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Science and EngineeringScience and Engineering

What Is Technology?What Is Technology?

The products and processes The products and processes that are designed to serve that are designed to serve our needsour needs

Refers to the tools and Refers to the tools and methods for creating these methods for creating these products and processes products and processes

How Does Science How Does Science Relate to Technology?Relate to Technology?

Engineering uses scientific Engineering uses scientific knowledge to develop technologies.knowledge to develop technologies.

Engineers use science and math to Engineers use science and math to create new technologies that serve create new technologies that serve human needs.human needs.

EngineeringEngineering- the process of - the process of creating technologycreating technology

Anyone can follow the engineering Anyone can follow the engineering design process to solve a problem design process to solve a problem or address a need. or address a need.

What is the What is the Engineering Design Engineering Design

Process?Process? Engineering Engineering design processdesign process- - the process the process engineers use to engineers use to develop a new develop a new technologytechnology

Step 1Step 1 ASK: ASK: Identifying and Identifying and Researching a Researching a NeedNeed

Step 2Step 2 IMAGINE: IMAGINE: Developing Developing Possible Possible SolutionsSolutions

Step 3Step 3 PLAN: Making PLAN: Making a Prototype (test a Prototype (test model of a product)model of a product)

Step 4Step 4 CREATE: CREATE: Testing and Testing and EvaluatingEvaluating((cost-benefit cost-benefit analysisanalysis- cost of - cost of doing something is doing something is worth benefit worth benefit provided)provided)

Step 5Step 5 IMPROVE: IMPROVE: Modifying and Modifying and Retesting the Retesting the SolutionSolution

CommunicationCommunication

Promote the technology to Promote the technology to customerscustomers

Communicate with the public Communicate with the public through new releases or through new releases or advertisementsadvertisements

Publish details of the Publish details of the design process in journalsdesign process in journals

Technology and Technology and SocietySociety

Technology provides Technology provides solutions for many types of solutions for many types of social, political, and social, political, and economic needs.economic needs.

Intended BenefitsIntended Benefits

An intended benefit is the An intended benefit is the positive purpose for which a positive purpose for which a technology is designed to be technology is designed to be used.used.

Unintended Unintended ConsequencesConsequences

Unintended consequences are Unintended consequences are uses or results that uses or results that engineers do not purposely engineers do not purposely include in the design of include in the design of products.products.

Unintended consequences can Unintended consequences can be beneficial and/or have a be beneficial and/or have a negative impact on society.negative impact on society.

BioengineeringBioengineering

BioengineeringBioengineering- the application - the application of engineering to living things, of engineering to living things, such as humans and plantssuch as humans and plants

Bioengineers and scientists study Bioengineers and scientists study problems that occur in living problems that occur in living organisms and their environments.organisms and their environments.

They use their skills, knowledge, They use their skills, knowledge, and technology to develop and technology to develop solutions to these problems.solutions to these problems.

Assistive Assistive BioengineeringBioengineering

Assistive bioengineeringAssistive bioengineering- - engineering that results in a engineering that results in a product or process that helps product or process that helps living organisms but does not living organisms but does not change them permanentlychange them permanently

ExamplesExamples: hearing aid, : hearing aid, eyeglasses, prosthetic limbs, eyeglasses, prosthetic limbs, sterilized bandagessterilized bandages

Adaptive Adaptive BioengineeringBioengineering

Adaptive bioengineeringAdaptive bioengineering- - engineering that results in engineering that results in a product or process that a product or process that changes living organismschanges living organisms

ExamplesExamples: cochlear implant, : cochlear implant, artificial heartartificial heart