Enabling technology

An enabling technology is an invention or innovation that can be applied to drive radical change in the capabilities of a user or culture.

Equipment and/or methodology that, solely or in combination with associated technologies, provides the means to increase performance and capabilities of the user, product or process.

[1] An enabling technology have capability to radically improve or positively change the status quo.

It is in recognition of this potential that the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 targets the use of enabling technology to promote the empowerment of women.

[20] The world is presently witness an era with frequent technological inventions, which have both positive and negative impacts on how people go about their daily activities.