Technological, Social, & Environmental Systems
What are the 4 technological systems?
Input, Output, Process, Feedback
What is criteria?
The desired elements and features of a
product or system
Define biotechnology
Technology of using, adapting, and
altering organisms and biological
processes for a desired outcome.
The rate of technological
development and diffusion
increasing rapidly the rate of
development of inventions and
innovations if affected by many
factors, such as time and money.
WHAT IS A SYSTEM?
A system is a group of interrelated
components designed collectively to achieve
a desired goal.
Define social system
A set of interrelated units that are engaged in joint problem solving to accomplish common goals.
What are the elements of aesthetics
Vision, hearing, touch, taste, smell
Define electrical technology
Technology of producing, storing,
controlling, transmitting and getting work
from electrical energy.
Success of technology is
is often determined
by whether or not it works.
Systems can be open loop or closed loop?
Both
Environmental systems include many things in nature such as
The sun, wind, water, underground heat, and growing plants.
What is constraints
Limitations on a design
Define mechanical technology
Technology of putting together mechanical
parts to produce, control and transmit
motion.
Quality control is
involves measuring and
analyzing materials entering the system, work in progress,
and the outputs of the system.
What is an Closed-Loop System?
A closed-loop system is a control system that uses feedback from the output
What are feedback loops
Themselves, value-neutral, that is, they can outcomes that could be good or bad
What are the design principles
Function, Aesthetics, Efficiency
What are the 9 core technologies
Biotechnology, Electrical, Electronic, Fluid, Materials ,Mechanical, Optical, Structural, Thermal
Total Quality Management is
Aims to get the product right
and get it right the first time.
It involves all employees
Preventing rather than fixing
mistake
What is feedback
information used to monitor or control a system
Why is social systems one of the most complex systems?
Because they are composed of individual human beings
Throughout the design
process designers must
Constantly compare the
solution to the criteria
and constraints of the
problem.
What are core technologies
The core
technologies are the
“basic building
blocks” from which all
technology systems
are created.
Development & Quality Control
The use of technology sometimes helps to improve personal lives by lessening threats such as disease, toil, or ignorance.
What is an Open-Loop System?
An open-loop system is a control system that has no means for
comparing the output the results of the operation of any system with input
something put into a system, such as resources, in order to achieve a
result