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Technology facts for kids

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The wheel was invented circa 4000 BCE.

Technology is the skills, methods, and processes used to achieve goals.

People can use technology to:

Technology can be knowledge of how to do things. Machines are examples of embed. This lets others use the machines without knowing how they work.

Technological systems use technology by taking something, changing it, then producing a result. They are also known as technology systems.

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The spread of paper and printing to the West, as in this printing press, helped scientists and politicians communicate their ideas easily, leading to the Age of Enlightenment; an example of technology as cultural force.

The most simple form of technology is the development and use of basic tools.

Examples of early ancient technology are the discovery of fire and the wheel.

Inventions like the ship, helped people transport goods and themselves.

Information technology, such as the printing press, the telephone, and the Internet, has led to globalization.

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