ther the knowledge nor the power to change the course of technological development, where often the society can only adapts to the new technology as the last resort. For example the popular use of the mobile phones, the society could only adapt to its use as quickly as possible (otherwise there is a fear that he/she might be fallen behind in society's pace), even though there are still debates on whether the radiation emitted by the mobile phones have negative effects to human cells.
             Translation of science into policy often is a politically complex activity that requires profound knowledge on relevant issues. The framework of the government white paper was considered necessary to extend the basis for making science and technology decisions that foresees the expected social outcomes. In that sense, technology assessment should most appropriately directed at the public rather than private decision-making, and more appropriately at legislative level than executive decision-making [3] to balance out the power between the executives and the legislatures, and hence widening the democratic thoughts of technology control.
             Reducing the social costs of learning from trial and error on the handling of new technologies is another reason why being able to foster technology assessment is an important attribute of today's engineers. Engineers should use technology assessment as tools to rectify any gaps between the technology and society through anticipating the potential impacts, and feeding those insights back to the public and development strategies. In that case the foundations on decision-making on technology would be broadened.
             It is quite feasible, and indeed pertinent that developers of technology enter discussions with other concerned parties in society during the actual designing process and by doing so contribute toward the further development and introduction of the relevant technology.[4]
             Technology assessment activ...