Technology through the ages

Technology: the study of the designed world. Used to solve practical problems and extend human capabilities. Developments in technology are evolutionary, and are often the result of a series of refinements to an idea or basic invention.

                                                                 

Impacts of Technology: are divided into four categories: social (the impact on people), political (the impact on policy and laws), cultural (the impact on human achievement), and economic (the impact on the economy).

Paleolithic Age: the Old Stone Age, occurred between 500,000 BC and 10,000 BC and is marked by improvements to diet and security allowing the population to grow.

Mesolithic Age: the Middle Stone Age, occurred between 10,000 BC and 4,000 BC and is marked by the domestication of animals and agriculture.

Neolithic Age: the New Stone Age, occurred between 4,000 BC and 2,300 BC and is marked by specialization, division of labor, and the use of math and documentation of concepts.

Bronze Age: the architectural period that includes combining copper and tin to produce bronze; occurred between 2,300 BC and 700 BC.

Iron Age: the architectural period marked by the use of iron and steel; occurred between 700 BC and 450 AD.

Middle Ages: the architectural period after the Roman Empire; divided into Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, and Late Middle Ages; occurred between 450 AD and 1,400 AD and marked by the development of tools of war.

Renaissance: the architectural period marked by the revival of classical influence and the sharing of ideas; occurred between 1,400 AD and 1,750 AD.

Industrial Age: the architectural period marked by the first use of complex machinery, factories and urbanization, occurring between 1,750 AD and 1,950 AD.

Information Age: the architectural period marked by information sharing, gathering, manipulation, and retrieval; occurred between 1,950 AD and present.

Balloon vehicle challenge

On Friday, September 5 ,2014 our class did the balloon vehicle challenge. During this challenge we had to design a self-propelled vehicle that will transport a passenger safely from point A to Point B and the vehicle must stay on the line the whole time. Our group kind of had a good idea of what to do. we figured since the vehicle had to go up the string then we can do a wind powered type design. The way we designed our vehicle was quite simple. We had one balloon and we attached a paperclip to the top as a zip lining mechanism so that it could get up the string, then for the passenger we had a Popsicle stick and put a rubber band around it and the balloon to serve as seat belt. lastly we cut the end of the balloon and attached a straw to it to project the air out. Sadly in the end our balloon vehicle did not work , it didn't even move but my group and i have learned from our mistakes and we know now how to build a better designed vehicle.