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Technology
The process of design; that is, solving problems with criteria and constraints; The product, system, or environment that results from the design; and The new understanding or knowledge gained through the design and production of a product.
Design
An integrative or repeating decision-making process that results in a plan to produce a new product.
Courtesy of KitchenAid
Graphic/Fashion/Stage
Concerned with aesthetic principles
Industrial Designers
Improve the function, value, and appearance of the product
Courtesy of D. K. Lieu
The construction and function of a device can be learned from its disassembly, examination, and reassembly in a process known as mechanical dissection.
Engineering Designers
Use detailed knowledge of physical principles to design and produce new products, systems, and environments
Solid modeling allows engineers to easily visualize a proposed part in a variety of orientations.
Electrification
Automobile
Airplane
http://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/www/html/2888-photos-of-construction-ofwater-treatment-plant.asp
Electronics
Courtesy of D. Bottley, M. DeAngelo, and W. Salter. Used with permission of the College of New Jersey
Agricultural Mechanization
Computers
Courtesy of Intel
Telephone
Highways
Spacecraft
http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/vonbraun/photo/29.html
Imaging
Household Appliances