1. 5 FAMILIES OF TECHNOLOGY

2. Manufacturing 3 different types of manufacturing
custom: made 1 at a time according to customer’s specifications
Job-lot: a certain quantity of a product is made (seasonal items)
Continuous: production system used for mass production (coke, cars, computers)

3. communication We need communication technology to: Inform: newspapers
Educate: internet
Persuade: advertising
Entertain: computer games, cell phones, computers
Control: traffic signals, internet

4. Bio-technology The use of living things to create technology Medicine
Fertilizer
X-ray

5. construction 4 types of construction Residential - home
Industrial - Yates
Public works – community centers
Commercial - walmart

6. transportation 5 different types of transportation
Air – commercial aviation, general aviation, military aviation
Rail – passenger train, freight trains
Water – fishing boat, cruise ship, barge
Highway – personal, commercial
Pipeline – natural gas, oil