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= **1. Technology** =

Definitions
*//Technology: The correct use of tools.// //*Technology should make life easier and/or helps us have fun.// //*Technology should improve our lives.// //*Does technology always make our lives easier/or have fun? Yes it could be fun but it can also take jobs away from people that really need them. If people don't have jobs they don't have money. If they don't have money they can't pay bill or rent and they won't be able to feed there children if they have some.// = = = 2. Ergonomics = *//Designing objects that help people with their jobs, environments, sports, safety or anything that involves people.//

= 3. System = // * A system is an prganized way to achieve a goal // //* A system includes 4 parts.// //*Input// //*Output// //*Process// //*Feedback// **//4. Trade-off//** = 5. The difference between science and technology = //*technology// //; focuses on the making life easier, and more fun// = 6. Technology also includes inventions and innovations = = 7. Technology should use resources efficiently = //*reuse// //*renew// //*recycle// = 8. The history of technology = = 9. Current technologies = = 10. Resources we use in technology =
 * //all systems have trade-offs//
 * //intended outcomes//
 * //unintended outcomes//
 * //science: focuses on the natural world//
 * //inventions: a new product//
 * //inovation: improving an existing product//
 * //the 4 R's://
 * //reduce//
 * //agricultural age: up to the 1700s - people used wooden plows//
 * //industrial age: 1700s to the 1950s - people had factories and steam engines//
 * //information age: 1950s to now - people using computers//
 * //made the sharing of information faster and more organized//
 * //sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster//
 * //digital electronics//
 * //uses a binary code - 0 and 1 to program computers//
 * //allows us to move a ton of information at one time//
 * //natural resources: not man- made//
 * //synthetic resources: man - made materials//