This document contains information about a group project team and discusses the concepts of technology and science. It defines technology as the application of knowledge and skills to solve problems or expand human capabilities. It then provides a brief history of technological development and argues that the rate of technological change has accelerated. The document also discusses the relationship between science and technology and how they are interrelated but have different goals. It explores uses of technology in education and provides advantages and disadvantages of educational technology.
Science and technology studies, or science, technology and society studies (STS) is the study of how society, politics, and culture affect scientific research and technological innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture.
Science and technology studies, or science, technology and society studies (STS) is the study of how society, politics, and culture affect scientific research and technological innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture.
This interdisciplinary course engages students to confront the realities brought about by science and technology in society.
Such realities pervade the personal, the public, and the global aspects of our living and are integral to human development.
Scientific knowledge and technological development happen in the context of society with all its socio-political, cultural, economic, and philosophical underpinnings at play.
These slides are about the science and technology in the 20th century. This presentation also discusses the changes in the society particularly in the Western countries. It is based on the works of Peter Drucker's "Technology and Society in the 20th century" and Alvin Toffer's "The First, Second and Third Wave"
Science, Technology and Society (STS) is an interdisciplinary field that studies the conditions under which the production, distribution and utilization of scientific knowledge and technological systems occur; the consequences of these activities upon different groups of people.
This interdisciplinary course engages students to confront the realities brought about by science and technology in society.
Such realities pervade the personal, the public, and the global aspects of our living and are integral to human development.
Scientific knowledge and technological development happen in the context of society with all its socio-political, cultural, economic, and philosophical underpinnings at play.
These slides are about the science and technology in the 20th century. This presentation also discusses the changes in the society particularly in the Western countries. It is based on the works of Peter Drucker's "Technology and Society in the 20th century" and Alvin Toffer's "The First, Second and Third Wave"
Science, Technology and Society (STS) is an interdisciplinary field that studies the conditions under which the production, distribution and utilization of scientific knowledge and technological systems occur; the consequences of these activities upon different groups of people.
Agora EnergyWende Think Tank : Future Cost of PV Key Insights PresentationEnergy for One World
By 2025, solar power in sunny regions of the world will be cheaper than power from coal or gas / Success depends on stable regulatory conditions
In a few years, solar energy plants will deliver the most inexpensive power available in many parts of the world. By 2025, the cost of producing power in central and southern Europe will have declined to between 4 and 6 cents per kilowatt hour, and by 2050 to as low as 2 to 4 cents, according to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems commissioned by Agora Energiewende. Agora Energiewende is an independent German think tank dedicated to research on the future of the electrical power system. The study uses only conservative assumptions about technological developments expected for solar energy. Technological breakthroughs could make electricity even cheaper, but these potential developments were not taken into consideration.
Solar power is already cost-effective: In the sunny, desert country of Dubai, a long-term power purchase contract was signed recently for 5 cents per kilowatt hour, while in Germany large solar plants deliver power for less than 9 cents. By comparison, electricity from new coal and gas-fired plants costs between 5 and 10 cents per kilowatt hour and from nuclear plants as much as 11 cents.
“The study shows that solar energy has become cheaper much more quickly than most experts had predicted and will continue to do so,” says Dr. Patrick Graichen, Director of the Agora Energiewende. “Plans for future power supply systems should therefore be revised worldwide. Until now, most of them only anticipate a small share of solar power in the mix. In view of the extremely favourable costs, solar power will on the contrary play a prominent role, together with wind energy – also, and most importantly, as a cheap way of contributing to international climate protection.”
The study also reveals that electricity generation costs for solar power are highly dependent on financial and regulatory frameworks, due to the high capital intensity of photovoltaic installations. Poor regulation and high risk-premiums reflected in interest rates can raise the cost of solar plants by up to 50 percent. This effect is so great, that it can even outweigh the advantage offered by greater amounts of sunshine. Graichen says: “Favourable financing conditions and stable legal frameworks are therefore vital conditions for cheap, clean solar electricity. It is up to policy makers to create and maintain these conditions.”
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Suomalaisten yritysten pitäisi pystyä luomaan paljon lisää työpaikkoja. Energia-alalla on suuria mahdollisuuksia. Aalto-yliopiston professorin Raimo Lovion esitys "Ilmastonmuutoksen torjunta, Suomen paras bisnesmahdollisuus?" -seminaarissa 25.3.2015
CONGRATULATIONS ON BRAZILIAN ENGINEER'S DAY.pdfFaga1939
Today, December 11, is celebrated the Day of the Engineer whose profession was regulated in Brazil by President Getúlio Vargas through Decree 23,569, of December 11, 1933, which also created the Federal Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy (CONFEA) and the Regional Councils of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy (CREA), responsible for overseeing the profession. It is known that Engineering is present in the entire productive sector, namely: in factories, in housing and infrastructure construction sites, in universities, in scientific laboratories, in technological research centers, in transport, in energy generation, in communications, in food production, among other undertakings. The great changes that have been taking place in people's lives, in the modern world, were generated by technology that is fed by accumulated knowledge and large investments in research and innovation. Humanity needs Engineering because it transforms the knowledge accumulated in universities and research centers, public and private, into products and services available to society.
Varanasi is a metropolis city on the Ganges river in the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Considered to be a holy city; that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. Located in the middle-Ganges valley in the southeastern part of the state
It is a powerpoint presentation that deals with the orientation or introduction of the College General Education Subject: Science, Technology and Society. It also includes the topics and assessments to be dealt with.
3. Technology is come from Greece word techne is the
collection of techniques, methods or processes used in
the production of goods or services or in the
accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific
investigation.Technology can be the knowledge of
techniques, processes, etc. or it can be embedded in
machines, computers, devices and factories, which can be
operated by individuals without detailed knowledge of
the workings of such things.
4. Technology has been a dialectical and
cumulative process at the center of human
experience. It is perhaps best understood in
a historical context that traces the evolution
of early humans from a period of very simple
tools to the complex, large-scale networks
that influence most of contemporary human
life. For the sake of simplicity, the following
account focuses primarily on developments
in the Western world, but major
contributions from other cultures are also
indicated.
5. Many historians of science argue not only that
technology is an essential condition of
advanced, industrial civilization but also that the
rate of technological change has developed its
own momentum in recent centuries.
Innovations now seem to appear at a rate that
increases geometrically, without respect to
geographical limits or political systems. These
innovations tend to transform traditional
cultural systems, frequently with unexpected
social consequences. Thus technology can be
conceived as both a creative and a destructive
process.
6. TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATIONTECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Educational technology is the effective
use of technological tools in learning.As a
concept, it concerns an array of tools, such as
media, machines and networking hardware, as
well as considering theoretical perspectives for
their effective application.
7. SCIENCE AND TECHINOLOGYSCIENCE AND TECHINOLOGY
The meanings of the terms science and
technology have changed significantly from
one generation to another. More
similarities than differences, however, can
be found between the terms.
8. Both science and technology imply a thinking
process, both are concerned with causal
relationships in the material world, and both
employ an experimental methodology that
results in empirical demonstrations that can
be verified by repetition (see Scientific
Method).
9. Science, at least in theory, is less concerned
with the practicality of its results and more
concerned with the development of general
laws, but in practice science and technology
are inextricably involved with each other.
The varying interplay of the two can be
observed in the historical development of
such practitioners as chemists, engineers,
physicists, astronomers, carpenters, potters,
and many other specialists.
10. Differing educational requirements, social
status, vocabulary, methodology, and types of
rewards, as well as institutional objectives and
professional goals, contribute to such
distinctions as can be made between the
activities of scientists and technologists; but
throughout history the practitioners of “pure”
science have made many practical as well as
theoretical contributions.
11. Science, systematic study of anything that
can be examined, tested, and verified. The
word science is derived from the Latin word
scire, meaning “to know.” From its early
beginnings, science has developed into one
of the greatest and most influential fields of
human endeavor. Today different branches
of science investigate almost everything that
can be observed or detected, and science as
a whole shapes the way we understand the
universe, our planet, ourselves, and other
living things.
12. WORLD OF SCIENCE Continental Drift
This landmark Scientific American article from
1963 heralds a profound turning point in
geology: the acceptance of continental drift,
or plate tectonics theory. Canadian
geophysicist J. Tuzo Wilson, one of the
architects of modern geologic thought,
summarized compelling evidence
13. TECHNOLOGY MEETS HISTORYTECHNOLOGY MEETS HISTORY
Symbolic of the contrasts in modernSymbolic of the contrasts in modern
China, an ancient Beijing pagoda sharesChina, an ancient Beijing pagoda shares
the skyline with a modern skyscraperthe skyline with a modern skyscraper
14. AdvantagesAdvantages
Reach a much larger audience from greater
geographic locations
Help disabled and geographically isolated students
Help students with busy schedules, freedom to
work at home on their own time
Decrease overcrowded classrooms
Offer more classes at peak demand times of day
and week, increasing flexibility in class scheduling
Decrease paper and photocopying costs,
promoting concept of "green revolution"
Access to students of everything instructors
present in the classroom
Train students to learn new technology skills they
can use later in the work place
15. DisadvantagesDisadvantages
Selecting appropriate hardware and
software programs
Incompatible technology issues
Challenges when submitting assignments
Some students can't afford modern
computer technologies
Students usually pan an online technology
fee
Instructors and students need training to
learn how to use online technology
Possibility of cheating on tests and quizzes
Difficult to motivate students, requires self-
discipline and self-motivation