Team TECH

1. Team TECH Science vs. Technology And Ancient Technologies Presenters: Adam D. Chris Johnson Seung Rho EWS 425 – Dr. Lin

2. What is Science? • Knowledge of observed facts and the relationships of those facts. • Systematic methods of study to create observations and collect facts, theories based on facts. Presenter: Adam D.

3. What is Technology? • Involves use of tools (primitive & advanced), machines, materials, techniques, and sources of power to make work easier. Presenter: Adam D.

4. How Are They Related? • Science has a large influence on our lives. • Science provides basis of much modern technology Presenter: Adam D.

5. Goals of Technology • To decrease amount of physical labor • To increase efficiency • To making remaining physical labor, easier. Presenter: Adam D.

6. What Counts As Technology? • Toothbrush • Plastics • Medicine • Automobiles • Clothing • Beds • Backpacks • Computers • Desks • Paper, Pens & Pencil Presenter: Adam D.

7. The Bronze Age • Period of time when people used Bronze for tools and weapons • Start to see Bronze used Vases, Sculptures, Ornaments • Earliest known use of Bronze in Sumer, Mesopotamia Presenter: Adam D.

8. The Iron Age • Period of time when Iron was used for tools and weapons. Began 1500- 1000 bc and technically never died. Presenter: Adam D.

9. The Industrial Revolution • Began in Great Brittain 1700s • Gigantic increase in production of different kinds of goods • Power-driven machinery and Factory Organization Presenter: Adam D.

10. The 20th/ Early 21st Century • Age of Modern Technology • Age of Information • Automobile • Airplane • Agriculture • Vacuum Tubes • Radio • Computers • Internet Presenter: Adam D.

11. The Saqqara Bird Excavated in 1898 Shaped like a modern day airplane with the head of a bird. Possibly nothing more than a child's toy. Model was scaled up and tested in a wind tunnel it should signs of being capable of flight. Presenter: Chris Johnson

12. The Baghdad Battery • Possibly the first man made batteries in the world. • Found just outside Baghdad. • Some scientists suggest that they were simply containers used to hold papyrus scrolls, and the scrolls have since rotted away leaving just the jars. Presenter: Chris Johnson

13. Damascus Steel • Steel so perfect that the sword blade could be bent without breaking or warping, and had a very sharp edge. • Valuable because it would hold an edge for a long time. • Remains one the most prized of blade metals in the world, outdone only by the invention of stainless steel. Presenter: Chris Johnson

14. The Pyramids of Egypt • The icon most associated with the Egypt. • Mostly were built as tombs • Large blocks of stone were cut from quarries and drug to the site of the pyramid and set in place. • The workers dragged the large stones up ramps to build the next level of the pyramid. • As they built each level, they also built up the ramps around the pyramid. Presenter: Chris Johnson

15. The Antikythera • Found by sponge divers • Most sophisticated mechanism known from the ancient world. • Mechanical "computer" which tracks the cycles of the moon and solar system. Presenter: Chris Johnson

16. Gunpowder • Discovered Roughly 492A.D. • Was discovered accidentally by Chinese alchemist who were actually looking for the elixir of immortality. • Led to Rockets Precursors to Other techs. Presenter: Seung Rho

17. Printing Press • Also created by the Chinese originally. • Created out of necessity to spread religion And to educate/Learning Presenter: Seung Rho

18. The Compass • Created/used by inner circle of Chinese emperor • Used for geomancy, Magic; not for navigation Many reasons why all 3 technology wasn’t implemented. • Isolation • Bureaucratic Society Presenter: Seung Rho

19. Nazca Lines and Hot Air Balloons • Aka “The Largest Work of Art on Earth” • Purpose - ?, Artwork of animals covering 200 sq miles • So Why make something They can’t see? Theory suggest Nazca 1st to fly. Presenter: Seung Rho

20. Non Madol • Known as the City of the Gods, near Micronesia And Pohnpei Small population, Yet accomplished great stone constru. Mystery. Limit to technology can’t stop human growth Presenter: Seung Rho

21. How Is Technology Concerned With Values? • Purpose of Technology • Consider: • Does it Benefit everyone, or only a select few, at expense of others? • Does it solve problems, or does it create more problems? • Is the technology used for humane, good-natured purposes? Is it used to harm others? Presenter: Adam D.

22. How does technology permeate in everyday life? • Technology is everywhere in our day-to-day lives. • From the clothes that we wear, to the cars we drive, to the food we eat. • Everything comes from some sort of technological advancement of our past, whether from far in the past or recently. Presenter: Chris Johnson

23. Final Thoughts • The ultimate question: • Does technology shape society or does society shape technology (consumer demands, needs)? • Ie. America’s motor system could definitely be argued that technology shaped our society. • What do you guys think? Presenter: Seung Rho

24. Questions For You! • What do you think the real purpose of the Nazca lines were for? • What was the original intention that accidentally led to the creation of gunpowder? • What was the main function of the Pyramids? • What does the Antikythera do? • Who created the first printing press?