Technology

How people change the natural world to suit their own purposes. It includes inventions such as TV and cellphones, as well as more common items like shoes, cups and processes like assembling cars and filtering water. It also includes bandages, bridges and houses. 

Features of the natural world are NOT technology!!

Engineer

People whose jobs it is to design new technology or to improve existing technology. Their job on construction sites would be to design and supervise the building of new structures. They design and build cars but do not fix them

Criteria

The things that you would like to see in your new technology (Desired Features)

Constaints

Limitations to the design

(Time, Money, Materials)

Prototype

A working model of the solution that can be used for testing (2D or 3D)