Positive+Impact+of+Technology

=**Positive Impact of Technology to Society**=

Generally speaking, technology functions in every aspect of a society; it is the fuel that drives our lives, it is an essential part of daily living. Technology has establish tremendous benefit in the life of the common man by making everything more convenient, brought distant places closer and provided internet access which in return made simpler information connection. Adding on to the numerous impact of technology, it has created a way to save effort in home tasks with the electronic device that entered the homes. Technology allows people to exercise tools that enable overcoming of mental and physical limitations. For instance, with the development of man-made computerized machines, hazard jobs such as mining and space discovery are no longer a major issue. Daily jobs that were once complete by human workers are now replaced by machines that can perform task that are physically impossible to man. On an even broader note, technology has made a smaller place to live in, in terms of bringing the whole network of connection together (Oak). []

//**Examples of how technology has benefit our society:**//

 · **Communication **-- Instead of writing a letter to a friend, we're writing e-mails through Yahoo or Windows Live Hotmail that can be sent instantanly (“How Tech”).
 * **Computers **-- What was once a large machine taking up all of the space on our desk, the personal computer is now a cleaner system that's capable of storing large amount of data and operating at lightning-fast speeds (Oak).
 * **Entertainments **--Thanks to Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, we can play video games, competing with friends and other gamers from around the world (“How Tech”).
 * **Entertainments **--Today's portable music players such as the Apple iPod touch and Microsoft Zune have changed how we listen to and access music (“How Tech’).
 * **Entertainments **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">-- Digital Video <span style="background: fuchsia; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">the TiVo HD XL <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> enable us to pause, rewind, and fast-forward live TV as well as record TV shows when we're not at home (“How Tech”).
 * <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6; tab-stops: list .5in;"> ** Traveling **** -- ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Web sites like TripIt, which automatically organize all our travel plansflights, hotels, cars, trains, cruises and builds us a master route of maps, restaurants..etc, result in no longer needing a travel agents (“How Tech”).
 * ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Medical field **--More accurate and more rapid diagnostic techniques will be devised in the future, as well as new treatments that are also more personalised and encourage renewal of the organism (“Advances In”).
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Eating<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-- **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">going to the grocery store is no longer needed thanks to the now of online grocer services like Fresh Direct and Peapod (" How Tech").