WEEK 3

TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY 💻

Hello again, I'm Sophi and now I come with another new topic, which are the types of technology in general, and I'm going to explain what each type is, what they are for and how we use them in our daily life.

Previously we have already seen the definition of technology, where we could see that technology itself is a set of technical knowledge that is applied to improve the quality of life and facilitate the demands of people through services or products. Today we will see what are the types of technology that exist.

Classification of existing types of technology

Now we are going to see how technology can be divided or classified according to its types and how they serve in different ways to human beings and their environment.

Fixed Technology

Fixed technology is a type of technology that is characterized by the fact that it is not reusable, i.e. it does not serve any purpose other than its primary purpose. It is called "fixed" technology because it never changes continuously. An example of fixed technology could very well be an oil and fuel refinery.

Flexible Technology

Flexible technology is one of the types of technology that surround our everyday world. It is called flexible because other services and products can be developed from the know-how.  Examples of flexible technology can be the food or pharmaceutical industries.

Soft Technology

The term soft technology groups together knowledge related to marketing, planning or administration, without taking into account the technical knowledge itself. Unlike hard technology, soft technology is not tangible, i.e., it cannot be seen or touched.

Hard Technology

Hard technology is the set of technical knowledge that is applied to generate devices such as machines, innovation, materials and other tangible products, i.e. that can be touched.

Equipment Technology

This is one of the types of technology that applies to industries, since its meaning is understood as one in which the development of the technology itself is carried out by whoever produces the equipment. Examples of equipment technology can be the plastics or textile industries.

Operational Technology

This type of technology is achieved as a result of observation techniques over a long period of time, where the observed is observed, noted and evaluated, and then used in other types of technologies such as equipment or process technology.

Product Technology

It is responsible for grouping the technique, characteristics and knowledge used in the construction of a given product or service as manual skills and theoretical knowledge applied to achieve a specific objective.

Clean Technology

It is the one that when used does not produce modifications in the environment. In other words, clean technology is based on the rational and balanced use of resources, so that they do not affect natural systems.

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