The idea of science expanding as technology expands seems like a very obvious thing. Technology seems to be invented by science and vise versa. I recently read an article, As We Think by Vannevar Bush, that made this fact even more apparent. This article provided copious amounts of evidence to back up the facts.
One of the things about this article that I found extremely interesting was that physicists are the scientists that are most affected by technology. I had trouble believing this at first, but then I thought of my friends who are studying physics. The slightest update in technology excites them to an extreme. I don't quite understand this, but they tell me it is because of how it will make their research easier, how there will be new ways to do experiments and do experiments they've only dreamed of, and, of course, how this puts us one step closer to time travel. This is why it affects physicists so much. They're science holds a lot of power within technology. As measurements become more precise, then physics becomes more clear.
Another thing that intrigued me about this article was the part about cameras. I never quite realized how quickly cameras have developed. I feel like this source is even a little outdated, because it talks about developing film using a black room. As we know now this is an outdated way of creating photography. The idea behind it is still really cool and some photographers still enjoy using their black room. It has been for a great while though that a photographer only needs their camera and their lap top to develop and create photographs.
Overall I found this article quite informative about how technology and science are related to each other. It is very obvious that they are connected, but I never thought how they were. After reading this article I honestly do want to go out and see for myself how science and technology are related. I'd really like to be able to see the consequences of technology on science and vise versa.
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