HOW TECHNOLOGY WORKS

TECHNOLOGY Using knowledge to develop products and systems that satisfy needs, solve problems, and increase our capabilities.

Technology is the link that ties various tasks together.

TOOL An object used in carrying on work.

TOOLS The instruments of technology. Simple: ax Complex: software

BASIC NEEDS & WANTS Food Water Shelter Communication Protection Recreation Transportation Health Care

New needs and want emerge as daily life becomes more complex. – Agriculture Age: plows – Industrial Age: transportation – Information Age: computer

Technology is the process we use to create the products and services we use to meet our needs and wants.

RESOURCES All the things needed to produce a product, provide a service, or solve a problem.

1.People 2.Information 3.Materials 4.Energy 5.Tools and Machines 6.Capital (Money) 7.Time

Whenever you use any of the seven resources to produce products or provide services, you are creating technology.

ACTIVITIES OF TECHNOLOGY

MANUFACTURING Processes used in factories and shops to create products.

CONSTRUCTION Processes used to build the structures in which manufacturing takes place.

TRANSPORTATION Processes used to move people or goods.

COMMUNICATION Processes used to exchange information.

BIO-RELATED Processes used to make or change products using living organisms; combining biology and technology.

TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

INPUT Something that is put into a system. (Examples: data, commands)

PROCESS The part of the system during which something is done. (Action)

OUTPUT The result of the system’s process. (desired product or result)

FEEDBACK Information about the output of a system; monitors how a system is working.