Thinking in innovative ways

This week's assignment was to find an object that can be used in a way other than what its original purpose. I noticed tires have many different purposes. Their original design was to put on vehicles to make them mobile. These include, but are not limited to: bikes, buses, cars, trucks, air planes, skateboards, roller blades, roller skates, carts and many more. They can also be used as a cushioning floor on children's playgrounds. They are also used in landfills as covers. They cover the waste that is dumped there. Gardeners also use old tires for planters. To incorporate these new uses with the old, I would change the composition of the tires to be more biodegradable. This would allow for the tires to decompose into fertilizer. This would help the plants in the planters grow and be healthy. It would also help the waste in the landfills decompose faster. As cushioning material, if it decomposed, then it wouldn't be toxic or leave black marks on the children or their clothes (which frequently happens) and could be easily replaced.

Toulmin Model

I have discovered that Powerpoint is good for drawing boxes, lines and incorporating text into them. Thus, I have written my blog on a Powerpoint slide.