Ted Talk Blog 2

Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in action
1. What are your take-aways from this video?
I find this Ted Talk absolutely fascinating because it gives proof that because we live in a brilliant world and that we have been able to mimic nature's most effect structures, yet, despite our masterful attempts to recreate these works of art, nothing is as good as the original product of nature. 2. What are the speaker's effective speaking techniques?
The speaker did an excellent job of speaking slowly in order to allow the audience to process what she was saying.  Also, she made a point of making eye contact with as many people as she could in the room.  Her message was clear and concise and she was obviously very prepared to deliver her speech.  Because her audience wasn't as familiar with the subject as she, she modified her language in such a way that people could understand what she was talking about.3. What is his/her presentation style?
Janine Benyus did a wonderful job of keeping her audience engaged during her presentation.  She displayed remarkable images on each slide.  Each image allowed the audience to keep more focused because they could study them and relate them to what she was talking about.  Also, she did an excellent job of making eye contact with as many people as she could in the room.   
4. What matters from this video? How does it connect to you personally? To education? To the world?
This video is important to me because I am always amazed by the order, intelligence, and instinct possessed by animals living in nature, and nature itself.  Also, it's an important video to me because it helps me to recognize that although we are very sophisticated as a culture and we are astute enough to realize the efficacy of things in nature our attempts to replicate them are never quite as good.  It made me think of an attempt in the medical world to try and replicate joints and even bones.  Although these recreations are often surprisingly successful, they don't last nearly as long as our original body parts and aren't able to do certain functions.  This topic is also astonishing because it draws a group of people in like designers, architects, and engineers into a field in which they would otherwise have very little involvement in.  I believe that the greater the interaction between people in different careers, the more discovery will happen.