Technology assessment |
Technology assessment (TA, German Technikfolgenabschätzung ) is the study and evaluation of new technologies. It is based on the conviction that new developments within, and discoveries by, the scientific community are relevant for the world at large rather than just for the scientific experts themselves, and that technological progress can never be free of ethics implications. Also, technology assessment recognizes the fact that scientists normally are not trained ethicists themselves and accordingly ought to be very careful when passing ethical judgement on their own, or their colleagues´, new findings, projects, or work in progress.
Technology assessment assumes a global perspective and is .
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) assesses technology maturity using a measure called Technology Readiness Level.
Some of the major fields of TA not an exhaustive list:
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