TED pt I - Ideas worth Spreading?

1) What is the TED organization about?

• The TED organization is an organization that tries to get less known ideas out to a broader audience

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

• The purpose of the website is to spread ideas and the website helps sort the ideas

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.

• The two best sections under the (show talks related to) tab are technology and science because not only do the have to do with engineering but the also have to do with problem solving

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.

• (Lisa Gansky: The future of business is the "mesh") because I think that in the future Engineering will be a lot bigger part of everybody's lives
• (Gero Miesenboeck reengineers a brain) because it has to do with reverse engineering
• (Cynthia Breazeal: The rise of personal robots ) because robots are the future

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?

• The most important thing i would need to do is go through college and probably grad school

Reverse Engineering: Mechanical Product - Visual Analysis

• The product at hand is a cellular phone and the pictures in order are side, top, and then front view
• This item here has a good sense of balance and was probably designed to look very sleek
• The purpose of this device was to make calls and text people
• The demographic or target audience is probably people between the age of 10 and 35

Here is a multi view drawing i made