Technology makes the world go around

The term ‘technology’ can rightly be said putting ‘Science into practice’. If a scientific phenomenon which exists in nature is converted into reality for a common person, technology takes birth. From the depth of an ocean to the heavens in outer space and from the use of a needle to the journey of a space shuttle, we come across nothing but the technology.

Technology has been defined in several ways by different sources, I'm going to quote from Wikipedia and Encarta.

1. ‘the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization’

2. ‘the study, development and application of devices, machines and the techniques for manufacturing and productive processes’

If we look back to 19^th century we would see that there were hardly a few inventions present at that time as compared to today. Some of the inventions of that era include internal combustion engines, light bulb, telephone, typewriter, sewing machine etc (About.com). Now coming to the present days, we see solar vehicles, LASER holograms, smart mobile phones, touch pads, digitally programmed smart sewing machines and many more. A huge list of inventions cannot be mentioned in an essay of two pages, but it can be observed around us that we are depending upon technology a lot. Let’s have a look at the way how technology is influencing our everyday life.

You get up in the morning as your digital smart phone alarm rings, and then you go to the bathroom, using your electronic toothbrush to brush your teeth. The shaver you use is also electronic. Then you take bath under a shower which may be digitally controlled as to allow water to fall on your body when your body is right under it in a certain radius. As you get free from the bathroom, you put on the dress and then you rush towards the kitchen for the breakfast using, toaster, microwave oven, electric frying pans etc, to prepare your breakfast. You go to the garage and open its shutter with a remote control, the car beeps for you as you press its remote in the key ring with you. You get into the car and start it, the driving seat is adjusted as per the way you sit in the seat. The navigator guides you to the office and you don’t even need to worry about the tolls and speed cameras viewing you because you have updated the navigator using the latest geographical information maps and you are able to avoid these limitations by taking another route as programmed in the navigator.

When you reach your destination the main door automatically opens for you after scanning your biometrics and then you take the lift to the desired level and finally land at your office. Technology works in the office also; you can see your staff working in their cabins with the help of centrally installed cameras and video conferencing system. The surveillance and security system of your office also supports you to be vigilant in case of any unforeseen situation. After office hours you go for shopping and just use the plastic money for transactions and don’t need to carry hard cash at all. You receive a call from overseas on your mobile when you are on the way to home, it is from your father who is abroad and he tells you that your mother is in critical condition in the hospital and wants to see you. Then and there you reserve your flight to the motherland using your smart cellular phone behind which a 3G network of cellular company is working.

These are quite a few examples just to show that how technology is working in today’s world. The lifestyle of a common person is depending upon technology and one does not think about the life without these utilities and advantages which technology has brought to him.

Technology is equally shaping the life of a student at a school, teacher in a classroom, fisherman in sea, doctor examining a patient or treating him, accountant making ledgers and balance sheets, waiter taking an order etc. On a broader spectrum, technology is enabling us to reveal the secrets of nature. Man is trying to devise methods of obtaining low cost energy sources such as in the recent experiment at the European Organization for Research, CERN.

It can be concluded that technology makes the world go around.

 

Flood in Pakistan and the International Community

According to BBC the flood affected area of Pakistan at present is equal to the area of England. Thousands of people have lost their lives, millions of dollars of infrastructure and property have been washed away and hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis are homeless begging for the aid. Children are dying due to malnutrition and there is a very high risk of spreading of waterborne diseases.

The head of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, visited the flood affected areas and declared that the damage is more disastrous than the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004 and the earth quake of South East Asia (which affected Pakistan severely also) in 2005, together. He has called for more help from the international community for the people of Pakistan under this helpless condition.

Pakistani troops are helping their countrymen with a high morale; they evacuated many families from the flood in boats. But still there are a lot of people not willing to leave their homes; they are staying at the roof top of the schools or the highest buildings of their village or town.

Under this situation of catastrophe although the foreign aid is coming in and a lot has been committed also, but the other side of coin is bitter and painful. I was browsing through different websites particularly of the news channels and I found a pulse of hatred among the international community. There were some comments under one of the related stories of CNN which said that the people of Pakistan deserve this disaster and it is due to the extremists produced by the country. People making such comments used the references from history that Indian subcontinent was invaded several time by Muslim conquerors and the local Hindus were converted to Islam by force during different time spans of these foreign invaders. Talibans are the latest Muslim extremists as has been portrayed by the international media. Pakistan suffering from this natural disaster and fighting against the terrorist within its borders has been sandwiched in a number of problems at the moment. If international community thinks that Pakistan deserves this situation as it is a Muslim country which produces terrorists as being Muslim means a terrorist then I am sorry to say that this is not a justified statement.

The nuclear capability of Pakistan which is for self defense of the country against the powerful neighbouring state is actually the bone of contention for the international media. This is the reason that audience / viewers / readers of international media talk about Pakistan brutally. Pakistanis have been facing the consequences of war against terrorism in many folds which includes the suicide bombing and the drone attacks at the civilians, now it is the natural disaster but the international community should realize that this war against terrorism cannot be won without the help of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, so the Pakistanis should not be looked down upon.

This nation will recover from the natural disaster sooner or later but the LABEL on the country as a 'land of terrors' is purely foreigner and Pakistanis need to wash away that like the flood washed away their homes, landmarks, farms and infrastructure.

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