INTRODUCTION

Technology refers to the collection of tools that make it easier to use, create, manage and
exchange information. In the beginning of time, human beings made use of it for the
process of discovery of the world and evolution.

Technology is the knowledge and use of tools, techniques and systems in order to serve a
larger goal such as solving problems or making life easier and better. Its importance for
human beings is enormous because it has helped them to be in the environment.

The development of high technology has helped to conquer communication barriers and
reduce the gap between people around the world. Distant places have become closer each
time and consequently the pace of life has increased. Things that used to take hours to
complete, can be done in a matter of seconds now. The world is smaller and life is much
faster.
 THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS

In this section some basic concepts about the technological process will be given, how it is
born, where it is headed, the products originated, among others, to clarify certain aspects of
the subject.

We saw that the technological process begins with the identification of a need or desire of
man, and that starting from the resources provided by the environment, added to the
knowledge and implementation of techniques, the Engineer develops a set of processes by
means of which he obtains a technological product that satisfies the initial demand. In other
cases, the "technological product" is not born of demands.

First the product arises and then, through marketing techniques handled by the media, the
need to use it (or "consume it") is imposed. This is a variant of the process where the
following scheme is followed:

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When using a technology or a technological product, the user (user) may not be the one
who benefits the most (beneficiary). The new marketing proposals expressed above are a
good example.

Whatever the technological process scheme that is followed, technological products are not
essentially "good" or "bad" by nature. It is the use that we make of them that will result in
benefits or damages for the man and society in which he leads his life. However, the
technological process is unleashed with the intention of satisfying a specific demand, so
that intentionality would come into play.

In all cases the technological product and the technology itself must tend to improve the
quality of life of the human being. This conception can be variable in each person, because
according to this ideology, the military armament would be excluded from the technology.
But for another point of view, weapons for defense improve the quality of life of a society
or State in the face of the need to avoid subordination. It is then impossible to define
technology in terms of improving the quality of life, of intentionality, among others.
Characteristics of technology

In addition to the growing evolution of new forms of organization, technology is adding

another powerful force to the work environment. Technology has certain general
characteristics such as: specialization, integration, discontinuity, and change.

As technology increases specialization tends to increase. Integration is much more difficult

in a high-tech society than in the lower-tech one, because the former tends to make a
system and its more independent parts more complex.

The flow of technology is not a continuous current, but rather a series of discoveries of new
advances the technological revolution, produces perhaps, with some delay, a parallel social
revolution, since they have changes so fast that they are creating social problems much
before society is able to find solutions. In the workplace a series of changes are required in
organizational forms, supervisory styles, reward structures, and many others. For an
adjustment of technology, what is required is more economic and social, occupational and
geographic, administrative and employee mobility.

Technology and occupations

To the extent that jobs change, technology also changes. It tends to require more
professionals, scientists and other office staff to keep the system operating. Routine jobs
tend to be automated systems, which can do the job better and in less time.

To the extent that workers are taken to office jobs, technology raises skill and intellectual
requirements. The employee during the day becomes the operator, the clerk becomes a
system programmer, and the laboratory technician becomes an electronic engineer.

Technology tends to require a higher level of skill in both production work and support
services.
 HARD TECHNOLOGIES AND SOFT TECHNOLOGIES

This concept of classifying technology in hard or soft is not widespread or widespread

because there are many knowledgeable people and scholars who think that technology can
be neither hard nor soft, but what can be classified as hard or Soft is the technological
product. The purpose of both types of classification is the same, to identify both separately,
the only difference is that one grabs it from calcifying technology and the other classifies
the product obtained from the application of this. We will take as reference the
classification of technology to explain and differentiate one from the other.

Many times the word technology is applied to computers, microelectronics, lasers or space
activities, which are hard.

However, most of the definitions we have seen also allow and include others that are often
referred to as soft.

"Soft technologies -in which their product is not a tangible object- aim to improve the
functioning of institutions or organizations for the fulfillment of their objectives, which
may be industrial, commercial or service companies or institutions, with or without Profit
Among the branches of technology called soft education stands out (in regard to the
teaching process), organization, administration, accounting and operations, production
logistics, marketing and statistics, Psychology of human relations and work, and software
development.

" This type of technology is based mostly on the bases of soft sciences such as Psychology,
economics and administration, this does not mean that others are not taken into account if it
is not so common; although one can give a case like the development of software in which
it is required but of hard sciences that of soft science.

Hard technologies are usually called those that are based mainly on the knowledge of hard
sciences, such as physics and chemistry, this without neglecting the other sciences. The
other thing that the differences is that in this case the technological product is a tangible
object in deference to the previous one.
 TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT IN THE MIDDLE

Technology and the environment

Technological advances provoke reactions that are often completely dissimilar, from those
who propose an unlimited growth that would allow everyone to swim in abundance, or
those who, without being overly optimistic, trust in a promising future, with an enrichment
in the quality of life, the result of scientific-technological progress; even those who see in
these developments a dehumanization of man and a future without prospects due, among
other things, to the degradation of the environment and the exhaustion of non-renewable
resources.

We must recognize that there are very serious problems due to incorrect, inappropriate or
simply uncontrolled use of certain technological developments, but we believe that the
responsibility is not of technology, but rather of those who, in an excessive desire for
comfort, profit , of power, they use the technological resources without previously
analyzing the ecological, social and human consequences that their use and abuse can
bring.

Recall that although man throughout his history tried by all means to overcome the barriers
imposed by nature (for example, building bridges to save rivers or precipices, or boats to
extend their field of action), for centuries I accept his laws and even submitted to his whims
without questioning his tutelary role. But all change because of the spectacular
development of science and technology; The man happened to feel that he was the owner of
nature and dominating it was one of his fundamental objectives. But the indiscriminate and
uncontrolled use of its technological power is causing a consequence of unpredictable
nature, which can even seriously affect its own existence. Faced with this reality, it may be
necessary to rethink the relationship between man and nature, on the basis of greater
reciprocity.
 CONCLUSION

Los avances tecnológicos se han vuelto una parte esencial de nuestras vidas. Para entender
por qué, solo basta con mirar a nuestro alrededor y ver que en todo momento y contexto
estamos rodeados por ella; ya sea que estemos trabajando o descansando, siempre está
presente para hacer nuestras vidas más sencillas.

Debido a su aplicación, nuestro nivel de vida ha mejorado, pues las necesidades se

satisfacen con mayor facilidad. De manera general todas las industrias se ven beneficiadas
por ella, ya sea la medicina, el turismo, la educación, el entretenimiento entre muchos otros.
Además las empresas han crecido y se han hecho más eficientes, ayudando a la creación de
nuevas oportunidades de empleo. La aplicación de la tecnología ha impulsado la
investigación en campos que van desde la genética hasta el espacio extraterrestre.

Modern technology has become an important facet of our lives and without it the world
would be radically different. Despite this, social inequalities mean there are still many
people who do not have access to it.

On the other hand, the rapid development of new devices, encourage consumerism, in
addition to excessive use brings with it health repercussions, such as visual stress,
insomnia, deafness or obesity, among others. Finally, spending so much time browsing our
cell phones and tablets disconnects us from what is happening around us and affects our
relationship with others.