In my previous years I can say that I have never
been assigned to TED talks before, and I can also say I have never heard about
it as well. There are many interesting topics that there was to chose from but
the one that caught my eye the most was defiantly
“How to grow a tiny forest anywhere” by Shubhendu Sharma. Because at the
beginning he stated that he works for Toyota as a mechanical engineer. My dad
works for Toyota in the plants and is also a mechanical engineer. So I thought
I could maybe get some more insight.
Sharma parted with a Chinese businessman, who discovered that small fast
growing forests hold many great uses for the environment as well as for us. He
said that the main idea was to produce natural harmless fuel for cars that
could be quickly reached. The speaker engaged in the idea and conversed with
many people in the community and big business and said how much small dense
forests can really make an impact.
Sharma said that to plant 300 trees you only 6 average parking spots
because the small forests are so dense. One may not be able to cross through it
that’s how dense they are. To me the presentation was well thought out, made it
short and sweet and said what we wanted to hear he did not drag it on. He
covered many facts about how this is going to make a change and you only have
to do so little. Sharma didn’t seem nervous, he was very prepared and knew how
to get the point across in such little time.
link for the video
http://www.ted.com/talks/shubhendu_sharma_how_to_grow_a_tiny_forest_anywhere
The second one that caught my eye was "Are athletes really getting faster,
better, stronger?" as athletes. Because to me sports were a big part of my
life in high school I ran track, played baseball, and basketball. And I wanted to know what is really
happening, what is changing among us as human beings to make us become better,
faster and stronger. David Epstein starts off the speech strong and confident.
He has very simple diagrams and pictures that show what records are changing
over time, ranging anywhere from 1902 to 2014. He was comparing Jesse Owens to
what is now known as to us Usaine Bolt. (Olympic gold medalist) How the
technology now has changed. They were sprinting on different types of material
with Owens it took more Strength to push off unlike Bolts. He was set up to
have the best take off a human could possibly have. Then he also goes in to how
performance-enhancing supplements have changed rapidly over a short amount of
years. He continues his speech about how the technology of the pool has changed
from the gutters on the side of the pool let the water splash up inside of them
so they can get a better summersault and take off the wall. Then talks about
the swimsuits they now wear from a while ago and how now they are more water
resistance. Then he makes a confident transition to how the big is getting
bigger, the small is getting smaller, and the weird is getting weirder. Epstein
states many facts about why this is happening. The overall speech was
intriguing and well made. His prezi really caught my eye. The only thing that I
didn’t like too much about the speech was he stood in the same spot made the
same hand motions the whole time. If you really weren’t interested in sports it
would bore you because the speech was quite long. But overall like I said I really enjoyed the
speech and the stuff that came along with it.
link for the video http://www.ted.com/talks/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger#t-873561
