This document discusses the importance of technology in various areas of society. It begins by explaining how technology has driven financial development by creating new industries like tech and transforming existing ones through e-commerce, automation, and digital marketing. It then discusses how technology has improved transportation and communication by making the world more connected through the internet, social media, and innovations in transportation. The document also addresses the impact of technology on education by enhancing learning through online resources, distance learning, and MOOCs. In healthcare, it describes how technology has advanced diagnosis, treatment, and access to care through technologies like MRI machines, telemedicine, and AI-assisted analysis of medical data. Finally, the document briefly discusses how technology helps conserve resources and prevent disasters

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BDAT Y1S1 : Computer applications
Assignment 1: Importance of technology to the society
NAME: Michael Harvey C03/401307/2023
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THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY TO THE SOCIETY
In the current expedient and interconnected world, technology plays a huge part in framing and
affecting various pieces of society. From clinical consideration to tutoring, business to
correspondence, to say the least, development has transformed into a vital piece of our
everyday schedules. In this article, we will explore the assorted meaning of technology to
society, diving into its impact on various regions, its responsibilities to monetary turn of events,
its work in further developing correspondence, its effect on tutoring, its work in clinical
consideration, and its potential detriments.
Financial Development
Technology is a main thrust behind financial development. It has made new enterprises, like the
tech area, and changed existing ones. Web based business, for instance, has reformed the
manner in which we shop, for instance, the rising of online business organizes and mechanized
portion structures has changed how people shop and proceed with money related trades, social
media platforms have created a digital marketing place where people can advertise and sell
their products as well as buy materials. This has provoked the improvement of online retail
associations, extended convenience for purchasers, and the creation of different situations in
methodologies, web headway, and automated advancing. while computerization and man-
made consciousness have further developed effectiveness in assembling and coordinated
factors. Content creation has also become a useful tool in making a living especially for the
young people. Example of online trading platform is Jumia
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Transport and communication
Technology has changed how we convey, making the world a more humble and more
interconnected place. The presence of the web, email, online amusement, and messaging
stages has profoundly decreased the checks to correspondence. People can now connect with
others from different areas of the planet logically, working with the exchanging of
contemplations, information, and culture.
Online diversion stages like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have become astonishing
resources for spreading information and getting ready organizations for various social and
political causes. They have moreover expected a crucial part in keeping people related during

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times of crisis, for instance, disastrous occasions or overall emergencies like the Covid
pandemic.
Transportation has been incredibly influenced by technology, with advancements like electric
vehicles, independent vehicles, and ride-sharing administrations changing the manner in which
we move from one spot to another. These progressions expect to make transportation more
secure, more effective, and harmless to the ecosystem.
Example: Below is a star link system which enable people to connect to the internet even from
the most remote parts of the world.
Educational field
Technology has also changed the field of tutoring. The coordination of advancement in
homerooms has overhauled the learning experience for students, things being what they are.
Web learning stages, natural informative programming, and automated resources have made
tutoring more accessible and versatile. Students can now get to a wealth of information and
enlightening materials electronic, allowing them to learn at their own speed and creator their
educational experiences to their necessities. Lately school have been using online platforms like
the Uni plus to enable their students to take online cats and exams making it easier for lecturers
Plus, development has engaged the improvement of internet tutoring, making high level
training more open to an overall group. Online degree programs and huge open web-based

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courses (MOOCs) have opened up open entryways for well-established gaining and mastery
progression. This might conceivably traverse educational openings and empower individuals to
secure new data and capacities generally through their lives.
Clinical benefits from technology
Technology essentially influences the clinical benefits region, chipping away at grasping thought,
diagnostics, and assessment. Clinical developments, for instance, X-beam machines, robotized
an operation structure, and telemedicine have disturbed how clinical benefits is conveyed.
Patients can now get gatherings and clinical admonishment from the comfort of their homes,
decreasing the necessity for proceed to additional creating permission to clinical consideration
organizations, especially in distant areas.
Additionally, data assessment and artificial intelligence are being used to separate colossal
volumes of clinical data, provoking more accurate ends and altered treatment plans. The
progression of wearable prosperity devices and versatile applications has empowered
individuals to screen their prosperity and track down proactive ways of preventing sickness.
Telemedicine permits patients to talk with medical services experts from a distance, lessening
the requirement for in-person visits. Development of computerized clinical gadgets, for
example, X-ray machines and automated careful apparatuses, which can be controlled from any
point on the globe have made determinations and medicines more exact and successful mostly
during emergencies where a doctor is far, they can use the gadgets to perform medical.
Below is picture showing an MRI machine which has revolutionized the medical field all thanks
to technology

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Data Access:
Technology has democratized admittance to data. The web has turned into a huge storehouse of
information, making data promptly accessible to anybody with a web association. This has
engaged people to instruct themselves, remain informed about recent developments, and
access assets for individual and expert development. Since most organization and companies
post their data on the web it becomes easier for people to do analysis and come up with trend
and also make good judgement.
Below is link to a website giving access to Kenya export data
https://tradingeconomics.com/kenya/exports

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Environmental and resource conservation
While advancement might conceivably hurt the environment, it furthermore offers deals with
solving regular troubles. Improvements in harmless ecosystem power sources, similar to
daylight based chargers and wind turbines, are lessening our reliance on oil subordinates and
mitigating natural change. Electric vehicles and movements in battery development are
diminishing air pollution and ozone hurting substance releases in the transportation region.
Also, data driven advancements are being used to screen and direct natural resources all the
more actually. For example, the Snare of Things (IoT) is enabling the grouping of steady data on
energy use, water use, and air quality, thinking about more acceptable resource the board
practices.
Below is a tesla which is an electric eco friendly car in a charging station
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Disaster prevention
Technology plays a crucial role in disaster prevention by providing early warning systems,
monitoring and analysis tools, communication platforms, and data-driven decision support.
Here are several ways in which technology is used in disaster prevention. Weather Forecasting:
Advanced meteorological technologies, including satellites, radar systems, and supercomputers,
enable accurate weather forecasting. This information helps predict severe weather events like
hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods in advance. Seismic Monitoring seismometers and sensors
can detect ground movements and provide early warning of earthquakes, allowing people to
take protective measures
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