
  - impact the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease and disorders
  - play an important role in government affairs as well as other professions
  - revolutionise manufacturing techniques and processes
  - revolutionize the business world
* contributes to improvement.
* contributor to increased health care costs.
* controls the way information is exchanged between doctors and patients.
* counts as goods and services.
* creates a gender segregation and women are usually confined to the lower half
  - socioeconomic difference among humans
  - an environment that allows for mobility and productivity to coexist
* crucial component of math and science in today's schools.
* culture and it is pervasive.
* delivers results.
* determines the existence of scale economies.
* dominant force in today's society.
* dominates today's world.
* door leading to innovative solutions to many of society s problems.
* double-edged sword for people with disabilities
  - in the criminal justice system
* driver of the music products industry, just as it is for every other industry.
* drives a global, instantaneous economy that thrives on highly skilled professionals
  - product innovation and is the engine for growth
  - the productivity of the U.S. textile industry
* embraces the means by which people use innovations to satisfy their needs and desires.
* empowers people at many levels and in many locations.
* enables creations
  - learning to be part of everyday life
  - man to gain control over everything except technology
  - measurements
  - users
  - various methods of consumption, but humans themselves choose what to consume
* encompasses many disciplines, known as technologies.
* encourages growth.
* enhances life.
* exerts a profound influence on cultures.
* expands and accelerates the capacity of the mind to comprehend and create.
* facilitates the manipulation, production and communication of information.
* feeds on humans, and breeds in the ponds of our desires and needs.
* field for pioneers and for leaders.
* focus of instruction for teachers, students, and parents.
* focuses energy according to information.
* follows patterns.
* forces changes in the roles and functions of school libraries and librarians.
* form through which ideas manifest.
* function of all other aspects of society, e.g. religion, politics, environment.
* gateway to the world and to each other.
* gives people the power to weave connections all over the world.
* global industry.
* greatly affects the people factor in service companies.
* growing force in law schools and in the legal profession.
* grows and the more it grows the faster it grows.
* has a great deal to do with the changes in agriculture
  - homogenizing effect on society
  - major role to play in healthcare
  - place in modern mathematics
  - potential to make the invisible visible
  - predictably major role to play in cutting, reducing and fixing greenhouse gases
  - significant influence on the development of resources
  - similar cyclical type of relationship with science
* has an enormous impact on the careers of designers
  - impact on everyone's job
* has applications in industries outside of the energy field
  - the area of distance learning
  - enormous potential to change ordinary people's lives
  - goals
  - immense impact on the economy
  - military applications
  - opposite effects
  - phases
* has potential applications
* has the ability to change history
  - capability of allowing science to be learned in a more individualized manner
* has the potential to assist people with disabilities to gain and maintain employment
  - dramatically impact teaching, research and learning
  - raise the living standard of everyone
  - power to make learning fun and get kids excited about school
  - treatments
  - physicians
  - when it complements our senses
  - with the democratisation of information
* holds the possibility of both good and evil, life and death.
* huge part of the world today.
* human activity
* impacts the way relatives interact.
* improves chances
  - effectiveness
  - outcomes
  - productivity, which in turn improves standards of living
  - the accumulation, management and presentation of data and information
* includes computers
  - powerful computers
* includes the light bulb, medicines, the use of fire, the invention of plastic, etc
  - practical application of the principles of math and science
  - tools and skills a group of people use to satisfy their needs and wants
* increases absorption of all nutrients, thereby amplifying their health benefits
  - workplace stress, tipping the scales of work-life balance
* increasingly dominates society and the economy.
* inevitably brings continual change, and change often brings fear.
* influences how people communicate, interpret and bargain
  - the quality of life and the ways people act and interact
  - what mathematics is taught
  - worker-related stress by structuring the job
* interacts through information systems and a technical infrastructure.
* involves a process the application of science to practical purposes
  - biostimulation of indigenous or introduced selenium- reducing bacteria
* is America's biggest industry.
* is about delivery and transmission of thoughts and issues
  - designing and planning, maintaining and repairing
  - enabling people to do more
  - facts and has nothing to do with gender
* is all about people
  - power, the ability to do things
* is also a science and the scientific method
  - central to the communication, storage, and retrieval of knowledge
  - detrimental to the environment
  - responsible for the high damages caused by global warming
* is an amoral force - amplifying the natural intent of human actions for good or evil
  - attempt to develop means for the ever more effective realization of end values
  - education buzzword, from kindergarten through post-secondary education
  - equalizer among people, nations, and especially teachers and students
  - essential component of the environment
  - ever changing aspect of web design
  - evolutionary process
* is an important and far-reaching component of education and work
  - educational tool when used to enhance learning
* is an important tool for retrieving and producing information
  - in education today
  - vehicle for learning
* is an increasingly integral part of education today
  - pervasive and integral part of modern life
  - industry motivated by rapid progress, but also by pizzazz and personality
  - inevitable stage in the evolution of intelligence in the universe
  - intangible commodity to which customers have a hard time relating
  - integal part of life and learning
* is an integral part of contemporary western culture
  - each child's education
  - teaching and learning mathematics
  - the study of chemistry
  - issue of academic quality
  - another word for the results of theories proven by measurement
  - anything that is done with technology
  - applied knowledge systems designed to get things done
  - at least as important a driving force as demographic change and economic development
* is at the center of everything and conditions everything else
  - forefront of school reform
* is based on fundamental science
  - knowledge, rationality and invention
  - politics of economy growth ideology
  - born, lives, sometimes mutates, and dies within ever shorter intervals
  - both an end in itself and a means to other ends
  - broadly defines to include human-machine systems
  - by definition applying science to solve problems in our daily lives
  - children, parents, and grandparents
  - closely related to science and engineering
  - composed of many diverse fields of study
  - considered in terms of service to mankind and the natural world
  - derived from scientific knowledge, a base that's growing rapidly
  - education's vechicle of change for the future
  - equipment
  - ever-changing and is altering every aspect of our lives
* is everywhere - in private industry, in government and in the home
  - in our society
  - examined as a human activity that reflects society's needs and values
  - formed and altered by a host of factors
* is fundamental to art
  - manufacturing competitiveness
  - harnessed by capitalist to increase and concentrate their power
  - how science is put to work
  - human innovation in action
* is important because it brings speed to commerce
  - in each aspect of film archival and preservation
  - to museums outside of exhibitions
* is in a continuous state of evolution
  - fact the answer to how people live
* is in the minds and documentation that all humans can access, and rescue
  - process of changing tradition in real estate
  - infrared inspections in the industrial, commercial, residential sectors
  - innovation and advancement in process and design
  - integral to the environment that is emerging
  - interwoven as a tool for teaching thought processes, skills and curriculum
  - intimately related to science
* is invented and improved by the use of scientific principles
  - in order to meet population needs
* is key to competitiveness
  - survival in the Internet economy
  - knowledge that people use to manipulate their environment
  - limited to applications of the output of the machine of science
  - machinery
  - mainstream in education today
  - man's expression of Order
  - meant to empower mankind
  - more important in peoples' lives today than ever before
* is more than computers and other related hardware
  - having access to a computer in a classroom
  - nothing more or less than the extension of human talents and abilities to communicate
  - now the engine that drives the global economy
  - of great importance to science, to medicine, and to everyday life
* is one area that has made a tremendous impact on higher education
  - where people often lack a common vocabulary and framework for discussion
  - field in today's society that needs constant attention
* is one of the crucial constituents of life, self and identity
  - few level-playing fields that exists in our society
  - greatest liberating and equalizing forces in history
  - key ways of reaching people today
  - main tools available to people with disabilities
  - major democratizing forces for art, especially pop music
  - many tools used to build an education
  - most rapidly changing and complex fields
  - primary forces driving that change
  - principal means people have of doing so
* is one of the tools that assists educators in bringing top quality education to students
  - instructional designers use to enrich learning environments
  - the underpinnings of our society
  - part of the craft, and part of the world
  - people using knowledge, tools, and systems to make their lives easier and better
  - perhaps the most powerful single force in today's modern global economy
* is pervasive in every industry, and is becoming even more so
  - the world of work
* is power and, as such, can serve many purposes
  - which brings great promise for a better life and a better world
  - powerful and gives great power to individuals
  - probably the one area that causes blood pressure to rise more than anything else
  - produced by capitalist companies and governments for their use
  - product of scientific research
  - regarded as a tool for learning
  - seen as evil and a result of wealth and materialism
* is seen as the application of science
  - principal key to human existence
  - today as the great enabler of communications
* is simply a way of doing things
  - one of many tools which can be utilized to achieve specific purposes and goals
* is simply the application of science to achieve industrial or commercial objectives
  - tangible application of knowledge
  - something that no one can learn all in one day
  - strongly and directly related to education
  - the American Revolution for the future
* is the ability to better utilize our surroundings
  - manipulate the material world through the utilization of tools
  - agent that can bring about academic success
  - amount of carbon released by the machines used in our activities
  - application of conceptual knowledge to produce the means of obtaining values
* is the application of knowledge to develop the tools our society requires to run
  - meet human needs and to solve problems
  - research for commercial or industrial goals
  - science through the use of tools
* is the application of scientific discovery
  - knowledge in the creation of new products and processes
  - knowledge, especially in industry or business
  - principles to problems considered important by humans
  - applied science of digital tools specifically the Internet phenomenon
  - body of knowledge
  - buzz word for communic ation in today's world
  - buzzword most often linked to requirements of a new millennium
  - common denominator
  - cornerstone of integration of customer information
  - current hot topic in education as well as the world
  - direction in education and business
  - driver for change in agriculture
* is the driving force behind cost efficiency in the banking industry
  - the new digital economy
  - for change, for advancement, for success
  - in the world today
  - embodiment of our understanding and control of the physical world
  - enabler of process and quality improvement
* is the engine of economic growth and competitiveness
  - that's driving the marketplace economy
  - enzyme driving business change
  - equipment and technique is the way that technology is used
  - expression of human talent
  - fastest-growing U.S. industry, and it dominates world markets
  - foundation on which innovation is built
  - fuel that is driving our nation's economy
  - global culture
  - high-growth area that investors want to have exposure to
  - highest-growth area of our economy
  - knowledge of making things
* is the largest cause of change in American society
  - single cause of change in today's society
  - mainstay of safety
  - major force driving changes throughout the financial services industry
  - manipulation of a system in order to attain a goal
* is the means by which human beings exercise dominion
  - to achieve the end, rather than the end itself
  - mechanism, the lever, that continues to increase the richness of our environment
  - method through which man achieves freedom
  - modern spider that has increasingly built a web around our lives
* is the most important force in the world today
  - product of the United States has today
  - rapidly expanding field in the business world today
  - now and the future of our society
  - overall reality within which politics occur
  - partial answer to greater innovation and efficiency in public schools
  - phenomenon that is the world connection
  - physical infrastructure, or the glue, that holds partnerships together
  - practical application of knowledge
  - primary type of generosity
  - process for designing, building, and using machines
  - product of science and engineering
  - result of investment in creating technology
  - science of making do with less, of learning to be creative and make things happen
  - stick that stirs the drink
* is the study of a search for solutions
  - how the power of mankind can be increased
* is the study of the human quest for solutions
  - human-made world
  - natural laws which govern the universe
  - system that gives our voice an audience
  - systematic application of scientific knowledge to solve problems
  - underlying force, which defines our culture
  - use of science to bring about change in the world
  - vehicle by which the projects are completed
  - wave of the future and is quickly spilling into the present
  - widest conceivable array of information-based products used for communication
  - there to help people be more productive or have more fun
  - thought, action, information, invention - it exists wherever there are human beings
  - thus a means to teach, to conduct research, to communicate, and to work
* is used as a tool for learning with all students
  - in the learning process
* is used as a tool to enhance learning in every classroom and school setting
  - get a task done
  - help students learn to think mathematically
  - promote active, hands-on learning
  - solve problems, motivate concepts, and explore mathematical ideas
  - transport mechanism for communication
  - an information resource
  - the tool to access and assimilate information
* is used by many companies and persons around the world
  - efficiently and effectively to improve education
* is used in assessing student learning using multiple methods
  - conjunction with theory to approximate and analyze solutions
  - more broadly than science and more generally than engineering
* is used to advance productivity and enhance learning
  - extend and enrich learning
* is used to facilitate learning by instructing through multiple modalities
  - student learning and teacher instruction
  - gather, organize, and analyze information
  - implement innovations
  - improve problem-solving skills in chemistry
  - increase communication throughout the learning community
  - make better technology, so it keeps changing
  - raise student and teacher productivity and to expand access to learning
* is used to support instruction and improve student learning
  - partnerships between schools and communities
  - utilized as a tool for learning, communication , and production of outcomes
  - very important for children to learn today, our world is run by technology
* is viewed as a critical linkage between colleges and universities and the public schools
  - tool for enriching educational experiences
* is what creates the productivity that allows incomes to rise
  - defines being human
  - is making the world a smaller place
  - where science impacts on daily life
* is, among other things, the means by which a people interact with their environment
  - of course, a kind of commodity whose value varies with economic expansion
* key element of the modern business enterprise.
* leads to a centralisation of resources
  - breakthroughs
* literally pervades the human self and dominates the world.
* main part of our everyday life.
* major contributor to the dramatic transformation of distance learning.
* major driver for change in the business world, and in our profession in particular
  - of wealth creation
  - trigger of social change
* makes a difference in children's lives.
* makes it possible for people to gain control over everything, except over technology
  - gain control over everything, except technology
  - to communicate across time zones, geographical boundaries and cultures
  - some people's lives easier
* means any compound, drug, device, diagnostic, analytic, medical or surgical procedure
  - facility with various kinds of technology for learning
  - health, nutrition, education and employment
  - processes, systems and organisation as well as hardware, software and bandwidth
* means to a goal, and that goal is competitive advantage in a global marketplace
  - allow people to enhance their abilities
  - eliminate barriers to service access especially distance
  - engage students in the learning process
* measures cancer gene expression.
* mirror of consciousness.
* modern word, dating to the early nineteenth cen tury.
* moves at the speed of light.
* necessary medium of communication, expression, and competency in a global community.
* never comes into conflict with people because people invented technology.
* non-cyclical sector.
* now allows many companies to replace people with computers, saving time and money.
* now plays a major role in higher education
  - an increasingly important role in the daily working life of government
* occurs in a non-magical context.
* offers advantage
  - numerous advantage
* often amounts to a draw in social struggle
  - is the product of science
  - takes the blame for the mistakes of the people who make and use it
* part of a larger continuum of change
  - the natural order of things
* performs tasks.
* permeates all aspects of our lives.
* pervades every facet of life and drives the economy.
* plays a central role in education improvement.
* plays a key role in education both for learning and literacy
  - making workers more efficient
  - state government
  - their ability to remain competitive and innovative
  - major part in classroom instruction
* plays a major role in ensuring interoperability and in dissemination
  - the educational process
* plays a role in almost every facet of modern life
  - increasing diversity
* plays a significant role in accessing information
  - almost every aspect of a successful music-related career
  - most businesses today
  - vital role in the world of modern communications
* plays an additional role in the delivery of education
  - especially essential role for teachers of children with disabilities
  - important role for humans
* plays an important role in Arizona s economy
  - agricultural sustainability
  - our everyday lives
  - protecting water
  - safeguarding our borders from the flow of illicit drugs
  - shaping our worlds
* plays an important role in the classroom
  - education of our students
  - increasingly strategic role in the way companies do business
* plays an integral role in hands-on math and science
  - modern medicine
  - big roles
  - crucial roles
  - important roles
* predates science by thousands of years.
* private charitable foundation whose scope of activity is international.
* process, both technical process and social process.
* produces diversify products
* product of intellect
* promotes sharing of information.
* provider of quality services for home and business clients.
* provides assistance
  - common frameworks
  - many benefits
  - options
  - tools for understanding natural phenomena and often sparks scientific advances
* reduces costs and increases productivity
* refers to the techniques of production.
* represents man's attempt to make life easier.
* required competency in the workplace.
* requires expertise
  - the articulation of processes and outcomes
* resource that brings the world into our schools, helping to make learning relevant.
* result of applied science education.
* revolutionizes geography.
* sector that has been volatile and has now gone back into the negative.
* seems to progress and evolve faster than humans
  - shape cultures, societies, ideals and expectations
* serves as the medium through which the entire populations learn.
* shapes people's musical tastes
* shows usefulness.
* significantly increases the quantity and quality of meteorological information.
* social creation, and economies are social creations.
* software development company.
* solves practical problems
* sometimes leads to power sharing and blurs distinctions between teaching and learning.
* talks about communication, but people don t communicate with each other at all.
* techniques of accelerated and planned transformation.
* tends to bring money and power into focus
  - determine the structure and organisation of society
* therefore includes the many diverse tools that human beings use to solve problems.
* tool for learning and being together in our world
  - for creative work, in support of all disciplines
  - learning, teaching and information management
  - the practical application of science
  - made by people to meet people's needs
* tool that can be used by teachers
  - to assist users across all disciplines
* tool that can enhance education
  - the learning of all children
  - enables distance and distributed learning to occur
  - enhances teaching and learning across the curriculum
  - needs to be used effectively
  - provides access to communication and learning
  - through which learning can be maximized
* tool to be used for an end result
  - make things, to create something of lasting value
  - used to reach business goals
* tool, a part of a whole system, to achieve student learning.
  - compression
  - different voltage
  - dynamic compression
  - for operations
  - heat
  - motors
  - torque motors
  - waste heat
* vital aspect to any business, especially in today's world filled with computers
  - key to human progress and development
* vital part of the infrastructure of education
  - today s learning environments in schools
* way to open doors to profitability and cost reduction.
+ California, California today
  * In 1900, there were only a million people in California and 100,000 in Los Angeles. Today, California has more people than any other U.S. state. Starting in 1965, the variety of people became much greater as many different people from around the world came to the United States and often decided to live in California. California is thought to be a very liberal state, but there are still a lot of people who are Republicans. Technology is very advanced and many new cultural trends begin there. Engineering and computers play a big part in the state's life. For over a hundred years, film has been one of the most important businesses in California. By the 1950s, television had also become an important business in California.
+ Human, Culture, null, Science and technology: Hominins
  * Technology are the things and methods which humans use to make tasks easier. Science is understanding how the universe and the things in it work. Technology used to be quite simple. It was passed on by people telling others, until writing was invented. This allowed technology to develop much quicker. Now people understand more and more about the world and the universe.
+ North Carolina, Economy, Banking and Technology
  * Technology is also important in North Carolina. There are many companies that make computer software and video games in the state.
+ Solid-state chemistry, History: Chemistry
  * Technology helps solid-state inorganic chemistry. Solid-state chemistry works to make materials used in commerce. Researchers serve industry, as well as answering academic questions. William Lawrence Bragg invented X-ray crystallography in the early 1900s, which brought further discoveries.
  * Technology is a big part of human's life. Wherever they go, they need their technology with them. It's becoming a sort of dependence to have a cellphone, a GPS, a facebook account, and all other technologies. The problem is that it can be harmful for humans life when they abuse of it because technology can affect human relationships. It can also have consequences on their health and it can make users idiots.