Technology & Iventions
OUTLINE FOR TODAY’S TALK:
•
Technology – blessing or a curse?
•
Advantages
•
Disadvantages
• Wheel
• Steam engine
• Computer
• Three greatest invention of man’s
history
Technology & Iventions
OUTLINE FOR TODAY’S TALK:
•
Technology – blessing or a curse?
•
Advantages
•
Disadvantages
• Wheel
• Steam engine
• Computer
• Three greatest invention of man’s
history
Advantages
medical science developed and available
efficient industry
great source of knowledge
easy traveling
more convenient lives
Disadvantages
misusage: weaponry
pollution of the environment
addictions, limiting contacts
harmful to health
The wheel
The wheel is
everywhere on all
our cars, trains,
planes, machines
Steam engine
Steam
engine
enabled us
to travel
great
distances.
Computer
In our modern
society, people
can't see
themselves
without
computers.
Thank you
Sources
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http://scienceray.com/technology/applied-science/the-effects-and-influences-of-
technology-on-society-and-human-kind/2/
http://angelaharris.hubpages.com/hub/Invention-of-the-Wheel
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