TECHNOLOGY. The word conjures up near-magic, which creates gadgets and means for enriching and transforming our lives. Inevitably, it is also seen as something that is complex, esoteric and difficult: space and nuclear technology, micro-chips and electronics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The typical manifestation is in impressive forms like an aeroplane, ship, rocket, nuclear plant, computer or smartphone. In intangible form, it also provides results of searches or detailed information almost instantaneously, at the click of a key.
Increasingly, tech has moved from the factory and the office to home and its penetration into society has rapidly. . .