One way to determine whether we have so dangerous a technology would be to check the strength of our society's organs to see if their functioning is as healthy as before.

Hence the prime issue, as I see it, is whether a democratic or free society can master technology for the benefit of mankind, or whether technology will rule and develop its own society compatible with its own needs as a force of nature.

So in these pages the term `` technology '' is used to include any and all means which could amplify, project, or augment man's control over himself and over other men.

Although we continue to pay our conversational devotions to `` free private enterprise '', `` individual initiative '', `` the democratic way '', `` government of the people '', `` competition of the marketplace '', etc., we live rather comfortably in a society in which economic competition is diminishing in large areas, bureaucracy is corroding representative government, technology is weakening the citizen's confidence in his own power to make decisions, and the threat of war is driving him economically and physically into the ground ''.

Such performance is a great tribute to American scientists and engineers, who in the past five years have had to telescope time and technology to develop these long-range ballistic missiles, where America had none before.

Considering then the optimism which has permeated science fiction for so long, what is really remarkable is that during the last twelve years many science-fiction writers have turned about and attacked their own cherished vision of the future, have attacked the Childhood's End kind of faith that science and technology will inevitably better the human condition.

What makes the current phenomenon unique is that so many science-fiction writers have reversed a trend and turned to writing works critical of the impact of science and technology on human life.

The substantial progress being made in ballistic missile technology is rapidly shifting the main threat from manned bombers to missiles.

American technology in engine and hull design is largely responsible for the plentiful interest in American boating.

Russia, whose technology is not quite primitive, is still in the dark ages when it comes to improving the outboard motor, for instance.

The level of this average cost is determined by factor prices, technology, and so forth.

There is no doubt that higher education since World War 2, has moved away from `` pure '' liberal education toward greater emphasis on technology and specialization.

Basic reference tools are the backbone of the collection, but there is also specialization in science and technology, an indicated weakness in local libraries.

The state economy in the 21st century is dependent on management, finance, manufacturing, aerospace, mineral extraction, healthcare, education, retail, and technology.

Cultural anthropology also covers economic and political organization, law and conflict resolution, patterns of consumption and exchange, material culture, technology, infrastructure, gender relations, ethnicity, childrearing and socialization, religion, myth, symbols, values, etiquette, worldview, sports, music, nutrition, recreation, games, food, festivals, and language ( which is also the object of study in linguistic anthropology ).

Video arraignment is the act of conducting the arraignment process using some form of videoconferencing technology.

Assistive technology or adaptive technology ( AT ) is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them.

Assistive Technology for Cognition ( ATC ) is the use of technology ( usually high tech ) to augment and assistive cognitive processes such as attention, memory, self-regulation, navigation, emotion recognition and management, planning, and sequencing activity.

There is considerable speculation as to why the observable universe is apparently composed almost entirely of matter ( as opposed to a mixture of matter and antimatter ), whether there exist other places that are almost entirely composed of antimatter instead, and what sorts of technology might be possible if antimatter could be harnessed.

RIM technology uses high pressure impingement of liquid reactive components followed by the rapid flow of the reaction mixture into a mold cavity.

Solar hot water systems, except those based on the thermosiphon, use pumps or fans to circulate fluid ( often a mixture of water and glycol to prevent freezing during winter periods ) or air, through solar collectors, and are therefore classified under active solar technology.

60 % NaNO < sub > 3 </ sub > and 40 % KNO < sub > 3 </ sub > forms a eutectic mixture which is used in solar molten salt technology.

The modern tendency in systems engineering is towards using systems that are either fundamentally asynchronous ( such as Ethernet ), or fundamentally synchronous ( such as Synchronous optical networking ), and layering these where necessary, rather than using a mixture between the two in a single technology.

They rely on a mixture of Ancient and Earth technology and were originally based on Lantea until they were forced to relocate to M35-117.

A Sociotechnical System, therefore, often describes a ' thing ' ( an interlinked, systems based mixture of people, technology and their environment ).

Hemel Hempstead has a mixture of heavy and light engineering companies and has attracted a significant number of information technology and telecommunications sector companies helped by its proximity to London and the UK motorway network.

The technology involves dredging mature tailings from a pond bottom, mixing the suspension with a polymer flocculent, and spreading the sludge-like mixture over a " beach " with a shallow grade.

The TV series Dollhouse ( 2009 ) features technology that can " mindwipe " people ( transforming them into " actives ", or " dolls ") and replace their inherent personalities with another one, either " real " ( from another actual person's mind ), fabricated ( for example, a soldier trained in many styles of combat and weaponry, or unable to feel pain ), or a mixture of both.

Hostage rescue or extraction by commando troops such as the British Special Boat Service, British Special Air Service, US Delta Force, U. S. Navy SEALs, NSG, Para Commandos, MARCOS and Sayeret Matkal may involve even more esoteric adaptations or variations, depending on specialized environments, weapons technology, political considerations or a mixture of friendly, unfriendly or civilian personnel.

The Toronto Carpet Factory Building on Mowat Avenue and its surrounding campus of industrial structures is an example of 1900s ' turn of the century industrial architecture and currently houses a mixture of design, technology, media and marketing companies.

Also interesting is his solution to the problem of integrating the magic of the Arthurian mythos in the context of historical fiction: he leaves room for the reader to take the " magic " depicted in the story at face value or to interpret it as a mixture of coincidence, psychology, primitive technology and superstition.

The specifications were met by the technology world with a mixture of enthusiasm and suspicion.

The stores sell a mixture of high technology consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services.

Easy Check's breath glucose detection system combines a proprietary chemical mixture with breath exhalate, which is intended to create a new molecular compound that can be measured with technology that is currently patent-pending.

Oil shale is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock containing significant amounts of kerogen ( a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds ) from which technology can extract liquid hydrocarbons ( shale oil ) and combustible oil shale gas.

Further study in electrohydrodynamics, however, show that different classes and construction methods of EHD thrusters and hybrid technology ( mixture with lighter than air techniques ), can achieve much higher payload or thrust-to-power ratios than those achieved with the simple lifter design.

Large ad networks include a mixture of search engines, media companies, and technology vendors.

The programme, a mixture of action / adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers and other modern technology.

Though technology exists to allow ethanol FFVs to run on any mixture of gasoline and ethanol, from pure gasoline up to 100 % ethanol ( E100 ), North American and European flex-fuel vehicles are optimized to run on a maximum blend of 15 % gasoline with 85 % anhydrous ethanol ( called E85 fuel ).

Life is a strange mixture of ancient history and limited technology that is scrapped from the 20th century.

Pressure swing adsorption ( PSA ) is a technology used to separate some gas species from a mixture of gases under pressure according to the species ' molecular characteristics and affinity for an adsorbent material.