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Technology: The correct use of tools. Technology should make our lives easier and/or help us have fun. Technology should improve our lives. Does technology always improve our lives. No Ergonomics: Designing object that help people with thier jobs, safty, or anything else. =**__System.__**= A) A system is an organized way to achieve a goal. B) A system has 4 parts:input,Output, Process,and feedback. =__**Trade Off.**__= A) All systems have tradeoffs. 1) Intended outcome (+) 2) Unintended outcome(-) =__**The difference between Science and Technology.**__= Science: Natural Technogly: Man Made

**Tech includes inventions and innovations.**
A) Invention: A new product. B) Innovation: Improving an old project. =__**History.**__= Agricultural age: Up to 1700's (Very Simple) Industrial age: 1700's-1950's (Factories and Steam Engines) Information age: 1950's- (Sharing info. Super Fast) =__**Digital electronics.**__= A) Uses a binary code-0 and 1 to program computers. B) Allows us to move a ton of info. At one time.

**Resources.**
Natural resources: Not man made. Synthetic resources: Man made.