MANUAL TECHNOLOGY
How did we survive before the Age of electronics?
You will design and create a simple object that performs a task or fills a need. It must not use electricity or batteries. It must fulfill one of the areas of basic human needs for survival: counting or calculating, keeping track of hourly or seasonal time, protection from the elements, obtaining food, making clothing, communication, recording and storing information. You can work alone or as part of a group; your family can help.
Here are some examples or suggestions:
| COUNTING |
CALCULATING |
COMMUNICATIONS |
FOOD |
CLOTHING |
| Any device that counts up to 20 |
Abacus |
Mechanical Telephone |
Solar Oven |
Any clothing made entirely of hand |
| An egg carton with beans |
Napier�s Bones |
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Smoking Food for storage |
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| Counting Cord |
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| TIME |
SHELTER |
TRANSPORTATION |
RECORDING/STORING INFORMAION |
| Sun Dial |
Hand Built Shelter |
Be Creative |
Quipu |
| Shadow Clock |
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Clay Tablets |
| Water Clock |
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BE Creative |
Please try to come up with your own original idea. Your object needs only to perform ONE, SIMPLE task. so don�t get carried away.
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