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Contributors to Technology

Contributors to Technology. Key Concepts. Specialization of labor Energy from machines Standardization and interchangeable parts Use of machines Mass production and mass consumption The assembly line Computers and computer networks. Individual Contributors. James Watt:

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Contributors to Technology

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  1. Contributors to Technology

  2. Key Concepts • Specialization of labor • Energy from machines • Standardization and interchangeable parts • Use of machines • Mass production and mass consumption • The assembly line • Computers and computer networks

  3. Individual Contributors • James Watt: • Key Concept: A New Prime Mover, The Steam Engine • Henry Maudslay • Key Concept: Accurate Machine Tools • Eli Whitney • Key Concept: Interchangeable Parts (page 9) • Michael Faraday & Joseph Henry (page 9-10) • Key Concepts: The Dynamo, the Source of Electricity; the Motor

  4. Specialization of Labor

  5. Focus Points • Vignettes • James Watt: (page 8) • Key Concept: A New Prime Mover, The Steam Engine • Henry Maudslay(page 9) • Key Concept: Accurate Machine Tools • Eli Whitney • Key Concept: Interchangeable Parts (page 9) • Michael Faraday & Joseph Henry (page 9-10) • Key Concepts: The Dynamo, the Source of Electricity; the Motor

  6. Focus Points • Vignettes Continued • Samuel Colt (page 10) • Key Concept: Assembly Line • Nikolaus Otto (page 10) • Key Concept: The Internal Combustion Engine • Thomas Edison (Page 10-11) • Key Concept: Electric Illumination • Alexander Graham Bell (page 11) • Long Distance Transmission of Speech • Herman Hollerith (page 11) • Key Concept: Machine Computation

  7. Focus Points • Vignettes Continued • Frederick Taylor (page 11) • Key Concept: Scientific Study of Work • Henry Ford (page 12-13) • Key Concept: High Pay for Workers, Low-Cost Auto, Mass Consumption • Frank and Lillian Gilbreth(page 13-14) • Motion Study • Lee de Forest (page 14) • Three-Electrode Tube (triode)

  8. Focus Points • Vignettes Continued • Microsoft/Apple (page 14-16) • Key Concept: Integrated Software

  9. Box 2.1The Rise of Ergonomics (p.14) • History of Professional Organizations • Development of the Name “Ergonomics”

  10. Conclusion of Module 1.4.2 • We have concluded discussing lesson 1.4.2, Contributors to Technology • In lesson 1.4.3 we will discuss “Work Smart, Not Hard.”

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