History of technology history of technology technology and education a third theme to emerge from this review of the history of technology is the growing importance of education in the early millennia of human existence a craft was acquired in a lengthy and laborious manner by serving with a master who gradually trained the initiate in the arcane mysteries of the skill. Certain tech enthusiasts proclaim the coming of the technological singularity or super intelligence explosion an event where articial intelligence will come to match and then rapidly . Science is and will continue to enable new technological developments becoming accessible and affordable to a larger number of nations and within the grasp of non state actors advanced technology is no longer the domain of the few understanding these changing paradigms and the implications for modern warfare starts with an awareness of the factors driving the capabilities understanding the . History of technology history of technology electricity the development of electricity as a source of power preceded this conjunction with steam power late in the 19th century the pioneering work had been done by an international collection of scientists including benjamin franklin of pennsylvania alessandro volta of the university of pavia italy and michael faraday of britain