To start with, what exactly is technology? Generally, I would say technology can be described in terms of objects, knowledge, acitivities, process and socio-technical system.
- Technology as objects clearly refers to tools, machines, instruments or gadgets (the physical devices of technical performance) like computers, wireless etc.
- Technology as knowledge means the know-behind technological innovation.
- Technology as activities describes what people do with the objects, including the skills, methods, procedures and routines.
- Technology as a process entails something that begins with a need and ends with a solution, involves making.
- Technology as a socio-technical system implies the manufacture and use of objects involving people and other objects in combination, shaped by the society and shapes the society as well.
