Technology Grammar 1ed

Technology Grammar 1edTechnology is one of the most important influences that shape our lives, culture, and society. Questions such as how technologies form, and why technology develops in a particular way are left unanswered? This book examines technology as a system, similar to an economic or ecological system. It uses a profound connection between language and technology to find patterns in technology that follow the rules of a formal grammar. The vocabulary of this

Technology is one of the most important influences that shape our lives, culture, and society. Questions such as how technologies form, and why technology develops in a particular way are left unanswered?

This book examines technology as a system, similar to an economic or ecological system. It uses a profound connection between language and technology to find patterns in technology that follow the rules of a formal grammar. The vocabulary of this language is functions, a concept that links applications to the technologies that fill them. It is this link that enables the invention process. The essence of invention is to use a functional representation, and to manipulate it according to grammatical rules.

This book works step by step to identify these functions and construct a grammar for technology. In the process, a number of insights into the nature of technology and invention emerge. The products of this exploration are new ways to invent including a process for automated invention.