Career Corner
Controllers 57
Number of People Involved 59
Type of Technology Developed and Used 60
STEM Connections: Science
Genetic Engineering 62
Section 1 Activities
66
Section 2
Technological-System Components
68
Tomorrow’s Technology Today
Home Fuel Cells 69
Chapter 4
Inputs to Technological Systems
70
People 71
Career Corner
Construction Laborers 73
Tools and Machines 74
STEM Connections: Mathematics
The Law of Equilibrium 77
Think Green
Organic Cotton 81
Materials 82
Information 85
Energy 86
Finances 87
Time 88
Chapter 5
Technological Processes
92
Problem-Solving and Design Processes 94
Production Processes 97
Career Corner
Production Managers 99
Academic Connections: History
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) 104
Technology Explained
Hybrid Vehicles 107
Management Processes 112
Section 1
Technology
20
Tomorrow’s Technology Today
Cloning 21
Chapter 1
Technology: A Dynamic, Human-Created
System
22
Technology Defined 23
Technology as a Dynamic Process 26
Positive and Negative Aspects of Technology 26
Career Corner
Industrial Engineering Technicians 27
Technology and Types of Knowledge 28
The Evolution of Technology 29
Academic Connections: History
The Presidential Election of 1960 30
Technology Explained
Smart Houses 32
Think Green
Overview 35
Chapter 2
Technology as a System
38
Goals 40
Career Corner
Purchasing Agents 40
Inputs 41
STEM Connections: Science
Newton’s Third Law of Motion 43
Processes 45
Technology Explained
Solar Collectors 46
Outputs 49
Think Green
Sustainability 49
Feedback and Control 50
Chapter 3
Types of Technological Systems
54
Level of Development 55
Economic Structure 57
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