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Technology is not a neutral word上海品茶工作室. Different people will give it different meaning depending on their viewpoint and context.

Members of the Faculty of Technology are no different, but for many years we have adopted one particular definition of technology that reflects our own aims and objectives:

Technology concerns itself with understanding how knowledge is creatively applied to organised tasks involving people and machines that meet sustainable goals.

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