Ted Part 1

1) What is the TED organization about?

• technology topics told using entertainment

2) What is the purpose of their website and how does the functionality of their site support that?

• Purpose is to tell people about new technological advancements
• do it with entertainment, ie, comedy
• yes done very well

3) As Engineers and Problem Solvers, which topic areas (the choices from the "Show talks related to:" section on the sidebar) are of most interest to us? Justify your answer.

• Technology
• we are in an engineering course
• Engineers improve technology for greater good of people

4) Based on your previous answer, what are 3 talks (videos) on the site that appear like they would be of most interest to you as an Engineer/Problem Solver? Justify your choices.

• Amber Case: We are all Cyborgs Now-talks about how people use electronics for everything-overuse of tech
• Bertrand Piccard's solar powered adventure-using solar airplane to go around world-new technology
• Eben Bayer-are mushrooms the new plastic-new technology to change the world

5)

• plastics take a lot of energy to make
• do not decompose easily
• mushrooms make a glue like material
• if left in case will mold together
• decomposes easily
• just as strong as Styrofoam
• only uses energy from mushrooms

6) How could you get involved in the field/technology/issue you chose to hear about? What experience/skills/training/education would you need to learn to get involved with this field?

• i could get involved by only using organic plastics
• I don't know what I would need to learn, but Biology would seem important because I would need to know a lot about composition of mushrooms or any other plant used to make plastics