Technology

Technology is the field that applies science to solve problems with an industrial and/or commercial end in mind.

All buildings require the use of technology of some sort. A persistent Artistic expression requires materials to be formed, and exactly how to create those materials requires some rudimentary understanding of their chemical and physical properties. Architecture requires an understanding of the effects of weather and other natural forces, in addition to some knowledge of the strengths of the materials used.

The term "technology" is usually used to explain new inventions and gadgets using recently derived scientific principles and processes. However, even very old inventions such as the wheel are, technically speaking, technology.

• Metallurgy
• Machineery and mechanisms
  • Clock
    • Pendulum clock
    • Atomic clock
  • Steam engine
  • Internal combustion engine
    • Gasoline/Petrol engine
    • Diesel engine
    • Four stroke cycle
    • Two stroke cycle
    • Wankel engine
  • Turbine
    • Steam turbine
    • Gas turbine
    • Water turbine
    • Air turbine
  • Compressors and Pumps
    • Archimedes screw
    • Hydraulic ram
    • Vacuum pump
    • Eductor-jet pump
• Transport
• Telecommunication
  • Telegraph
  • Telephone
  • Radio
  • Television
  • Submarine cable
  • Communication satellite
• Visual Technologies
  • Photography
  • Video
  • Printing
• Acoustics
  • Analog recording
  • Digital recording
• Electricity
  • Electricity generation
  • Power transmission
• Electronics
  • Vacuum tube
  • Semiconductor Devices
    • Semiconductor
    • Diode
    • Transistor
    • Integrated circuits or IC's
      • Very Large System Integration or VLSI integration
      • System-on-a-chip
• Computing
  • Computer hardware
    • Home computers
    • Routing
  • Software
    • Invention machine
    • Speech recognition
  • Programmable logic
• Measuring instrument
• Microtechnology
  • Microfluidics
  • Microphotonics
• Nanotechnology
• Biotechnology
• Military
• Espionage and Intelligence gathering
  • Cryptology and Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
  • Echelon

Concepts in Technology

• The Singularity
• Emergent Philosophies
• Transhumanism
• Posthumanism

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What are our priorities for writing in this area? To help develop a list of the most basic topics in technology, please see Techology basic topics.

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