Latest Techs

 Technology

Technology, in its most basic sense, refers to the use of scientific knowledge to create, monitor and design tools and pieces of equipment, which are in turn used to make life easier for people. Technology is born with the accomplishment of scientific progress and breakthroughs. However, the exact definition of technology varies according to context.

• Technology can be defined as the application of scientific knowledge to change and manipulate the human environment.
• Technology can also be defined as the branch of knowledge that caters to the creation and use of technical means and their relationship with society and environment, using engineering, applied and pure science.
• The sum of ways in which social groups provide themselves with material objects of their civilization.

History of Technology

The term technology is derived from the ancient Greek words “techne” and “logos”, which translates to “art, craft” and “word, speech” respectively. The term was used for the first time in the 17th century, and it was denoted to mean “a discussion of the applied arts”. However, with the industrial movement beginning in the 20th century, the term “technology” was used to represent a range of processes and techniques, in addition to machinery and tools. Over time, the term was used to associate scientific progress and breakthroughs in various disciplines.

Technological Advancements

The transformation, that occurred from the 14th to 17th centuries in Europe, marked a surge of interest in literature, arts and science. Most of today’s fundamental principles and the basis for many inventions were established during that time. For instance, renowned scientists, astronomers and inventors such as Leonardo da Vinci, Nicolaus Copernicus, Rene Descartes, Blaise Pascal, all lived during this time period. These individuals contributed many principles, theories and ideas that would become the basis for all the things we have in our world today.

            The next big leap in technological advancement came during the Industrial Revolution, which began in the 1760s. This movement gave birth to many inventions such as the steam engine, the Spinning Jenny, the power loom and the electrical telegraph. When the world plunged into the two world wars, technological progress skyrocketed. This is because if any national had technological superiority, it could mean the difference between life and death. World War II, in particular, spawned countless innovations and inventions. The most significant inventions include the jet engine, synthetic rubber, radar, helicopters and penicillin.

Top trending Technologies

Artificial Intelligence

Today, AI contributes to society numerously, for example, in the form of virtual assistants such as Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, and Alexa. AI technology involves machine intelligence, which is as smart and intelligent as the human brain and reacts like humans. Moreover, Artificial Intelligence technology is everywhere, from text mining, web mining, healthcare, banking, entertainment, self-driving cars, and smartphones to homes. These are the reasons that it remains at the top position in the list of the trending technologies of 2021.

Robotic Process Automation

Robotics is another popular and trending technology that allows us to automate business processes. RPA neither requires coding for development nor direct access to the database. It has a list of commands executed by bots under some standard set of business rules. Also, Robotics is used to perform various tasks like Automated report generation, Emulate human Actions, Audit and validate information and also used for Quality Assurance.

Internet of Things (IoT)

Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, objects, digital machines, or people that have unique identifiers (UIDs), and this technology can transfer data over a network without human-to-human or human-to-computer interactions. IoT is used mainly in Smart homes, Smart Watches, Smart Cities, Connected Cars, Digital Health etc.

 Machine Learning

Machine Learning is the field of study that gives computers the capability to learn without being explicitly programmed. ML is one of the most exciting technologies that one would have ever come across. As it is evident from the name, it gives the computer that makes it more similar to humans: The ability to learn. Machine learning is actively being used today, perhaps in many more places than one would expect. It finds and apply patterns to data. ML is a trending technology that discovers rules causing a problem by using the data and finding a solution to that problem. Uses of Machine Learning in our day-to-day lives include: Social media services, Email spam and malware filtering, Online customer support, Online fraud detection, Search engine result refining etc.

Blockchain

Blockchain Technology is an entirely new way of documenting data on the Internet. Sometimes, it is also referred to as distributed ledger technology (DLT). The information recorded on Blockchain is distributed but not copied, and it can be in any form, such as ownership of something, someone’s identity, a transaction, etc. This technology can become the backbone in many applications like Messenger, Voting systems, Market prediction, Storage platforms, Games etc.

Virtual / Augmented Reality

Virtual Reality is the next big thing in the world. This modern technology generates sounds, realistic images, and other sensations that leave people in a spectacular imaginary world. It is used in two different ways as below:

Augmented Reality is used in enhancing and creating an imaginary world for the purpose of entertainment and gaming, for example, 3D movies, video games, etc.

It is also used in training software and people to work in real-life environments by creating a simulation of the reality where they can be trained beforehand, for example, flight simulators for pilots, etc.

Augmented reality is a trending technology that can develop apps on mobile devices to blend digital components with the real world. It is used in pop-out 3D emails, text messages, photos, etc., and it also displays score overlays on telecasted sports and games. There is much more in store!

DevOps

‘DevOps’ is an enterprise software development phrase, which has emerged from the terms ‘Development’ and ‘Operations’ of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and is a part of the Cloud technology. As the name suggests, DevOps encourages collaboration, communication, automation, and integration among the IT operations team and the developers to improve the quality and speed of delivering software. It is considered the offspring of the agile software development method. Benefits of DevOps, a trending technology, are Reliability, Scaling power, Rapid development, Fast delivery and Security.

Technology is one of the greatest tools for mankind, however, it has the potential to be misused. Technology can also cause some jobs to become obsolete, causing unemployment. Moreover, current technology needs to focus on being more eco-friendly and minimize their carbon footprints. This is the only way to ensure that technology does not result in the destruction of our natural resources and eventually, our planet.