Domestic technology
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Domestic technology is the incorporation of applied science into the home. There are multiple aspects of domestic technology. On one level, there are home appliances, home automation and other devices commonly used in the home, such as clothes dryers and washing machines. These things are itemized below. On another level, domestic technology recognizes the use of applied science to construct homes to achieve a particular goal, such as energy efficiency or self-sufficiency. For more information, read about self-sufficient homes. It has been claimed that domestic technology has led to decreases in the time people spend on household work, although the factual basis of this claim is disputed.[1]
Types of domestic technology[]
There are many technologies now routinely used around modern homes, itemized below. Like,Micro oven,Washing Machine and other are as given below:
Cleaning[]
Electric lighting[]
- Fluorescent light bulb
- Incandescent light bulb
Food preparation[]
- Barbecue
- Bread maker
- Blender
- Faucet
- Food processor
- Microwave oven
- Mixer
- Oven
- Rotimatic
Food storage[]
- Can
- Canning
- Refrigerator
Home maintenance[]
- Groundskeeping equipment
- Garden tools
- Paint sprayer
HVAC[]
- Air conditioner
- Central heating unit
- Fan
ICT[]
- Data storage device
- Personal computer
- Telephone
- Video game console
Power generation[]
See also[]
- Air quality
- Food safety
- Home automation
- Major appliance
- Water quality
References[]
- ^ Bittman, Michael; Rice, James Mahmud; Wajcman, Judy (2004). "Appliances and their impact: The ownership of domestic technology and time spent on household work". British Journal of Sociology. 55 (3): 401–423. doi:10.1111/j.1468-4446.2004.00026.x. PMID 15383094.
Further reading[]
- Cowan, Ruth Schwartz. More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave (Basic Books, 1983) ISBN 0-465-04731-9.
- Habib, Laurence. Computers and the Family: A Study of Technology in the Domestic Sphere. PhD Thesis, London, UK: London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) 2000 (PDF file).
- Siddiqui, Shakeel, and Darach Turley (2006). "Media technologies: Mediated families" In: Gavan Fitzsimons and Vicki Morwitz ed. Advances in Consumer Research, Vol. 34, Association for Consumer Research: Orlando.
External links[]
- Domestic implements
- Home
- Home economics
- Technology-related lists