Tech Flashcards
Enterprise
Involves converting an innovative idea into a commercial product
Crowdfunding
Where designers use an online platform to pitch an idea and ask for investment
Virtual marketing and retail
Advertising a product or service using popular websites and social media
Co-operative
A group of people with a common interest or goal
Fairtrade
Workers and farmers producing materials in developing countries are given more equality
Automated production lines
Products manufactured faster and more easily
Fewer employees needed
Only a few skilled engineers to maintain machines
Improves efficiency, reduces human error
Efficient workflow
Organised workflow to make building layout efficient
Virtual modelling
CAD to explore different ideas
CAT to analyse strength and efficiency of ideas
Virtual workspaces
Enable design teams to collaborate remotely
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Can be used to analyse all the stages in a product’s life and highlight the impact it will have on the environment
Main stages of Life Cycle Assessment
Extraction of new materials Manufacture and assembly Transportation Use Disposal
Finite resources
Not sustainable, in short supply, will eventually run out (coal, oil, gas)
Non-finite resources
Sustainable, can be easily found, re-grown and replaced (wood, cotton, wool)
Technology push
Where a new technology is invented then used in a new product, not led by consumer demand
Market pull
Where consumers have a need or desire for a new product and it is then developed and produced, could be a new product or upgrade
