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=1. technology definitions.= =2. ergonomics= or anything that involves people. =3. system= =4. trade-off= =5. the difference between science and technology= =6. Technology also includes inventions and innovations= product =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.
 * technology should make life easier and / or help us have fun
 * technology should improve our lives
 * does technology always make our life easier / or fun? no !
 * designing objects that help people with their jobs, environment, sports, safety,
 * a system is an organized way to achieve a goal.
 * a system includes 4 parts:
 * input
 * output
 * process
 * feedback
 * all systems have trade-offs
 * intended outcomes
 * unintended outcomes
 * science: focuses on the natural world
 * technology
 * focuses on the making life easier, and more fun
 * inventions: a new
 * inovation: improving an existing product
 * the 4 R's:
 * reduce
 * reuse
 * renew
 * recycle
 * 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