1. Four Features of Technology Human Knowledge Tools, materials, and systems Results in artifacts and residuals Modifies or controls environment

2. Roots and Genesis Developed from business (for profit) Government is involved (money faucet) Capitalism is the fuel for the engine Technology is the prime mover

3. Progress Means Change Change can be uncomfortable Change is inevitable Technology is change There is no turning back

4. Technology Types Not applied science Science is Knowledge of natural world Knowledge turned in to artifacts = Tech. Technology is the result of Development

5. Knowledge Three types of knowledge Natural world (Science) Human made world (Technology) Human interactions with the world (Humanities)

6. Evolution of Technology Stone age Bronze age Iron age Middle age Renaissance Industrial Revolution

7. Information Age? What is next? What is needed What is desired? It is all change