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1. Technology definitions 2. Ergonomics 3. System 4. Trade- off 5. The difference between science and tech 6.Tech also includes inventions and innovations 7.Technology should use resources efficiently 8.The history of technology 9. Current technologies 10.Resources we use in technology
 * Technology- the correct use of tools
 * tech should make our life fun and/or easier.
 * tech should improve our lives
 * does tech make life easier and/or fun? no
 * makes life too easy
 * addiction
 * frustrating
 * can hurt you
 * weapons
 * designed objects that help people w/their jobs, environment, sports, safety, or anything that involves people.
 * an organized way to reach a goal
 * a system includes four parts
 * input
 * output
 * process
 * feedback
 * all systems have trade off
 * intended outcome
 * unintended outcome
 * science focuses on the natural world
 * tech focuses on the correct use of tools making life easier.
 * inventions: a new product
 * innovation: improve an existing
 * The 4 R's
 * Reduce
 * Reuse
 * Renew
 * Recycle
 * Agricultural age: up to 1700's- people used wooden plows
 * Industrial age: 1700 - 1950's people had factories and steam engines
 * information age- 1950's to now- people used computers
 * made sharing information faster and easier and more organized
 * sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster
 * digital electronics
 * uses binary code - uses 0 and 1 to program computers
 * allows us to move a ton of info @ one time.
 * natural resource - man made
 * Synthetic Resource - man made materials.