LAB8


 * 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".**
 * 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[] . (2 paragraphs)**

Having experience in biochemistry, neuroscience, and precision engineering, Natalie Jerenikenko is an artist and director of xDesign Environmental Health Clinic. This clinic is very similar to the normal clinics, but for xDesign, the patients are the environment and people come in to discuss problems that they face in their surroundings that harm the environment, and the clinic gives them ideas and solutions on how to counter specific problems. Further, One patient applying the proposed solution can make multiple others to follow and make a difference. This clinic calls its patients 'impatience', as they prefer to make a difference on their own rather than waiting for governments and regulatory bodies to take action. The “No Park” initiative is one example in which Natalie suggested to replace the asphalt with a natural landscape. This enables the toxins in the air to convert into oxygen which would be highly beneficial for the environment.


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


 * How GELATO is made:** the ingredients for gelato are similar to the ones required for ice cream. However, in preparing gelato the ingredients need to be prepared individually. The process is as follows: the mint leaves are torn, raspberries are seeded, and chocolate is melted. The dairy base is put into the batch freezer with the flavouring ingredients. It is then mixed slowly until the mixture becomes smooth and thickens which takes 15 to 20 minutes. Once it becomes smooth and creamy it is removed from the freezer and placed into a box and ready to be shipped.


 * HOW JELLY BEANS ARE MADE:** Mixtures of corn starch sugars and different flavours are put into specific moulds and put into freezers that cool them off. Once cooled, Conveyer belt separate the beans so they don't stick together. They are then transferred to a steel drum where flavour is added to the base sugary jelly beans. Then they are lined up in a printing machine where they are printed with the specific brand on each Jelly Bean. What makes it a complicated process is to make candies that are soft and chewy on the inside but hard on the outside.Jelly beans take about ten days to make.

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

It is important to understand how stuff is made because without the knowledge of the production process, we cannot fully analyze on how much good or bad a product is doing to the environment. Also, it can also help analyze and source any negative outcomes and also figuring out plans for improvements and increasing efficiency. Howstuffismade.org breaks down all products and processes, and provides a simple and understandable guide on how to make things better.