TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT REFERS TO THE TRANSLATION OF RESEARCH RESULTS INTO GOODS AND SERVICES AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENT ON EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON COST AND EFFECTIVE EVALUATION.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE BECOME CRITICAL FACTORS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH THEIR APPLICATION, IT HAS BECOME POSSIBLE TO HARNESS THE FORCES OF NATURE AND TO TRANSFORM THE RAW MATERIAL RESOURCES WITH WHICH NATURE ENDOWS MAN INTO GOODS AND SERVICES FOR BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE. THE DEVELOPED WORLD HAS ATTAINED TECHNOLOGICAL SOPHISTRY, BY EXPLOITING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE WEALTH, SAVE HUMAN ENERGY AND PROVIDE TECHNICAL SERVICES. A COUNTRY LIKE JAPAN WHICH HAS VERY LITTLE NATURAL RESOURCES BUT DEPENDS ON IMPORTATION OF RAW MATERIALS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES HAS, THROUGH EFFICIENT APPLICATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES TRANSFORMED THESE MATERIALS INTO GOODS AND SERVICES AND NOW DOMINATE WORLD MARKETS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HAVE ECONOMIES WHICH ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT ON THEIR OWN BEEN ABLE TO ADEQUATELY USE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO EXPLOIT THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES. THEY POSSESS ABUNDANT RESOURCES BUT LACK ADEQUATE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOW-HOW TO TRANSFORM THEM INTO GOODS AND SERVICES.
INFORMATION LITERACY EDUCATION FOR THE ENTIRE POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADVANCED INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY: WE INTEND TO WORK TOWARD THE CREATION OF AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS EVERYONE TO LEARN BASIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONALS WHO WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOCIETY.
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