Friday, March 11, 2011



1) What is the TED organization about?
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading
2) What is the purpose of their website and how does the functionality of their site support that?
To spread ideas and bring people together from the technological, engineering and design backgrounds
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 really like the ones on enigineering. I chose the Engineerinmg disaster in Haiti video.
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.



5) 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 compare building codes in Japan and Chile to the Haitian laws.

1 comment:

  1. This is certainly a relevant talk. Can you figure out how to embed the video in your post?

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