Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
NZC Technology Strands, TECH STRANDS- Example Desk Lamp - Coggle Diagram
NZC Technology Strands
Practice
How- Management
Brief development
Stakeholder feedback
Physical and social environments
An iterative process
A developing brief
Parts a brief
Attributes
Specifications
Conceptual statement
Need
Planning for practice
Planning tools
Gantt chart
Critical evaluation
Stage gate analysis
Flexibility and robustness
Account for Unknowns- Choosing design
Record keeping
Journal
Reflection and evaluation
Nature
Why - Intervene
Characteristics of outcomes
Realisation
Lamp ready to be sold for $55
Products vs systems
Socio-technological environments
Longer lasting and efficient LED bulbs = more sustainable
One outcome, two natures
Fuction
Emits light for reading
Form
Emits a warm yellow light that is pleasant for reading.
Design elements
Form- looks like a flower
Function - Opens when turned on
Intended and alternative functions
Also used as a microphone stand.
Malfunction
Light switch breaks
Characteristics of technology
Purposefulness and technological practice
Extending human capability
Inception from first light bulb
Technological and other outcomes
Test lamp in office
A socially embedded activity
Light bulb -> LED -> Smart phones -> Facebook
Creative and critical thinking, functional and practical reasoning
User will use this lamp %20 more than others
Expect the unexpected
Expected - Planned obsolescence of incandescent light bulbs
Different impacts
Productive society
Disciplinary knowledge
Light is the right brightness. Dimmer -> Light (tech intervene)-> Appropriate light for work
Codified knowledge
Use nesting software for laser cut parts
Collaboration
Blog- FB
Outcome development and evaluation
Fitness for purpose in its broadest sense
Functional modelling
Evaluation
Context- specific knowledge
Technological practices
Knowledge
What - Features
Modelling
Types of reasoning
Practical
Functional
Modelling and risk management
Fire resistant material
Control over a development
Wireless updates on software.
Prototyping :
3D print (moving parts)
Functional modelling
CAD assembly model
Representations
Sketches
Products
Impact of materials selection
Can intended plastics be recycled?
“Smart” materials
Magnetic
Materials development
plastic metal composite?
Evaluating and selecting materials
Transforming materials
Steam plywood bent for the neck of lamp
Manipulating materials
Cnc cut plywood
Performance properties
Heat resistant
Products and systems
Systems
Representations
Customer assembly instructions
Black box
Microchip- specialized knowledge not needed.
Reliability
1m drop test off desk
Redundancy
2 light bulbs
Operational parameters
low budget
Subsystems
Alarm clock
Control
Dimmer
Outputs
light
Inputs
switch
TECH STRANDS- Example Desk Lamp