The Technology Teacher

Industrial designers design products intended for use by people who vary in physical size; consequently, designing for this variation is crucial for the users' success with a product. In the process of designing a product, the appropriate time to address...

Introduction The use of different materials for making products can be traced to prehistoric times when humans used stones and wood to make weapons or farming implements. The materials they used did not end with stone or wood but expanded with the...

Since the Handover to the People's Republic of China in 1997, people outside Hong Kong often ask me whether there have been many changes. My response is "yes," with some obvious changes such as new postage stamps and currency. Others, such as the falling...

Technology teachers in the American northwest have reacted to the convergence of three essential facts. First, as cited in the National Association of Manufacturers' (NAM) white paper, "Keeping America Competitive--How a Talent Shortage Threatens U.S....