Science and technology influence our lives in many different ways. Everything around us has been created or at least influenced by science and technology in some way. Below are a few of the things in which technology and science influence out day-to-day lives.
• Medicine
Medicines are 99.9% of the time formulated in a laboratory. Most medicines are a mixture of different chemicals and minerals which have to be measured and tested to create the correct dosage. The invention of most medicines has been done in a laboratory and all batches of medicine have to be tested in a laboratory to ensure that they have been made up correctly and that they are safe for consumption.
Machinery that is used in hospitals has also been developed using science and technology. These are machines to help someone breathe or even scan and diagnose an illness. Therefore using science and technology in medicine does save lives.
• Food and drink
Most food and drinks that have been manufactured have all been tested using science. Many will also have been tested. These tests will be to ensure that the food is safe for consumption but tests also have to be carried out to find out the nutritional values of a product. Packaged food and drink now have to show their nutritional information on their packaging so that people know how much fat, protein, carbohydrates and calories are in a product.
• Transport
Technology has been used to develop all vehicles that we now use. The science comes in when looking at the kinetic energy that is created or the fuel consumption and how an engine works.
• Nature
Pesticides are used in nature to make crops grow better. Even when chemical pesticides are not used, scientific knowledge about how the sun rises and sets, when is the best time of year for particular crops and the use of greenhouses if also a use of science in nature.
• Medicine
Medicines are 99.9% of the time formulated in a laboratory. Most medicines are a mixture of different chemicals and minerals which have to be measured and tested to create the correct dosage. The invention of most medicines has been done in a laboratory and all batches of medicine have to be tested in a laboratory to ensure that they have been made up correctly and that they are safe for consumption.
Machinery that is used in hospitals has also been developed using science and technology. These are machines to help someone breathe or even scan and diagnose an illness. Therefore using science and technology in medicine does save lives.
• Food and drink
Most food and drinks that have been manufactured have all been tested using science. Many will also have been tested. These tests will be to ensure that the food is safe for consumption but tests also have to be carried out to find out the nutritional values of a product. Packaged food and drink now have to show their nutritional information on their packaging so that people know how much fat, protein, carbohydrates and calories are in a product.
• Transport
Technology has been used to develop all vehicles that we now use. The science comes in when looking at the kinetic energy that is created or the fuel consumption and how an engine works.
• Nature
Pesticides are used in nature to make crops grow better. Even when chemical pesticides are not used, scientific knowledge about how the sun rises and sets, when is the best time of year for particular crops and the use of greenhouses if also a use of science in nature.
