▁h oney com bs . ▁ ▁The ▁ability ▁to ▁make ▁and ▁use ▁tools ▁was ▁once ▁considered ▁a ▁defining ▁characteristic ▁of ▁the ▁genus ▁H omo . ▁However , ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁tool ▁construction ▁among ▁ch imp anze es ▁and ▁related ▁prim ates ▁has ▁disc arded ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁technology ▁as ▁unique ▁to ▁humans . ▁For ▁example , ▁research ers ▁have ▁observed ▁wild ▁ch imp anze es ▁using ▁tools ▁for ▁for aging : ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁tools ▁used ▁include ▁leaf ▁sp ong es , ▁term ite ▁fish ing ▁prob es , ▁p est les ▁and ▁le vers . ▁West ▁African ▁ch imp anze es ▁also ▁use ▁stone ▁h amm ers ▁and ▁anv ils ▁for ▁crack ing ▁n uts , ▁as ▁do ▁cap uch in ▁mon keys ▁of ▁Bo a ▁V ista , ▁Brazil . ▁ ▁Future ▁technology ▁ ▁The ories ▁of ▁technology ▁often ▁attempt ▁to ▁predict ▁the ▁future ▁of ▁technology ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁high ▁technology ▁and ▁science ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁As ▁with ▁all ▁predictions ▁of ▁the ▁future , ▁however , ▁technology ▁is ▁uncertain . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁fut ur ist ▁Ray ▁Kurz we il ▁predicted ▁that ▁the ▁future ▁of ▁technology ▁would ▁mainly ▁consist ▁of ▁an ▁over la pping ▁" G NR ▁Revolution " ▁of ▁gen et ics , ▁nan ote chn ology ▁and ▁robot ics , ▁with ▁robot ics ▁being ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁the ▁three . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁▁▁ ▁H ues emann , ▁M . H ., ▁and ▁J