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Technology and invention

Technology and invention

We often think of technology as being the latest developments in telecommunications, computers, entertainment or complex devices. But technology includes the whole range of tools and devices, methods of organisation and sources of energy available to past and present societies.

Invention is a human activity that usually is aimed at solving practical problems. It often involves the creation of new technologies or the application of existing technologies in new ways.

The photographs and activities in this section will help provide an understanding of how developments in technology have changed the way we live.