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What is technology?-
What is technology?-
-knowledge of how to make things(artifacts) using tools and techniques.
-knowledge of how to make things(artifacts) using tools and techniques.
In this course we will use digital tools such as web site makers, spreadsheets, computer-aided design( CAD), video editors, and Scratch to make things(artifacts) of interest.
In this course we will use digital tools such as web site makers, spreadsheets, computer-aided design( CAD), video editors, and Scratch to make things(artifacts) of interest.
In the news:
In the news:
When politicians talk of technology theft by countries, they are talking about theft of ideas and designs( intellectual property), not things(artifacts).
When politicians talk of technology theft by countries, they are talking about theft of ideas and designs( intellectual property), not things(artifacts).
Technology Theft: When the US was the China of the early 1800's:
Technology Theft: When the US was the China of the early 1800's:
The ship carrying Francis Cabot Lowell and his family home from England in the summer of 1812 was intercepted by a British war squadron, which held the passengers and crew for some days at the British base at Halifax, Canada. Lowell’s baggage was subject to several intensive searches, for his captors had been warned that he may have stolen designs for power textile weaving machinery, a serious crime in England. Lowell, indeed, had done just that — but, aware of the risk, had committed the designs to memory.
The ship carrying Francis Cabot Lowell and his family home from England in the summer of 1812 was intercepted by a British war squadron, which held the passengers and crew for some days at the British base at Halifax, Canada. Lowell’s baggage was subject to several intensive searches, for his captors had been warned that he may have stolen designs for power textile weaving machinery, a serious crime in England. Lowell, indeed, had done just that — but, aware of the risk, had committed the designs to memory.
The British rarely accorded outsiders the privilege of touring their cotton plants. But Lowell was a leading Boston merchant who imported a great deal of British cloth and had solid relations with his British counterparts. One can imagine him on one of his tours, feigning languid disinterest even as he diligently filed away details on gearing and loom speeds. By the gentlemanly codes of the day, it seems dishonorable.
The British rarely accorded outsiders the privilege of touring their cotton plants. But Lowell was a leading Boston merchant who imported a great deal of British cloth and had solid relations with his British counterparts. One can imagine him on one of his tours, feigning languid disinterest even as he diligently filed away details on gearing and loom speeds. By the gentlemanly codes of the day, it seems dishonorable.
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