I watched the two Ted Talks that were discussing product design, under the engineering topic. The first video talked about how when it comes to products, we should not necessarily think of ways to make it environmentally friendly by choosing the materials it is made of, but also think of how the actual use of the product affects the environment. One example that was given was the refrigerator. It is so necessary and common for each household, that the demand will not change, and therefore the company can choose to focus on changing the functionality of it without consequence. One major issue to the environment is food waste, due to families buying to much produce, and the produce would go bad before the family would eat it, and therefore it would be thrown out. One of the problems is that the refrigerators do not keep the produce in a place that would actually keep it fresh longer, and therefore reduce food waste. The second video discussed how we can learn from the environment in order to make some of our problems dissipate. One example is the fact that our immune system naturally tries to keep us healthy, and if we are not, it fixes itself. This idea was taken to computers where they can now naturally fix some problems that may occur. These two videos have impacted my thinking on sustainable design with the fact that I have not even thought of any of this before in my entire life. It amazes me that companies have started to consider what materials they are using and how that impacts the environment, but none have really started to think about what kind of impact that product would have on the environment. Also, it amazes me that companies have started to learn from the environment (to an extent) in order to improve products, through biomimicry. These videos have produced a growing interest for the job I hope to have in the future, being a chemical engineer. I hope to create a fuel that is completely environmentally friendly, perhaps plant-based, in order to wipe out pollution coming from gasoline. In this modern era, automobile companies are trying so hard to have better gas efficiency, but oil companies are failing to recognize that the original problem is the gasoline itself. Better gasoline efficiency only decreases the problem slightly, but does not get rid of it.