Modern Technology in our Daily Living

Modern technology is simply the advancement of the old technology. These modern technologies make impact in our daily life. The word technology came from the Latin word technologia which means systematic treatment.

We use technology in our daily life to fulfill specific tasks or specific interests, simply we can say that modern technologies help us to improve our way of living. A ballpen is an example of this technology. Computers, laptops, cellphones, and iPhones are the another few examples of modern technology - we often called these examples as gadgets. Modern technology helps in improving the field of sciences. To name a few, modern technology is widely used in the field of Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, and many more.

The use of technology make our work easier, faster and more convenient. It also improve games so that children in present are more likely to get into it. We know that during old age, games are much simpler and doesn’t require the use of power and electricity like Chess and other outdoor activities. When we use technology, it will always have a number advantages and disadvantages depending on how we use these examples of modern technologies.

With the use of modern technology, we gain advantages. The following are some advantages of using modern technology:

•        Advanced communication - communication via satellites using microwaves and radiowaves with the use of gadgets like cellphones, computers etc.

•        Improved housing and lifestyle - people can have a bigger house and much better lifestyle because of technologies help them meet their needs.

•        High-quality entertainment - technology improves the way of amusing people.

•        Educational resources - We can study much better and easily find answers in our own questions with the use of technology.

•        Faster travelling  - We can now travel in air via airplanes, helicopter, and parachute because of these modern technologies.

•     Health industry - technology helps humans create apparatuses or machines that will help them to treat, cure or determine the causes of an illness. An example is the X-ray which was invented by William Roentgen.

•    Efficiency and productivity - technology improves machinery so that machines can produce a massive amount of products more efficiently than handwork and much faster in a short period of time.

As the usage of modern technology has advantages, it also has disadvantages and these are:

•        Loss of job - by the use of technology, some of the  workers like typists whose work is done by typing statements on paper using the old typewriters are more likely to lose their job because voice recorders now exist.

•        Creation of destructive weapons -  due to the advancement in Nuclear science, powerful nuclear weapons like atomic bombs are invented and can cause tremendous amount of damages and deaths.

•        Cybercrimes - online accounts can be hacked and hacking is no different to stealing and invasion of privacy which is technically punishable by the law. 

              To sum up all these, we can say that on one hand, modern technology is very helpful to mankind; on the other hand, it can also be the opposite – can cause a lot of hazard and destruction due to human greed. Modern technology is neither good or bad, it’s how you use it.