Impact on people
People influence how technology is developed in order to suit their own wants and needs; however, technological developments can change people's lifestyle and behaviours.
Technology push
Research and development in science and industry can lead to new discoveries, which can be used to improve existing products or develop new ones. This is known as When technology advances enough to invent or develop new products., and it happens before there is In business, a consumer is a person who uses a product and may also buy it. demand for a product. Research and development is valuable for companies who are the first to introduce a new, An innovative person creates new ideas or methods of doing something. An innovative product introduces new ideas or methods. product. A mobile phone with a powerful processor that is capable of running applications and accessing the internet. are an example of a product developed due to technology push, where existing touchscreen technology was used to improve the mobile phone market.
Market pull
When consumer demand forces the invention or development of a new product. is when product ideas are produced in response to market forces or customer needs. Examples of this include the development of cameras, which have become smaller, more lightweight and higher performing as a result of customer needs.
Change in job roles
The rapid changes in technology and Using automatic equipment in production. in recent years have meant a decline in the need for Manufacturing techniques used before automation.. Rather than facing unemployment, workers have had to be retrained or Retrain at work for new technologies. to manage the new technologies. Examples of this include robotics, where an employee needs to understand how a robot is programmed and can be controlled to perform a task such as welding, rather than perform the manual skill of welding themselves.