Technology

• Technology


  The products and processes created to meet our needs and wants
• Technology


  • Study of our human-made world
  • Deals with "what can be"
• Science


  • Study of our natural world
  • Deals with "what is"
• How Does Technology Address Human Needs and Wants?

  • Medical
  • Transportation
  • Bio-Related and Agriculture
  • Manufacturing and Construction
  • Nanotechnology
  • Information Communication
  • Energy and Power
  • Environmental
• Information Technology


  • The process of gathering and storing data to be used in various forms
  • Devices (hardware) and programs (software) used to store, retrieve and process data
• INTERNETADVANTAGE


  Information is stored for easy access
• INTERNETDISADVANTAGE


  Harder to distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources
• Communication Technology


  The process of giving or exchanging information (messages, pictures or sounds)
• COMPUTERSADVANTAGE


  Allows exchange of ideas, beliefs and notions with vast audience
• COMPUTERSDISADVANTAGE


  Make forgery and plagiarism easier
• Medical Technology


  • Creates tools to treat disease and injury
  • Diagnosis and treatment
• Medical Technology


  • Lasers
  • prostheses
  • ultrasound
  • medications
• 1. RAYS


  Make it easier to diagnose injuries
• 1. RAYS


  Too many x-rays can cause cancer
• Biotechnology


  Transforms living things into products or new forms of life
• Agricultural Technology


  Produces plants and animals for food, fiber, and fuel
• Biotechnology and Agricultural Technology

  • Genetic engineering
  • bionics
  • Irrigation
  • food preservation
  • weed and insect control
• Both biotechnology and agricultural technology deal with living things: Plants, animals, and people
• DNA Replication
• HEALTH (Biotechnology)


  Improves quality of life, vitamins, vaccines, medications
• HEALTH (Biotechnology)


  Side effects of some medications – nausea, shortness of breath, etc.
• FERTILIZERS (Agricultural Technology)


  Can make plants produce more food per acre
• FERTILIZERS (Agricultural Technology)


  Have found their way into ground water, polluting good drinking water
• Environmental Technology


  • Creates tools to minimize the effect of technology on the development of living things
  • Study of processes to control waste, soil erosion, reducing sediment in waterways, conserving water, and improving water quality
• WASTE MANAGEMENT RECYCLING (Environmental Technology)

  Improves water and air quality
• WASTE MANAGEMENT RECYCLING (Environmental Technology)

  Disposal of garbage is more complicated and time consuming
• Production Technology


  The manufacturing of physical goods on an assembly line and the construction of structures on a job site
• Manufacturing


  • Clothing
  • vehicles
  • canned goods
• Construction Technologyexample


  • House
  • bridge
  • roads
• MANUFACTURING (Production Technology)advantage


  New products help to make our life easier and increase leisure time
• MANUFACTURING (Production Technology)disadvantage


  Many industries use materials that can harm the environment
• CONSTRUCTION (Production Technology)advantage


  Provides shelter, improves roads, creates employment opportunities
• CONSTRUCTION (Production Technology)disadvantage


  Noise and debris, traffic problems, accidents and injuries
• Transportation Technology


  Provides a way for people, animals, products, and materials to be moved from one place to the next
• Transportation Technology


  • Flight – Airplane, rocket, space shuttle
  • Land – Train, subway, automobile, bicycle
  • Water – Commercial, cruise ships
  • Non-vehicle – Conveyor belts, pipelines
• Transportation Technologyadvantage


  Can travel long distances faster
• Transportation Technologydisadvantage


  Can cause accidents and deaths
• Energy and Power Technology


  • The ability or capacity to do work
  • What technological products and systems need to function (potential energy)
• Energy and Power Technology

  • Chemical Energy – Gasoline
  • Mechanical Energy – Motion
  • Thermal Energy – Steam
  • Electrical Energy – Electricity
  • Radiant Energy – Light
• Energy and Power Technology

  The rate at which energy is transformed from one form to another