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  2. Technology and society - Wikipedia

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    The importance of stone tools, circa 2.5 million years ago, is considered fundamental in the human development in the hunting hypothesis. [citation needed]Primatologist, Richard Wrangham, theorizes that the control of fire by early humans and the associated development of cooking was the spark that radically changed human evolution. [2]

  3. Technology - Wikipedia

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    Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. [1] The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [2] [3] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software.

  4. Human uses of living things - Wikipedia

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    Biology studies the whole range of living things. Animals such as the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the zebrafish, the chicken and the house mouse, serve a major role in science as experimental models, [32] both in fundamental biological research, such as in genetics, [33] and in the development of new medicines, which must be tested ...

  5. Animal–computer interaction - Wikipedia

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    Animal–computer interaction (ACI) is a field of research for the design and use of technology with, for and by animals covering different kinds of animals from wildlife, zoo and domesticated animals in different roles. [1] It emerged from, and was heavily influenced by, the discipline of Human–computer interaction (HCI).

  6. Ethics of technology - Wikipedia

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    The second being that cloning animals is not only for pets, but for all animals in general. Maybe people are concerned that people are going to clone animals for food purposes. [70] Another question about animal cloning is it is good for the welfare of the animal or will the radiation and other procedural aspects cause the animals life to end ...

  7. In 'The Wild Robot,' machines, animals and new technology ...

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    The animated feature adapted from the popular children's books crafts a lovely, bittersweet parable of parenting.

  8. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

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    He also said that the Internet also makes people more complacent and risk averse. He said that because much of the ubiquity of modern technology—cameras, recorders, and such—people may not want to act in unusual ways for fear of getting a bad name. People can see pictures and videos of you on the Internet, and this may make you act differently.

  9. Social shaping of technology - Wikipedia

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    Finally, the unintended consequences of technology are unanticipated effects and impact of technology. The cell phone is an example of the social shaping of technology (Zulto 2009). The cell phone has evolved over the years to make our lives easier by providing people with handheld computers that can answer calls, answer emails, search for ...