Open- loop, Closed Loop & Systems Thinking
As the size of a system increases, what happens to the complexity of the system.
When the size of a system increases, so does it's complexity.
What are three examples of a Social, Technological and Environmental System?
Political System, Nuclear Power Plant, Food Web.
What is a complex system?
A complex system has many components that individually cannot describe the technology.
What are the seven types of resources of technology?
People, Time, Tools & Machines, Energy, Capital, Information, and Materials.
What are the nine core technologies?
Biotechnology, Electrical, Electronic, Fluid, Materials, Mechanical, Optical, Structural, Thermal
What is a feedback system?
A system designed to revise or refine the current system based on the feedback diagnosis.
What defines an Environmental System?
Series of interconnected compartments designed to flow energy through them.
Why is human intervention necessary for complex systems?
The more complex a system is the more likely it is to break.
What is the most important resource for technology?
People.
What is the description of the Liquid core technology (EX: Structural is "Foundation."
Gas & Liquid.
What does the combination of sub-systems create?
System integration.
What is the makeup of all systems?
Process, Input, Output and Feedback.
Is a Traffic Light an example of a complex system?
True.
________ are used to create technology, occupies space.
Materials.
What are 3 examples of the Structural core technology?
Legs of a chair, city water tower, swimming pool.
An open-loop system often operates with what?
Human intervention.
What defines a Social System?
Social Systems are designed to provide both bad and good experiences to improve upon the overall experience.
True, or False?
Is a bike considered a complex system?
False.
What resource assists in the development in technology?
Tools & Machines.
What are Core Technologies often described as?
The building blocks.
What do all systems include?
Input, Output, Processes and sometimes Feedback
What defines a technological system?
It must be open or closed loop.
The ______ ____ is an example of a complex systems due to the amount of components, such as eyes and hands.
Human Body.
True, or False?
All Technologies require resources to create.
True.
What is the difference between Electrical and Electronic Core Technologies?