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What is a group of parts that work together to function or perform a task?
SYSTEM
What is another words for artificia body part?
A PROSTHETIC DEVICE
What is a systematic plan, often in graphical form, for the construction of devices or structures?
DESIGN
What are you doing when you are using mathematics and scientific principles to develop and build machines, structures, and other devices
ENGINEERING
What is the ratio of work being done by a machine to the work that is needed to operate the machine?
EFFICIENCY
What is the ratio of the force produced by a machine to the force applied to it?
MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE
What is the process of learning about a system by taking that system apart to find out how it works and what it is made of?
REVERSE ENGINEERING
What is biological science applied to industrial or other technological purposes?
Biotechnology
What are potential limitations to an engineering process that include the costs to make something, materials available, and safety concerns?
DESIGN CONSTRAINTS
What's Technology developed to help solve problems in human or veterinarian medicine?
BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
What do you call a virtual experience of the real thing?
SIMULATION
What's a scientific word to describe something made by humans?
SYNTHETIC
What do you call information used for analysis and reason? Your experiment results will give you this
DATA
What were some of the design constraints for your robotic hand experiment?
Open ended. Could include:
materials available
time limitation
the function it had to perform
What is the essential question for this topic?
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How do science, engineering, and the technologies that result from them affect the ways in which people live
What considerations or design constraints go into the design of a biomechanically engineered device?
The main consideration is its intended function. Other considerations are maintenance, safety, and cost.
How has biomechanical engineering increased accessibility for people with disabilities?
Biomechanical engineers design or improve assistive or adaptive technologies that help these people lead more independent lives.
Describe what assistive technologies are and give two examples.
Assistive technologies include any tool or device that helps someone with a disability perform a task with greater ease and independence. Ex. hearing aid, wheelchairs, or walkers
What are adaptive technologies and give two examples that have been developed to help people lead more productive lives?
Adaptive technologies are modified versions of technologies or tools that already exist. Bath chairs, Braille books, text to speech, or large print books are examples.
How is biomechanical engineering used to replace damaged or missing parts of the body?
Scientists try to develop ways to help people who suffer injuries like lost limbs regain their lost capabilities through the use of prosthetic devices and bionic limbs