An enabling technology is an invention or innovation , which can be applied to drive radical change in the capabilities of a user or culture. Enabling technologies are characterized by rapid development of technologies, often in various fields. See General purpose technology .
Equipment and / or methodology que, une solution d’une solution d’augmentation et une solution d’une produit de product et une solution d’une produit de product et une solution de product. [1]
Historically significant enabling technologies
Ancient and prehistorical eras
- Glasses
Classical era
- The Printing Press revolutionizes the way people conceive and describe the world they live, ushering in the period of modernity .
Modern era
- Steam engine : The stationary steam engine was a key component of the Industrial Revolution , allowing factories to locate where water power was unavailable
- Electric Motor
- Internal Combustion Engine
- Anesthetics
- Flight
- Personal Computer
- Internet : The Internet has enabled new forms of social interaction, activities, and social associations.
- Cloud computing
- Inter seasonal thermal energy storage : the recycling of waste heat and the use of natural energy (eg summer heat or cold winter) for heating or cooling in the opposite season.
- Manufacturing
- 3D Printing : “Three-dimensional printing Makes It as cheap to create single items as it is to Produce Thousands and THUS undermines economies of scale It May-have you Profound year impact on the world as the coming of the factory DID..” [2]
See also
- Technology
References
- Jump up^ “What is enabling technology? Definition and meaning” . BusinessDictionary.com . 2016-12-05 . Retrieved 2016-12-11 .
- Jump up^ “Print me a Stradivarius – How to change the world” . Economist Technology. 2011-02-10 . Retrieved 2012-01-31 .