TED is about providing videos that are infofmative, educational, and sometimes funny.
2) What is the purpose of their website and how does the functionality of their site support that?
Their site is made so all of their videos are in one place, making their purpose, which is to provide educational videos, easier to find then on other sites.
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.
I think that the ingenious one would interest us most because thats basically what we are trying to accomplish. We are trying to make something that is ingenious. Also, the informative one because we are always learning.
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.
Three videos that would be of most interest to an engineer/problem solver would be the Thrilling potential of sixthsense technology, a robot that flies like a bird, and are mushrooms the new plastic.
Here are the links to these three videos:
http://www.ted.com/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/eben_bayer_are_mushrooms_the_new_plastic.html
5) Each student will watch a unique video (clear your choice with me... first come, first served!). Watch the video. Embed the video in your blog post and create a bulletized outline of the key issues presented in the talk.
http://www.ted.com/talks/garth_lenz_images_of_beauty_and_devastation.html
- Oil although useful destroys environments
- It's causing serious damage
One could stop using as many oil products to help stop the dependency on it.
