Analyzing Technological Systems

1. Analyzing Technological Systems Applied Technology II/III Stone Bridge High School

2. What is a SYSTEM A system is a group of related parts that works together to achieve a goal. The goal is whatever the system is supposed to do.

3. Definition of Technological Systems • Inputs • Processes • Outputs • Feedback

4. Inputs and Processes • Processes • Production • Management • These are united and work together to have desired outputs. • Inputs • People • Natural Resources • Capital • Finance • Knowledge • Energy

5. Outputs and Feedback • 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 outputs

6. Goals – Reason for the Systems • The goals of technology • Meeting human needs • Profit – companies use the systems for which owners may be rewarded

7. Types of Technological Systems • Production Systems • Manufacture or produce Products • Clothes, appliances= manufacturing • Buildings, roads, bridges = construction • Useful products or services • Energy Systems • Energy Sources • Energy Production • Energy usage • Communications Systems • People to People • People to Machine • Machine to People • Machine to Machine

8. Transportation Systems • Vehicular Systems • Propulsion Systems • Transmission of Power • Guidance Systems • Control Systems • Braking Systems • Power to move vehicles • Directional Controls • Miscellaneous controls • Measurement Devices

9. Technological systems are connectedYour life is affected daily by the all of the technological systems. • What technological methods contributed to you arriving at school today? • How are these systems interconnected? • Why is it important for technological systems to be related?

10. Technology and the EconomyPostive and negatively contribute. • How has the given technology contributed to your city, county, or state? • How has technology effected the economic systems throughout the world? • What are some negative impact of technology? • How can those impacts be minimized or overcome?

11. Career opputunities and TechnologyWhat are some career options of your topic? • What are the educational requirements? • What is the salary ranges in specific careers?

12. Impacts of TechnologySociety and the Environment • How is society affected by your technology? • What are the environmental impacts of developments in your technology? • How do cultural values impact the advancements in Technology?

13. Products and our societyYour life is affected daily by the products that you use. • Everything we consumer and use has an effect.

14. How has technology & consumer products impacted our society? • Human life needs to be viewed in terms of the relationships between individuals, individuals and society, and individuals and nature. • By analyzing consumer products we can begin to study the impact a certain product has had on these relationships Automobile Telephone Microwave Oven Computer

15. The AutomobileTake a minute to think about these questions. • How has the Automobile changed the relationship among family members? • How has it changed the relationship between individuals and employment? • How has it changed the relationship between human society and nature?

16. ElectricityTake a minute to think about these questions. • Is electricity a consumer product? • Why or Why not? • What effects has electricity had on human relationships over time?

17. Positive and Negative effects of TechnologyWhat are some of the positive and negative effects of the following consumer products: • Airplane: • Television: • Lawnmower: • X-ray machine:

18. Gathering Product InformationIt is important to research the demographics of a product: • How do new scientific discoveries create information that can be used to redesign consumer products? • What are some examples • What resources are available for retrieving information?

19. Gathering Product InformationIt is important to research the demographics of a product: • Production Numbers • Safety Ratings • Sales data • Government Recalls • Performance ratings • Consumer Demographics • Technical drawings and specifications

20. Gathering Product InformationHow have automobiles changed? • In 1950, the global population was 2.6 billion people. We had 53 million cars- which works out to be one car for every 50 persons. • Today, there are over 6 billion people and 500 million cars-more than one car for every dozen inhabitants. Sierra Club

21. Gathering Product InformationHow does paper affect society? • Industrialized nations, representing only 20% of the world's population, consume 87 percent of the world’s printing and writing papers and global production in the pulp, paper and publishing sector is expected to increase by 77% from 1995 to 2020. • The pulp and paper industry is the single largest consumer of water used in industrial activities in OECD countries and is the third greatest industrial greenhouse gas emitter, after the chemical and steel industries. Co-op America

22. Product analysis and Development ProjectYou will become a product analyst and developer • Each of you will choose a product to research. • You will gather the types of information we just discussed. • You will then analyze how the product works and identify some type of innovation that can make it “better.” • You will then present your innovation to the rest of the class.