Technology definition
a. Technology: The correct use of tools
b. Technology should make life easier and/or help us have fun
c. Technology should improve our lives.
d. Does technology always make our life easier/or fun? List 5 negative things about technology: viruses on the computer, addiction to games, technology can freeze if used to much, can have a black out, your computer can get hacked.

Ergonomics
a. designing objects that help people with their jobs, enviorment, sports, or anything that involves people.

System
a. A system is an organized way to achieve a goal.
b. A system includes 4 parts:
1. input
2. output
3. process
4. feedback

Trade off
a. All systems have trade-offs
1. intended outcomes
2. unintended outcomes

The difference between Science and Technology
a. Science: focuses on the natural world.
b. Technology: focuses on the correct use of tools, making life easier and more fun.

Technology also includes inventions and innovations
a. Invention: A new product.
b. Innovations: Improving

Technology should use resources efficiently.
a. The four r's:
Reduce
Reuse
Renew
Recycle

The history of technology
a. Agricultural Age: Up to the 1700s- people used wooden plows.
b. Industrial Age: 1700s to 1950-people had factories and steam engines.
c. Information Age: 1950s to now-people using computers.
1. made the sharing of information faster and more organized.
2. sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster.

Current technologies
a. Digitals electronics
1. Uses a binary code - 0 and 1 to program computers.
2. Allows us to move a ton of information at one time.

Resources we use in Technology
a. Natural Resources: Not man-made.
b. Synthetic Resources: Man-made materials.