Design and Function

What is technology?

• Building super highways

• Using knowledge, processes, and products to solve problems

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What is NOT an example of technology?

• Apple Watch

• computer

• iPhone

• pizza

True or False: Medicine is used to treat illnesses and help people stay healthy, but can have side effects

• True

• False

True or False: Computers used to be big, slow, and expensive, but now they are small, fast, and less expensive

• False

• True

What is a microchip?

• A huge computer

• A small piece of a computer that has tiny circuits

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Do robots have human brains?

What is an artificial arm, hand, leg, or foot that replaces a missing one?

• A prosthetic limb

• A microchip

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What are some things a prosthetic hand can do?

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____________ are people who design new technologies

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What is the 4th step in the design process?

• Identify the problem

• Do research

• Develop possible solutions

• Choose 1 solution

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