Chapter 3 Types of Technological Systems
15
15
Types of Photographic Communication 435
Think Green
Wet Chemistry 435
TSA Modular Activity
Imaging Technology 440
Chapter 22
Telecommunication
442
The Physics of Telecommunication 443
Career Corner
Radio and Television Broadcasting 445
Types of Telecommunication Systems 447
Academic Connections: Communication
Advertising 450
Communicating with
Telecommunication Systems 452
Technology Explained
Fiber Optics 454
Think Green
Efficient Power Use 460
Other Communication Technologies 461
TSA Modular Activity
Film 464
Chapter 23
Computer and Internet Communication 468
Computer Systems 469
Networks 471
The Internet 472
Career Corner
Computer Programmers 472
Academic Connections: History
The Internet 476
Technology Explained
Virtual Reality 481
Think Green
Electronic Media Waste 483
TSA Modular Activity
Cyberspace Pursuit 488
Section 6 Activities
490
Section 7
Applying Technology: Transporting People
and Cargo
492
Tomorrow’s Technology Today
Invisibility Cloaks 493
Chapter 24
Using Technology to Transport
494
Transportation: A Definition 496
Transportation as a System 496
Types of Transportation Systems 496
Transportation-System Components 498
Career Corner
Automotive Mechanics 498
STEM Connections: Science
Newton’s First Law of Motion 501
Chapter 25
Transportation Vehicles
506
Vehicular Systems 507
Land-Transportation Vehicles 509
Career Corner
Railroad Conductors 512
STEM Connections: Mathematics
Calculating Buoyant Force 516
Water-Transportation Vehicles 517
Technology Explained
Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) Trains 520
Air-Transportation Vehicles 525
Think Green
Hybrid Vehicles 532
Space-Transportation Vehicles 533
Chapter 26
Operating Transportation Systems
540
Types of Transportation 541
Components of a Transportation System 542
Career Corner
Bus Drivers 546
Transporting People and Cargo 548
Maintaining Transportation Systems 550