New Technology Used in Biology

Technologies for biological research arise in multiple ways through serendipity, through inspired insights, and through incremental advances. Underlying the complex dynamics of technology and biology are the different motivations of those who work in the two realms.

In doing researches in biology, one of the basic tool or instrument used is the thermometer. Before the thermometer was invented, people check the temperature of an individual by using the back part of the palm since the skin in that part is thinner, with that, they assume that an individual has a fever but the disadvantage of this procedure is that we can’t really determine the exact temperature, it is like having a wild guess of the temperature.

 Scientist invented thermometer that uses mercury to determine the temperature, it is placed in a glass tube and to be placed in the armpit or mouth. This tool is better since it can determine the temperature and not just an assumption. Having this tool, we can check if an individual has a fever, people use this tool for a long time but they also have a problem with this instrument, it is when they use this on a baby or a child that since it is made with glass, it is breakable and might cause a bigger problem if the mercury inside the thermometer is swallowed, or can cause skin infection. So people try to develop a better thermometer and they have released a digital thermometer, it is better than the glass type, since it can be bent and it is digital, the reading is shown already.The reading errors are lessen since it is already displayed. But as the previous version of the thermometer there are some points to consider, like when we try to check the temperature of a child, the digital type of thermometer needs about 30seconds to 1 minute to get the reading but for a child from 2 years old and below, it is very annoying to have something that is stuck on their armpit, the tendency is that they will cry and will remove the thermometer from them.  With the help of the technology, inventors created an instrument that could get the temperature of an individual in about 3 seconds. 

 This thermometer is like a small gun that shows the temperature in a digital manner. It is placed in the ear and in a short period of time we can determine the temperature of an individual. Also there were thermometer that is used to check the environmental temperature for storing the culture specimen in a chamber, check the temperature when are preparing media. Thermometers that is used when we are collecting animal samples, where in we need to check the temperature of their habitat and also the temperature of the collected species, same in plants in order the plants to survive in a particular temperature especially when it comes to other places.

Technology tries to address and resolve the difficulties of the thermometer, but this doesn’t only goes to thermometer, it can also be applied in almost everything around us. It only implies that technology is a very essential factor in life, it is something that could almost everything and can make our life easier, but we should always keep in mind that even if technology and innovation is such a great thing, it can also be the other way around, it can make us suffer and make our life miserable. It is in our hands how are we going to use and embrace technology, we must be responsible enough to handle the consequence of using technology.