The Technology Recipe What Ingredients do you Need to Create Technology?

What do we mean by a Resource?  Something that supplies help or aid Could be a source of information or expertise Could be a source of wealth or revenue Could be supplies or support

People  People are the creators of technology  People are the end users of the products that their technology has built  People are in the service area of technology

Information  Knowledge  Communication  Understanding

Materials  Raw materials  Processed materials  Manufactured materials  Synthetic materials

Materials  Raw materials Found in a natural state Rocks, oil, plants, animals, trees  Processed materials  Manufactured materials  Synthetic materials

Materials  Raw materials  Processed materials Natural resources that have been changed by technology into a more useful form Lumber from trees, leather from animals  Manufactured materials  Synthetic materials

Materials  Raw materials  Processed materials  Manufactured materials Created when natural resources are altered by processes that do more than change the size or shape of the material. They are so changed in form that you can’t recognize where they were from Gasoline, paper, glass, metals  Synthetic materials

Materials  Raw materials  Processed materials  Manufactured materials  Synthetic materials Materials created artificially Not natural materials Made by scientifically combining chemicals and elements into rare natural materials, or materials not found in nature Industrial diamonds, man-made rubber, plastics

Tools and Machines  Tools increase our ability to do work.  A tool becomes a mechanical machine when a power system is added to make the tool work better.  Tools and machines increase our ability to do work, and perform our jobs better.

Energy  Sources of machine power  Man power

Capital  Capital is Barter Money Credit Property

Time  Everything takes time  People are paid for the time they work  Too much or too little can ruin your results.