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Technology & Society Flashcards

1
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represents the product life on an innovation

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s-curve

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2
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inventor of gasoline powered car 1885

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Karl Benz

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3
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inventor of airplane

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Orville and Wilbur Wright

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4
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inventor of integrated circuit

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Jack Kilby of TX Instruments and Robert Noyce - Fairchild Semiconductor

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5
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inventor of internet

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Robert E. Kahn & Vince Cerf

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6
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Funding for technological development

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Private Business or Government Programs

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7
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reduce energy making better use of existing resources

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conservation

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8
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productive for a long time

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sustainable systems

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9
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medicine, agriculture, biological engineering, bioremedial and biodegradation, cloning, human genome project

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biotechnology

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10
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create organisms for purpose of removing environmental contamination

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bioremediation and biodegradation

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11
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funds and regulates technology

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government

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12
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incineration, landfill, recycle, sustainable methods

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material disposal

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13
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speed of a inviscid flow increases, pressure decreases. Consequently, faster moving air creates slower pressure. Carburetors and pitot tubes

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Bernoulli’s principal

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14
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thrust, life, drag, weight

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aerodynamics

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15
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uses laboratory equipment to diagnose disease

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pathology

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16
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ethylene, propylene, benzene, styrene

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petrochemicals

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17
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fertilizers, insecticides, gherbicides

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agrochemicals

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18
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polyester, polyethylene, Bakelite

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polumers

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19
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vanillin coumarin

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fragrances/flavors

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20
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ammonia, nitric acid, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid

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inorganic industrial compounds

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21
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phenol, urea, ethylene oxide

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organic industrial compounds

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22
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silica, brick, and frit

23
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ammonium nitrate, nitrocellulose, notroglycerin

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explosives

24
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lard and soybean oil

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oleochemicals

25
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polyisoprene, neoprene, polyurethane

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elastomers

26
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start and end, processing steps, inputs and outputs, conditionals, decisions, junctions, and connectors

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flowcharts

27
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visual representation of complex information to see quickly: bar charts, pie charts, column charts, organizational charts, flowcharts

28
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systematic approach to measuring the human body

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anthropometrics

29
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better design in reducing injury at workplace

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ergonomics

30
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electric impulses from upper arm to prosthetic

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myoelectric impulse

31
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measures blood pressure

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sphygmomanometer

32
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braces to improve physical performance and reduce pain

33
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reproducing segments of 100 billion molecules of the same DNA

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polymerase chain reaction

34
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DNA identification in criminal science

35
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using microbes to improve air quality

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biofiltering

36
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microbe-filled liquid to contaminated gas

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bioscrubbing

37
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microbes that eat oil - example of….

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bioremediation

38
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chemicals that adhere to oil globs and neutralize them

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dispersant (detergent)

39
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accelerating the removal of hazardous waste from the environment

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biostimulation

40
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Sewage undergoing anaerobic digestion to be used as fertilizer or completing the digestion process to create heat

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Methane Production

41
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fermenting starches and sugars, mostly corn and sugarcane, into fuel

42
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ethanol and gasoline

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“gasohol”

43
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80% regular diesel fuel and 20% natural oil from deep fryers

44
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technique of identifying chromsomal abnormalities in fetuses and identify problems

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aminiocentesis

45
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medical procedure for failing kidneys

46
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cuts moist tissue, most common in LASIK, low intensity encourages would healing

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laser surgery

47
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provides rhythmic electrical impulses for heart function

48
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electrical shock in event of arrhythmia and cardiac arrest

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difibrillator

49
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deprived of oxygen, will ferment sugar and other substances

50
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chemical that is extracted from living cell and used as a reagent during some production process (high fructose corn syrup, sweeteners) isolate mRNA for cells to behave in desired manner

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bioreagent

51
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foreign genesm known as transgenes

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Genetically Modified (GM)

52
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crops modified to tolerate herbicides create this organism impervious to herbicide

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“superweeds”

53
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relied on bt organic farmers,aka soil bacterium, which acts as insecticide.

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