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Chapter 1- New And Emerging Technologies Flashcards

1
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What is the role of a technologist?

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To embrace change and turn inspired ideas into reality

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What inventions have significantly changed the way we live our lives?

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  • Computers
  • Electricity
  • Telephone
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What is automation?

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Machinery doing the job for us

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What did automation lead to?

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  • Larger Workshops
  • Mills
  • Factories
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Advantages of Automation

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  • Easier to program robots
  • They are precise and more accurate
  • Do not need breaks
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Disadvantages of automation

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  • Expensive to set up
  • Require a Specialist Workforce
  • If machinery breaks down it’s too expensive to repair
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Why is the ability to sketch designs on paper still considered important by many designers?

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So they can get client and customer feedback

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Physical layout of using automation

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  • Not much space will be needed

- Everything has to be organised

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9
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What is Innovation?

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Something new / New ideas

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10
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What is Enterprise?

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A skill where individuals or organisations take risks in order to make thing happen

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What is a start-up business?

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A business that has potential to grow into a profit making business

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What is a patent?

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A legal process of proving to have registered an idea or invention

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13
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What is Crowd Funding?

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  • It’s a form of investment

- A method of funding a project by raising large numbers of people

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Types of Crowd funding

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  • Donations

- Equity- money buys shares in business and debt

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What is Virtuel Marketing?

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Online Marketing

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Forms of Virtual Marketing

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  • Search Engine optimisation- make website appear on first page of search results
  • Social Media
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17
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What is a cooperative?

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A business owned, governed and self managed by its workers

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What is Fairtrade?

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It’s about:

  • Decent Working conditions
  • Better prices for workers
  • Promoting sustainability for developing countries
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What are Finite resources + Examples?

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  • Resources that will run out

- E.g Coal, Petrol

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What are Non-Finite resources?

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  • Resources that will not run out
  • Resources that can be replaces
  • E.g Solar Panels, Cotton
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21
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What is biomass?

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Ways of using energy from living things

22
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Explain the Life cycle Assesment

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  • Extraction and Processing
  • Manufacturing And Production
  • Distribution
  • In Use
  • End of Life
23
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What can a company learn by conducting a life cycle assessment?

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  • Can learn how sustainable a product is
  • Reduce environmental impact and waste
  • How to reduce costs
24
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What is an Ecological Footprint?

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The impact of a person or community on the environment

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What is a social footprint?

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The impact of a company or organisation has on people and communities

26
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Explain Technology Push

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When technology advances enough to invent or develop new products

27
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Explain Market pull

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When consumer demand forces the invention or development of a new product

28
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Changes in job roles due to automation and new technology

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  • 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
29
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What are fashion trends influenced by?

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Changing technology

30
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Why is it important for a company to keep up with their latest trends?

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Allows products to remain popular while creating new and innovative looks

31
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What does a designer have to consider when launching a new product within certain communities?

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  • Faiths and Beliefs

- Fashion and Trends

32
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What are the 4 main ways for designers to produce products so that the majority of the population are catered for?

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  • One size fits all
  • A range of sizes to cover all
  • Adjustability to allow use by all
  • Adaptability to suit location or user
33
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What is mass market?

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The market for goods that are produced in large numbers

34
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What social factors do designers need to consider when making products?

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  • Elderly
  • People with disabilities
  • Religious group
35
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What is continuous improvement?

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A process of making small changes to improve the way a company works. In industry this process is known as ‘Kaizen’

36
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How can a company ensure it is working efficiently?

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  • Increasing speed of production
  • Reducing errors
  • Reducing Waste
37
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How can a business reduce its levels of pollution?

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By conducting the Life cycle Assessment (LCA)

38
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Explain global warming + How to reduce it

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  • GW is the rise in the average temperature of the Earth

- To reduce it we should use renewable energy

39
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Production techniques and systems

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  • Automation
  • CAD(Computer aided design)
  • CAM(Computer aided maufacture
  • Flexible Manufacturing Systems
  • Just in time (JIT)
  • Lean Manufacturing
40
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Advantages of using CAD

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  • Designs can be easily altered
  • Designs can be worked on whole teams simultaneously
  • Faster to draw designs + Complex shapes
41
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Disadvantages of using CAD

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  • CAD software is complex to learn
  • Software can be very expensive
  • Data can be lost in power cuts/ outage
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Advantages of using CAM

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  • Faster
  • More Accurate
  • Machines can run 24/7
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Disadvantages of CAM

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  • Expensive to set up
  • Training costs and time
  • Needs specialist engineers if machine needs maintaining or repairing
44
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What is a flexible manufacturing system?

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A series of different machines producing different parts of a product. Flexible- machine process can be reprogrammed

45
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What is Just in time (JIT)?

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A production method that means materials and components arrive in time for production

46
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What is post processing?

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A stage which allows you to convert CAD into the language that the machine understands

47
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What is lean manufacturing?

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Focusing on the reduction of waste when manufacturing

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Advantages of JIT

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  • Money is not tied up in unsold stock
  • Stock does not become old/obsolete
  • All waste is reused or recycled
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Disadvantages if JIT

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  • 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
50
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What is planned obsolescence?

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Deliberately giving a product a short life span

51
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Describe design for maintenance

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Ensuring a product lasts long through parts that can be easily replaced or repaired

52
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What should end of life design include?

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  • As few materials as possible
  • Recycled/Recyclable materials
  • Built in re-usability

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