Technology has both positive and negative impacts on society. Positively, it has improved communication globally through technologies like texting and messaging apps. It has also increased agricultural efficiency through tools like genetically modified crops that boost yields. Education has benefited from technology through digital textbooks and tools that encourage online collaboration. However, technology has also increased distraction and stress, and some studies link greater social media use to higher divorce rates.

1. Technology and Society
Its positive and negative impacts

2. What is Technology?
 The application of scientific knowledge for practical
purposes.
 Technology has evolved significantly in the last ten to
twenty years.
 It has greatly impacted on our society.
 It has made things easier for us human around the globe.
 It has become an essential part to our life
 Technology has surrounded us.

3. Impacts of Technology on our Society
 The impact of technology on the society actually depends
on how people uses it and has impacted both
(i) Positively and,
(ii) Negatively

4. Positive Impacts

5. Communication
 Changes in communication technology over the last four
decades have been revolutionary.
 It has made communication easier around the globe.
 Newer advancements like texting and messaging apps
have spurred even more efficiency within workplace
communication.
 Everyday, newer communication devices are being release

6. Agriculture
 Technology has mechanized agriculture.
 Modern agricultural technologies such as
ploughing, sowing have allowed farmers to grow
vast quantities of food in a shorter lapse of
time.
 Manufacture of genetically modified crops which
are more resistant to several pests and diseases.
 For e.g. hybrid seeds can improve crop yields by
a factor of two or three in certain situations.

7. Agriculture
 Countries such as Egypt are now able to grow healthy
crops such as rice due to the advanced automated
sprinklers and water pumps which pumps water from River
Nile to the rice fields on a daily basis.

8. Education System
 Nowadays, education is much more easier thanks to the
Internet.
 It gives students the chance to interact with their
classmates more by encouraging collaboration.
 Student can have access to digital textbooks online that
are constantly updated.
 Integrating technology in education everyday helps
students stay engaged.

9. Transport System
 Technology has helped in advancing the four types of
transportation which include air, road, water, and space
 Production of hybrid cars which use less fuel and emit less
CO2
 CCTV camera to monitor the traffic
 Best e.g. is the Traffic Watch app launched by Mauritius
Telecom Ltd that allowed people to view live traffic from
their smartphones or tablets from various places such as
Caudan North, Caudan South, St Jean, Phoenix, La Marie,
Glen Park and Grand-Bassin.

10. Transport System
 Live cameras of the Traffic Watch app

11. Negative Impacts

12. Today’s Generation
 Technological advances has caused people to be more
distracted, overly stressed, and increasingly isolated.
 According to a study by researchers from Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Chile and Boston University found
that a 20 percent annual increase in Facebook enrollment
was associated with anywhere from a 2.18 percent to a
4.32 percent increase in divorce rates