What is Technlogy?.

WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY Technology , the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life or, as it is sometimes phrased, to the change and manipulation of the human  environment . The subject of technology is treated in a number of articles. For general treatment, see  technology, history of ;  hand tool . For description of the materials that are both the object and means of manipulating the  environment , see  elastomers ;  industrial ceramics ;  industrial glass ;  metallurgy ;  mineral deposit ;  mineral processing ;  mining ;  plastic . For the generation of energy, see  energy conversion ;  coal mining ;  coal utilization ;  petroleum production ;  petroleum refining . For treatment of food production, see  agriculture, history of ;  agricultural economics ;  beekeeping ;  beer ;  cereal farming ;  coffee ;  commercial fishing ;  dairy far...