Chapter 1- New And Emerging Technologies Flashcards
What is the role of a technologist?
To embrace change and turn inspired ideas into reality
What inventions have significantly changed the way we live our lives?
- Computers
- Electricity
- Telephone
What is automation?
Machinery doing the job for us
What did automation lead to?
- Larger Workshops
- Mills
- Factories
Advantages of Automation
- Easier to program robots
- They are precise and more accurate
- Do not need breaks
Disadvantages of automation
- Expensive to set up
- Require a Specialist Workforce
- If machinery breaks down it’s too expensive to repair
Why is the ability to sketch designs on paper still considered important by many designers?
So they can get client and customer feedback
Physical layout of using automation
- Not much space will be needed
- Everything has to be organised
What is Innovation?
Something new / New ideas
What is Enterprise?
A skill where individuals or organisations take risks in order to make thing happen
What is a start-up business?
A business that has potential to grow into a profit making business
What is a patent?
A legal process of proving to have registered an idea or invention
What is Crowd Funding?
- It’s a form of investment
- A method of funding a project by raising large numbers of people
Types of Crowd funding
- Donations
- Equity- money buys shares in business and debt
What is Virtuel Marketing?
Online Marketing
Forms of Virtual Marketing
- Search Engine optimisation- make website appear on first page of search results
- Social Media
What is a cooperative?
A business owned, governed and self managed by its workers
What is Fairtrade?
It’s about:
- Decent Working conditions
- Better prices for workers
- Promoting sustainability for developing countries
What are Finite resources + Examples?
- Resources that will run out
- E.g Coal, Petrol
What are Non-Finite resources?
- Resources that will not run out
- Resources that can be replaces
- E.g Solar Panels, Cotton
What is biomass?
Ways of using energy from living things
Explain the Life cycle Assesment
- Extraction and Processing
- Manufacturing And Production
- Distribution
- In Use
- End of Life
What can a company learn by conducting a life cycle assessment?
- Can learn how sustainable a product is
- Reduce environmental impact and waste
- How to reduce costs
What is an Ecological Footprint?
The impact of a person or community on the environment
What is a social footprint?
The impact of a company or organisation has on people and communities
Explain Technology Push
When technology advances enough to invent or develop new products
Explain Market pull
When consumer demand forces the invention or development of a new product
Changes in job roles due to automation and new technology
- Automation leads to a reduction in the need for manual labour
- Workforce will need to be flexible
- Workers may perform in jobs that do not exist today
What are fashion trends influenced by?
Changing technology
Why is it important for a company to keep up with their latest trends?
Allows products to remain popular while creating new and innovative looks
What does a designer have to consider when launching a new product within certain communities?
- Faiths and Beliefs
- Fashion and Trends
What are the 4 main ways for designers to produce products so that the majority of the population are catered for?
- One size fits all
- A range of sizes to cover all
- Adjustability to allow use by all
- Adaptability to suit location or user
What is mass market?
The market for goods that are produced in large numbers
What social factors do designers need to consider when making products?
- Elderly
- People with disabilities
- Religious group
What is continuous improvement?
A process of making small changes to improve the way a company works. In industry this process is known as ‘Kaizen’
How can a company ensure it is working efficiently?
- Increasing speed of production
- Reducing errors
- Reducing Waste
How can a business reduce its levels of pollution?
By conducting the Life cycle Assessment (LCA)
Explain global warming + How to reduce it
- GW is the rise in the average temperature of the Earth
- To reduce it we should use renewable energy
Production techniques and systems
- Automation
- CAD(Computer aided design)
- CAM(Computer aided maufacture
- Flexible Manufacturing Systems
- Just in time (JIT)
- Lean Manufacturing
Advantages of using CAD
- Designs can be easily altered
- Designs can be worked on whole teams simultaneously
- Faster to draw designs + Complex shapes
Disadvantages of using CAD
- CAD software is complex to learn
- Software can be very expensive
- Data can be lost in power cuts/ outage
Advantages of using CAM
- Faster
- More Accurate
- Machines can run 24/7
Disadvantages of CAM
- Expensive to set up
- Training costs and time
- Needs specialist engineers if machine needs maintaining or repairing
What is a flexible manufacturing system?
A series of different machines producing different parts of a product. Flexible- machine process can be reprogrammed
What is Just in time (JIT)?
A production method that means materials and components arrive in time for production
What is post processing?
A stage which allows you to convert CAD into the language that the machine understands
What is lean manufacturing?
Focusing on the reduction of waste when manufacturing
Advantages of JIT
- Money is not tied up in unsold stock
- Stock does not become old/obsolete
- All waste is reused or recycled
Disadvantages if JIT
- Discounts from suppliers for bulk purchasing may not be available
- All production can stop if supply chain breaks down
- Relies on high quality, fast and reliable supply chain for raw materials and Components
What is planned obsolescence?
Deliberately giving a product a short life span
Describe design for maintenance
Ensuring a product lasts long through parts that can be easily replaced or repaired
What should end of life design include?
- As few materials as possible
- Recycled/Recyclable materials
- Built in re-usability
