Technology
What is technology?
Technology is the application of science for practical purposes.
Something we know is going to happen and something we didn't know was going to happen.
What is Risk-Benefit Analysis?
Compares the Risks, or unfavorable effects, to the benefits, or favorable effects, of a decision or technology
What is a trade-off?
Accepting risks in exchange for benefits, or giving up one benefit to gain another.
Give two examples of a simple technology?
zippers, doors, chairs, wheels, controlling fire, spears, skateboards, etc.
What does favorable and unfavorable mean?
It means something that is good/beneficial for us and something that is not good for us?
When the benefits outweigh the risks
Pugh Charts
Give two examples of a complex technology?
Computers, phones, laptops, ps5, lasers, robots, etc.
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What is a Pugh chart?
a table used to compare features of multiple items
Name one unfavorable effect(Risk) of using x-rays?
Radiation/Cancer
What is engineering?
Engineering is the application of science and mathematics to solve real-life problems.
What are the ways the effects of technology can be categorized?
What is a life cycle analysis?
is an evaluation of the materials and energy used for the manufacture, transportation, sale, use, and disposal of a product
Name one favorable effect(benefit) to opening a new skatepark in Harrisburg?
Healthy activity, keep kids busy and out of trouble, new way to socialize and make new friends, learn social skills, civic responsibility, etc
What are the 8 steps to the engineering design process, in order?
Identify a Need, Conduct Research, Brainstorm Solutions, Select a Solution, Build a Prototype, Test and Evaluate, Redesign to Improve, Communicate Results
What are the 3 ways technology can be evaluated?
Risk-Benefit Analysis, Life Cycle Analysis, and Pugh Charts
What other costs are there in a life-cycle analysis, aside from financially(Money)?
manufacturing, transport, use, sale, environmental costs, human costs, everything that the product effects
Technology can be what three things?
Products, processes or systems