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Seven resources of Technology

  • What resources are needed to create technology in todays world?

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        • Tools & Machines
        • Information
        • Capital
        • Time
        • Energy
        • Materials
        • People

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So why study resources?

  • Helps you become a better consumer
  • Helps you understand the production of products more accurately
  • Allows you to have a better focus while developing a product noooo

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Tools and Machines

  • Tool
    • A device held in a hand that is used to carry out a particular function
  • Machine
    • An apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task.

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Information

  • Criteria
  • Solving for what?
    • What the product intends to solve
    • Standards
  • Plans
  • Data
      • Collection for research based decisions
  • Impacts
      • Understanding what is downstream from the decision that was made

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Capital

  • Locations
  • Energy costs
  • People/Institutions
      • Cash investments
  • Raising capital…?
  • Startups
  • Tax incentives

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Time

  • How has time become one of the most valuable resources?
  • Time = $$$ (think release dates)
  • Problem may dictate time
    • Bridges vs vaccinations

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Energy

  • Potential Energy
  • Kinetic Energy

forms of Energy

  • Solar
  • Wind
  • Geothermal
  • Nuclear
  • Electrical
  • Hydro
  • BioMass
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Human/Animal

Sources of Energy

  • LIght Energy
  • Mechanical
  • Thermal
  • Magnetic
  • Electrical
  • Sound
  • Chemical

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Materials

  • Material Science
      • Cost availability, usefulness, desirability
  • Raw Materials,
      • access, geographic locations
  • Processed
  • Synthetic materials
  • Aesthetics
      • How the consumer reacts to the product
  • Recyclability

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People

  • Workers/hourly laborers
  • Engineers/Designers
  • Admin Managers
  • Investors
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