Lab+8


 * 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 [].**

Natalie Jermijenko has focused on projects which improve the health of people. The most common wway to improving health has been by directly trying to heal the person, also known as internal factors. She tries to health people by improving the environment around them, known as external factors. She wanted a study to be done by taking animals and studying them after they were exposed to a certain environment. A mouse was taken and placed in a house. The mouse consumed the same substances as the person it lived with.

Natalie Jermijenko talked about how small actions can lead to a significant effect that improves local environmental health. One example she talked about was replacing the area around every fire hydrant with a micro landscape. This mirco landscape would include plants being panted. This would allow for pollutants to go under the pants and clean the environment around them. All of these micro landscapes would significantly make a difference to the environment. This shows how small actions can contirubute to a improvement in the environment. //*information from the above two paragraphs is from: [].//


 * Choose two projects on HowStuffisMade at [] and write about how they are made.**

In order to make paper you must fabricate pulp. Pulp is a concentrated natural solution of cellulose fibers. The major source of this cellulose is wood from pine trees. Once the fibers are exacted from the wood they are sometimes bleached and dyed so the appearance of the paper looks white. The pulp is then mixed with water which turns it into a slurry mixture. This mixture is then placed onto a mesh screen. It then goes through a press and dryer section. Paper is made using machines that are watched by people. They monitor all the entire process. The creation of pulp uses many resources and chemicals. This is why it is important to use recycled paper. The finished product is distributed to wholesalers or directly to customers who order ahead of time. //*all information is taken from: []//
 * Office Paper**

100 000 flags are produced in America every year. Imports were valued at $6million dollars in 2003. After 9/11 imports increased to $51 million dollars. The American Flag cannot be copyrighted, but there has been many attempted by the Federal government to pass bills, copyrighting the flag. The production of the American Flag requires many steps in production. Printing and embroidery is the first step and is done by machines and watched over by a few workers. The other steps are all done by human handwork: sewing/tailoring, ironing, striking grommets, packing and shipping. A leading flag manufactures have “specifications that will guarantee and highlight the domestic sourcing and manufacturer of U.S. flags” ([]). One of these specifications include “The raw material was woven or processed into fabric in the U.S.A.” ([]). //*all information is taken from: []//
 * American Flag**


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

It is very important to understand how a product is made. It is also an important part of our systems analysis and design process. Financial and environmental harm can be avoided when you know the components and materials required to make a product. If the designer understands how the product is made will help produce a flawless product. It will also ensure a better design and easier production on the production line in the factory. Greater potential can be achieved by system analysis and design process which improves the entire production design and process.