The cutting-edge technology is the most advanced of its time.
Technology is a Greek concept composed of the words tekne ( "art" , "technique" ) and logos ( "set of knowledge" ). The word is used to give a name to the knowledge that allows us to make objects and modify the environment. The notion involves the implementation of scientific knowledge to satisfy human needs.
Cutting-edge technology refers to any technology that was developed very recently and that is advanced (that is, it represents an advance or something innovative with respect to already existing products ).
Emergence of cutting-edge technology
Cutting-edge technology begins with research in laboratories, where the first prototypes are developed. Once their operation has been tested, the products are ready to be offered on the market . Typically, technological creations are first launched on the market at very high prices, which gradually decrease as companies begin to recover their investments.
It is important to keep in mind that the idea of cutting-edge technology refers to the most advanced that exists at a given time. As time progresses, products stop being innovative and become obsolete , being replaced by others. These new products are the ones that will, for a time , be called cutting-edge technology.
Cutting-edge technology is associated with the avant-garde.
The vanguard
This concept, in short, is associated with the avant-garde . It is that which is in the first position or at the most advanced point, ahead of the others. For example, in the field of mobile telephony, the devices that today have cutting-edge technology are those with touch screens, high-speed Internet connection, high-resolution cameras and the possibility of playing music and videos in HD, among others. other features.
However, this is an unclear idea for the consumer , who generally does not master the technicalities necessary to understand what is behind a particular technology . On the contrary, the market plays with him in an unfortunate way, leading him to believe that a certain product is superior to the rest for reasons that are as far from the truth as the person understands what they mean. Thus, companies gather masses of people around them, taking advantage of that search for security that leads us to follow a leader, so typical of human beings.
Confusion over cutting-edge technology
A device is often considered to have cutting-edge technology if the numbers identifying it are higher than those of the competition. A very common example is the confusion that exists around processors and their speeds; A large percentage of people are inclined to think that one that reaches 3.1GHz is faster than one that tops out at 1.6GHz. This is the point at which the general public makes evident its lack of technical training; This is not negative in itself, since each person has the freedom to specialize in the field of knowledge that interests them most, but the problem occurs when someone gives their opinion on a topic that they do not understand.
If cutting-edge technology means greater speed, then the main point is left aside: what tasks a processor is capable of performing in each cycle and in what way. Seeking to put all this in clear and graphic terms, let's imagine that there is a device whose objective is to transfer apples from one drawer to another. One of the models available on the market claims to reach 30 movements per minute, while its competition boasts of reaching double that. However, what most consumers would not know is that the first is capable of moving 3 units at a time, while the second, only 1. Thus, the performance would be 90 versus 60 per minute, altering drastically the picture.