Technology VS ScienceTechnology Defined…Science vs. TechnologyTechnology Throughout HistoryDefinition of Technological SystemsInputs and ProcessesOutputs and FeedbackGoals – Reason for the SystemsTypes of Technological SystemsTransportation SystemsThe Design Process IThe Design Process IIThe Design Process IIIWhat is YOUR most can’t-live-without technology?What Counts As Technology?Nature of TechnologyNature of Technology, contd.Nature of Technology, contd. IINature of Technology ConcludedPowerPoint PresentationTeam ABCDE 1Technology VS Technology VS ScienceScienceBrought to You Exclusively by:Richard Lum, Stephanie Logan, Jerry Clyde, Diana Seif, & Edgar KhachatryanNECESSITY = THE MOTHER OF INVENTIONNECESSITY = THE MOTHER OF INVENTIONTeam ABCDE 2Technology Defined…•Technology = Doing•Science=UnderstandingTeam ABCDE 3SScience vs. TTechnology•SSciencecience deals with the natural world, the understandingunderstanding of it–Geology, biology, botany•TTechnologyechnology deals with the human-made world, the doingdoing of it–Manufacturing, constructing, communicatingTeam ABCDE 4TTechnology TThroughout HHistory•The Stone Age•The Bronze Age•The Iron Age•The Industrial Revolution•The 20th CenturyTeam ABCDE 5DDefinition of TTechnological SSystems•Inputs•Processes•Outputs•FeedbackTeam ABCDE 6Inputs and Processes•Inputs–People–Natural Resources–Capital–Finance–Knowledge–Energy•Processes–Production–Management–These are united and work together to have desired outputs.Team ABCDE 7OOutputs and FFeedback•Outputs – the result of the system•Outputs of Technological Systems–Outputs for the designed system–Other outputs such as scrap, waste, and pollution•Feedback – adjustments made to the processes to improve the outputsTeam ABCDE 8Goals – Reason for the Systems•The goals of technology–Meeting human needs–Profit – companies use the systems for which owners may be rewardedTeam ABCDE 9Types of Technological Systems•Manufacturing Systems–Custom–Intermittent & Batch–Continuous–Flexible•Communications Systems–People to People–People to Machine–Machine to People–Machine to Machine•Construction Systems-Planning-Constructing-ServicingTeam ABCDE 10TTransportation SSystems•Vehicular Systems•Propulsion Systems•Transmission of Power•Guidance Systems•Control Systems–Braking Systems–Power to move vehicles–Directional Controls–Miscellaneous controls•Measurement DevicesTeam ABCDE 11TThe he DDesign esign PProcess rocess II•The Problem–Beginning design when there is a need/solution–i.e. Pathway for a person on a wheelchair•The Design Relief–Describes what needs to be designed–Must be specific!Team ABCDE 12TThe he DDesign esign PProcess rocess IIII•Investigation–Function–Appearance–Materials–Construction–Safety•Developing Alternatives•Choosing a SolutionLauren RosenTeam ABCDE 13TThe he DDesign esign PProcess rocess IIIIII•Models & Prototypes–Used by architects–Benefits – better communicated•Testing & Evaluating–Does it work?–Does it meet the design brief?–Will modifications improve the solution?•ManufacturingHYDE, IDA HENRIETTA1857 - 1945An American physiologist who invented the micro-electrode in the 1930'sTeam ABCDE 14What is YOUR most can’t-live-without technology?Team ABCDE 15WWhat CCounts AAs TTechnology?•Objects - tools, machines, computers•Knowledge - computer savvies•Activities - procedures,people’s abilities•Process - has a start and an end•Sociotechnical Systems - manufacture and use of objects involving people and other objects in combinationTeam ABCDE 16NNature of TTechnology•Related to scienceTeam ABCDE 17NNature of TTechnology, contd.•It involves design–Design the center of technology–Design process begins with perception of need, and continues with formulation of a specification, and ends with evaluation of solution•It involves making–Motivating factor behind technology is to fulfill a need Rozsa PeterTeam ABCDE 18NNature of TTechnology, contd. II•It is multi-dimensional–Technology is performing a multitude of functions–Examples: working with others, operating within budgets, persuading decision makers, communicating to clients and working to deadlines•It is concerned w/values –Technology is informed by values –Value decisions are not only in relation to specific design criteria, but also to the rightness or wrongness of a particular solution in ethical termsTeam ABCDE 19NNature of TTechnology CConcluded•It is socially Shaped/Shaping–Technological enterprises determined by social interest –Technology is shaped by society through consumer choice –Technology can shape society •i.e. Technology of the motor car shaped environment and way of lifeTeam ABCDE 20QUESTION