When Technology

and Humanity
Cross

Prepared by : Engr.
Sherileen D. Eva,MEM
LESSON OBJECTIVES

At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:

• Know the different technological advancements in society;
• Discuss the development of science and technology in the
Philippines;
• Discuss the effects of the interplay between technology and
humanity through the dilemma (s) they face
Technology

• Came from the greek words

- techne -art
- logos -word
Technological Advancements in Society

• In on way or another ,each person in the society is

directly or indirectly affected by technology .
• Most people survice their everyday lives with great
reliance to different technological advancements already
available to the masses.
• Technology is already an inevitable part of the society.
 TELEVISION
• A product of different experiments by various
people.

• Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, a German student, in the

late 1800s was successful in his attempt to send
images through wires with the aid of a rotating
disk.

• This invention was the called “electric

telescope” that had 18 lines of resolution.

• In 1907, two inventors, Alan Archibald

Campbell-Swinton who was an English scientist
and Boris Rosing who was a Russian scientist,
created a new system of television by using
cathode ray tube in addition to the mechanical
scanner system.
MOBILE PHONES

• Mobile phones have a very interesting

background story
• On April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper, a senior
engineer at Motorola, made the world’s first
mobile phone call.
• The mobile phone used by Cooper weighed 1.1
kilograms and measured 228.6 x 127 x 44.4
mm.
• This kind of device was capable of a 30 minute
talk time.
• However, it took 10 hours to charge.
• In 1983, Motorola made their first commercial
mobile phone available to the public.
• It was known as the Motorola DynaTAC8000X
(Goodwin, 2016)
 COMPUTERS AND LAPTOPS
• It was Charles Babbage, a 19th century English
Mathematics professor, who designed the Analytical
Engine which was used as the basic framework of
the computers even until the present time.

• In general, computers can be classified in three

generations.

• Each generation of the computer was used for a

certain period of time and each gave people a new and
improved version of the previous one (Steitz, n.d.)

• The first true portable computer was released in April

1981.
• It was called the Osborne 1 (Orfano, 2011)

• A typical household owns at least four of the following

devices: a mobile phone (89 %), smartphone (53 %),
tablet (14 %), desktop ( 39 %), laptop or netbooks (37 %),
and smart TV (4 %) ( Philstar, 2013) • These data
prove the deep-seated fascination of Filipinos to
different technological devices.
Ethical Dilemma Faced by These Technological
Advancements
• Moral dilemma
– First dilemma, people who develop different kinds of sickness because of too
much use of technological devices.
– Second dilemma, the people in the scientific world nor the children
are blameworthy because first, the children are not yet capable of
rationally deciding for themselves what is good and what is bad. Second
even the creators of these technologies went out of their way to inform
children of the pros and cons of these technological contributions, it would
still be useless because the children have no capacity to understand them
yet.
– It was the recklessness and overconfidence of the adults that cause the
character change in children.
Robotics and Humanity

• Another great product of the innovative minds of the people is the

robot.
• Robots are now widely used.
Ex. There are so called service robots. These particular robots
do specific tasks but focus mainly in assisting their masters in
their everyday tasks.
• The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) and United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) made it
their task to formulate a working definition for service robots.
Genetically Modified Organism
• A genetically modified organism contains DNA that has
been altered using genetic engineering. Genetically
modified animals are mainly used for research purposes,
while genetically modified plants are common in today’s
food supply.
GMO Salmon

• Photo of a genetically
engineered Salmon.
Created so that it
continuously produces
growth hormones and can
be sold as a full size fish
after 18 months instead of
3 years.
Why do farmers use GMO crops?

Most of the GMO crops grown today were developed to help

farmers prevent crop loss. The three most common traits found in
GMO crops are:

• Resistance to insect damage

• Tolerance to herbicides
• Resistance to plant viruses
What is a Golden Rice ?
Golden rice is a form of rice with biosynthesis of
beta-carotene (a form of vitamin A). In other
words, golden rice is produced through genetic
engineering. Beta-carotene gives golden rice its
“golden” or “yellow” coloring. White rice, on the
other hand, does not contain carotenoids (i.e. beta
carotene) and therefore lacks that “golden”
coloring. When you consume golden rice, the
beta-carotene either accumulates in your fatty
tissues or is transformed into vitamin A.
 Debate Activity

Topic : Genetically Modified Crops are the solution for

the scarcity of food ?

Group A Group B
Mechanics
1. 2 minutes for every response

2. Total Time : 30 minutes