Science and Technology hold the key to the progress and development of any nation. Technology plays a Fundamental role in wealth creation, improvement of the quality of life and real economic growth and transformation in any society.

10 Social Issues Computers Have Created

• Communication Breakdown. Socialising within a family unit has always been important, as it strengthens the bonds between us and ensures cohesion within the group.
• Defamation of Character.
• Identity Theft.
• Cyber Bullying.
• Gaming Addiction.
• Privacy.
• Health & Fitness.
• Education.

Findings included a ranking of twelve global problems (the top six were: World Hunger and Food Resources, Population Growth, Air Quality and Atmosphere, Water Resources, War Technology, and Human Health and Disease).

Science and technology have had a major impact on society, and their impact is growing. By making life easier, science has given man the chance to pursue societal concerns such as ethics, aesthetics, education, and justice; to create cultures; and to improve human conditions.

Science contributes to technology in at least six ways: (1) new knowledge which serves as a direct source of ideas for new technological possibilities; (2) source of tools and techniques for more efficient engineering design and a knowledge base for evaluation of feasibility of designs; (3) research instrumentation.

There can be science without technology, and there can be technology without science. Pure mathematics is one example—from the Pythagoreans to Japanese temple geometry—of a science flourishing without technology. That science has brought us technology does not mean that technology will always bring us science.