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Tip: Opening up TED's interactive transcript is very helpful to understand her talk and also looking over her web site on the Environmental Health at Clinic at** [|**http://www.environmentalhealthclinic.net/people/natalie-jeremijenko/**]**. (2 paragraphs)**
 * Describe how Natalie Jeremijenko has based her research on "new technologies are an opportunity for social transformation" to perform "small actions that can amount to a significant effect to improve local environmental health".

Natalie Jeremijenko believes that health is not only internal but it is also external. She wanted to put a twist to health and try to redefine it. She created a xDesign Environmental Health Clinic that develops and prescribes strategies to change the environmental systems so problems can be prevented before it can start. People who enter the clinic will get a different point of view from the traditional doctors who believed that medicine can solve problems.

She believes that small things can lead up to something big. An example she used is the study of environment through tadpoles and mice. Mice consume and live in the same environment as the owner of the house so the health of the animal can reflect the human’s health. Tadpoles are very sensitive to water quality. The quality can be tested by placing the animal into the water and see their reaction.


 * Choose two projects on HowStuffisMade at** [|**http://howstuffismade.org/**] **and write about how they are made. (1 paragraph each/2 paragraphs)**

The Sunlit Computer is created by using an original laptop. The front cover of the screen and the parts inside such as the LCD panel needs to be unplugged and removed. A hole is to be cut in the back panel and lined with padded form. The opening must line up with the LCD panel when reinstalled back onto the computer body. The original backing of the LCD is replaced with a sheet of UV resistant lexan. Afterwards, the modified LCD screen is reattached to the computer frame.

Fortune cookie is a popular dessert from Chinese restaurants and differs from other cookies due to its unusual shape and the fortune inside. It is made from four ingredients; sugar, flour, eggs and water. The ingredients are mixed in a large rotating wheel machine. As the wheel turns, the cookies are passed through an oven baked in 375 degrees. The paper fortunes are loaded into a separate tray and released individually into the cookie. A mechanical arm grabs the fortune with the cookie and folds it. The cookies are set aside to be cooled and harden. An inspector is responsible for checking and making sure there are no defects, such as the paper fortune sticking out. If there are defects, the inspector has to manually push the paper back into the cookie. After the inspection, the cookies are then loaded onto a conveyor belt that is sent to another machine that wraps the cookie in individual packages. The packaged cookies are dropped into boxes, which will later be delivered to restaurants.


 * Why is it important that we understand how stuff is made as part of our systems analysis and design process? (1 paragraph)**

How products are made is one of the most important part of design process. It helps set up restrictions of what can or can not be done during the design process. By figuring out the products are made, we can design the product to maximum efficiency and quantity. A small detail can greatly affect how a product is made and how it accessible it is.