Maslow’s hierarchy of needs has been an important way to understand human psychology since its inception and even applies to the topic of technology use. The theory states that the needs must be met in order from bottom to top and that a need cannot be met until the one before it is. Starting at the lowest level of the pyramid, our basic needs include food, water, rest, warmth, and other base-level needs. While the technology itself cannot feed us or make us sleep, there are numerous ways that it benefits these needs. Food can be ordered for delivery directly to your door and recipes can be found online to enhance your experience. Phones can set alarms, certain apps analyze how you sleep and provide you with strategies on how to enhance it, and you can even find videos that claim to help you fall asleep. The next level revolves around safety and security needs, which technology can assist with. Law enforcement is only one call away and they have the ability to triangulate your position through your phone should something happen to you. GPS monitoring ensures you don’t get lost and some apps even exist to assist those with medical problems that require assistance. The third level focuses on belongingness/love needs, such as intimate relationships and friendships. In my own experience, many of my friends go to different colleges or work back at home, meaning I can’t see them as often as I use to. However, with technology like messaging apps, online game services, and voice chat services, we talk every day and hang out just as much as we use to. Apps that allow us to communicate help us to maintain intimate relationships and friendships from anywhere, as long as we have a device and internet connection. The fourth part of the pyramid is esteem needs, those being prestige and feelings of accomplishment. Many apps and services provide users with feelings of success that wouldn’t exist in the offline world, such as social media apps with their follower counts. Social media provides a way for others to tell us exactly what they like and don’t like about what we share, which can be beneficial or harmful. The final level of the hierarchy is Self-actualization or reaching one’s full potential, which I believe is what technology benefits most. There are endless applications and devices designed to further the potential of humans and assist with their self-actualization. Whether your calling in life is engineering, science, agriculture, graphic design, or any other field of study, there are numerous devices that can assist you with your endeavors. While technology is limited in how it furthers the other needs mentioned in the pyramid, I believe this is the level where its possibilities to assist us are endless.