CCT333_Lab+8


 * CCT333 Tutorial 8 Questions: **

//1. 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) //

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

//3. Why is it important that we understand how stuff is made as part of our systems analysis and design process? (1 paragraph) //

1. The research done by Natalie Jerminjenko on 'new technologies are an opportunity...' is based on the performing and measuring effects of local public environmental experiments by building green spaces such as marshes within the city of New York. This helps the environment because the marshes take in the toxins and release clean air. This justifies Jerminjenko's theory on that the illnesses are not caused by aging and bacteria but by our ever changing environment.

The experiments are conducted by using new technologies to provide 'shock value' which then creates social transformation. An example of one of Jerminjenko's experiments is the fish experiment. . Technologies such as a phone was used in the experiment to communicate with the fish in order promote awareness that we can make changes through using technologies to local environmental health.

2. __How a Fortune Cookie is made__ The process of making a fortune cookie seems very simple based on what was outlined on the howstuffismade website. The simple process to as how fortune cookies is as follows, the ingredients are gathered which include sugar, flour and eggs. The ingredients are mixed and then put into a machine where it squirts batter onto griddles in a rotating wheel. as the the rotating wheel moves the flat cookie wafers go through an oven where are baked at around 375 degrees. The paper fortunes are put into a tray and released individually. The cookie is then put into a position where the fortune is placed inside the cookie and a machine mechanically fold the cookie. After that step is completed an individual inspects the cookie to make sure they meet the standards. If the cookies pass the inspection they are then packaged and sold to restaurants.

__How Gelato is made __ I took a look at how Gelato is made by Jon Snyder at the Il Laboratorio del Gelato which makes Gelato for restaurants within Manhattan. All the ingredients are prepared before the gelato is made and each ingredient has its individual preparation. The process of preparing the ingredients include the following: the mint leaves are torn, raspberries are seeded, and chocolate is melted. The dairy base is poured into the batch freezer along with the flavour ingredients. When poured into the batch freezer where it is frozen it is slow-churned until it is smooth and dense. Fifteen to twenty minutes later, the gelato emerges from the batch freezer, smooth and creamy. The gelato is then smoothed into the container.

3. It is very important to understand how stuff is made to make improvements to a product. By knowing how it is made the process could be changed order to make more money, save time and use less resources. Other companies can see how the design process is being carried out by one company and then the other company can make improvements based on the flaws or opportunities they see in design process. This will leave the other company with a competitive advantage and an upper-hand over the other company. In addition when products are made, consumers like to know the origins of the product.