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Development and Application of Technology

In: Computer Technology and Employment

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  • Stephen G. Peitchinis

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Opinions vary widely on the factors that influence the development and application of technology. There is general agreement that most technologies, even the most radical ones, originate from efforts to introduce minor improvements in the performance of existing technologies; and there is general agreement, also, that market developments induce the development and application of technology. Examples should abound: in the historical past, the water pump was a necessary technological solution to water problems in underground mining; development of the telegraph was essential to the running of the railways; the development of two-way wireless communication was essential to the flying of aircraft; and development of the cotton gin was induced by the development of textile machinery that used cotton instead of wool. In more recent times, the increase in the price of oil induced the development of technology for the exploitation of alternative energy sources, such as, heavy oil, shale oil, solar energy and coal gasification, and equally, induced the development and application of technology designed to increase the power yield per unit of input and thereby reduce consumption.

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  • Stephen G. Peitchinis, 1983. "Development and Application of Technology," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Computer Technology and Employment, chapter 5, pages 75-90, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-17322-8_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17322-8_5
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