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Tech and Society
Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1st artificial satellite | sputnik |
| 1st american in space | alan shepherd |
| us president who challenged the nation to put a man on the moon and return him safely | jfk |
| objective of the mercury mission | put a man into orbit and return him |
| 1st person to fly in space | yuri gagarin |
| NASA engineer who had a big impact on the apollo 12 mission | john aaron |
| objective of the gemini mission | test the endurance of man in prolonged exposure to the environment of space |
| objective of the apollo mission | place a man on the moon and return him safely |
| 1st man to walk on the moon | neil armstrong |
| primary goal of the Space Transportation system | create a reusable less expensive spacecraft to transport man and objects into space and safely back to earth |
| first major space instrument to make a systematice survey of natural sources of the ekectromagnetic spectrum | compton gamma ray observatory |
| unmanned space probes launched by nasa | pioneer, voyager, viking, and deep space two |
| future developements for nasa include | manned mission to mars |
| societal benefits for space exploration | knowledge gained from studying long term health effects |
| new areas of research being explored | use of common foods to deliver virus vaccines |
| at 14 percent of the gross national product this country has the highest medical expenditure in the world | united states |
| three types of quality issues | underuse, overuse, misuse |
| the given name for quality function deployment | house of quality |
| federal insurance program for retired individuals | medicare |
| hospitals or groups of physicians offereing theri services at a fixed price in exchange for a guaranteed supply of patients | ppo |
| challenge for current health care providers | highest quality of medical care at a reasonable price |
| life expectancy has gone up everywhere save | sub-saharan africa |
| explains how slight genetic variations can make a huge impact on how a person responds to a given medication | pharmacogenomics |
| a laser device that transmits light through optical fibers in thin tubes to view organs internally | endoscope |
| utilizes electromagnetic shock waves to break up kidney stones | lithotripter |
| example of Robotic Assisted Surgery | da Vinci system |
| uses fiber optic technology to enable doctors to operate on unborn fetuses | fetoscopy |
| a formal declaration by a competant adult stating their wishes | |
| 1st artificial satellite | sputnik |
| 1st american in space | alan shepherd |
| us president who challenged the nation to put a man on the moon and return him safely | jfk |
| objective of the mercury mission | put a man into orbit and return him |
| 1st person to fly in space | yuri gagarin |
| NASA engineer who had a big impact on the apollo 12 mission | john aaron |
| objective of the gemini mission | test the endurance of man in prolonged exposure to the environment of space |
| objective of the apollo mission | place a man on the moon and return him safely |
| 1st man to walk on the moon | neil armstrong |
| primary goal of the Space Transportation system | create a reusable less expensive spacecraft to transport man and objects into space and safely back to earth |
| first major space instrument to make a systematice survey of natural sources of the ekectromagnetic spectrum | compton gamma ray observatory |
| unmanned space probes launched by nasa | pioneer, voyager, viking, and deep space two |
| future developements for nasa include | manned mission to mars |
| societal benefits for space exploration | knowledge gained from studying long term health effects |
| new areas of research being explored | use of common foods to deliver virus vaccines |
| at 14 percent of the gross national product this country has the highest medical expenditure in the world | united states |
| three types of quality issues | underuse, overuse, misuse |
| the given name for quality function deployment | house of quality |
| federal insurance program for retired individuals | medicare |
| hospitals or groups of physicians offereing theri services at a fixed price in exchange for a guaranteed supply of patients | ppo |
| challenge for current health care providers | highest quality of medical care at a reasonable price |
| life expectancy has gone up everywhere save | sub-saharan africa |
| explains how slight genetic variations can make a huge impact on how a person responds to a given medication | pharmacogenomics |
| a laser device that transmits light through optical fibers in thin tubes to view organs internally | endoscope |
| utilizes electromagnetic shock waves to break up kidney stones | lithotripter |
| example of Robotic Assisted Surgery | da Vinci system |
| uses fiber optic technology to enable doctors to operate on unborn fetuses | fetoscopy |
| a formal declaration by a competant adult stating their wishes | living will |
| one of the greatest medical challenges facing medical technology | preservation of ethics related to life |
| three key deliverables for sucessful manufactoring technology systems | quality, service and cost |
| three common features shared by manufactoring technology systems | integration, automation, and computerization |
| utilized to increase the accuracy and reduce the time required for research | computer aided design |
| focused externally on relationships with customers | agile manufactoring |
| many operations use this to build a production schedule | materials requirements planning |
| used before mass production to build a model and check the design of the product | rapid prototyping |
| used to schieve cellular manufactoring which often maximizes efficiency by grouping together similar tasks | group technology |
| a product's fitness for use | quality |
| the given name for quality function developement | house of quality |
| a mathematical tool used to evaluate a process for consistency | statistical process control |
| which line represents the numerical average of the data for product actually generated by the process | center line |
| developement of a technological product or process in one setting, whcih is transferred for use in another setting | technology transfer |
| 4 elements of technology transfer | transfer item, technology donor, technology recipient, technology transfer channel |
| the channel is the formal or informal route through which technological atrifacts travel from the supplier to the end user | technology transfer channel |
| underlying motive in a technology transfer exchange | significant return on investment and desire to gain market access |
| usually made with commercial considerations in mind, and parent firm claiming either full or partial ownership of the foreign subsidiary | foreign direct investments |
| reduced costs, avoid duties, efficient distribution | donor |
| provides labor, material | |
| one of the greatest medical challenges facing medical technology | preservation of ethics related to life |
| three key deliverables for sucessful manufactoring technology systems | quality, service and cost |
| three common features shared by manufactoring technology systems | integration, automation, and computerization |
| utilized to increase the accuracy and reduce the time required for research | computer aided design |
| focused externally on relationships with customers | agile manufactoring |
| many operations use this to build a production schedule | materials requirements planning |
| used before mass production to build a model and check the design of the product | rapid prototyping |
| used to schieve cellular manufactoring which often maximizes efficiency by grouping together similar tasks | group technology |
| a product's fitness for use | quality |
| the given name for quality function developement | house of quality |
| a mathematical tool used to evaluate a process for consistency | statistical process control |
| which line represents the numerical average of the data for product actually generated by the process | center line |
| developement of a technological product or process in one setting, whcih is transferred for use in another setting | technology transfer |
| 4 elements of technology transfer | transfer item, technology donor, technology recipient, technology transfer channel |
| the channel is the formal or informal route through which technological atrifacts travel from the supplier to the end user | technology transfer channel |
| underlying motive in a technology transfer exchange | significant return on investment and desire to gain market access |
| usually made with commercial considerations in mind, and parent firm claiming either full or partial ownership of the foreign subsidiary | foreign direct investments |
| reduced costs, avoid duties, efficient distribution | donor |
| provides labor, materials, sometimes incentives | recipient |
| usually the parent firm retains no quity interest in the plant after its completion | turnkey plants |
| imported technological advice is dissembled, examined and copied by the recipient | reverse engineering |
| informal technology transfer channels | plant tours, seminars, scientific publications, training and education programs, trade shows |
| 2 vantage points that the rate of diffusion of technology is measured by | immitation lag and demand lag |
| how long it takes for other countries to obtain production capabilities to produce or reverse engineer the same product | imitation lag |
| how long it takes for the product to gain acceptance in the foreign market | demand lag |
| a perspective based upon knowledge which supports the need for harmony between industrial objectives and environmental goals | modern environmentalism |
| commonly found to overshadow environmental problems | world peace and economic concerns |
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