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Hi =) Week 1

1- The unusual business model that has been used in the construction of the ipod is that the components used in the formation of the ipod have been made by other companies. For every part it has used the best in its category, either buying individual units or by contracting them to produce for the ipod. PortalPlayer was given the contract for the sound engineering as it had been declared to produce the highest quality of sound. Linear Technologies was used for battery saving technology as this was also considered to be the best in the sector. It purchased individual units of the best chip and Wolfson Microelectronics is also considered by the experts to belong to the top of the range however, memory storage was not given a sheer focus. So ipod used the elements prepared by different companies and merged them together to bring out the best result.

2-** The team of Jobs and Ive aims on providing a simple and a user friendly product. They work on the minute details of the physical appearance and handling with the mechanical work. **
 * Polymer advances and twin shooting materials are the new materials that enables different deign. **

3- Apple design team is very compact. They work in small numbers however, functioning at senior posts. On the other hand, Microsoft, dell, and Hewlett-Packard are working towards the creation of their own design teams to compete efficiently with Apple. Week 2

1-Ergonomics is a systematic procedure aimed at human welfare. It uses 4 basic steps of theory, principles, data and method to derive a well organized and productivity maximization task

Physical ergonomics is aimed on the potential capability of an individual to blend in the surrounding with focusing on some definite features which include human anatomical, anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics and there linkage to physical activity. Operational postures, materials handling, repetitive movements, floor layout etc, are some of the aspects considered.

Cognitive Ergonomics is concerned with the person mental ability to deal with the system and other individuals in the surrounding. It considers the mental processes of perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response. However, decision-making, human reliability, mental workload, work stress are considerable in this range of ergonomics.

Organisational ergonomics is centered at the maximization of socio-technical systems, together with their organizational structures, policies, and processes. Communication, work design, teamwork, cooperative work, new work paradigms, virtual organizations, and quality management are associated with the matter.

2- Keep on adjusting the seat after some interval, for example position it lower so that your back is straight and erect, while after certain period, higher the seat position so that a relaxed posture can be observed. This way the back would be experiencing movements and would minimize the tension. 3-A massage seat cushion can be placed on the chair which is being used. it consists of a 5 motor massager which gives immense relief to the back. Its heating option provides soothing sensation to your lower back, and many other features to prevent any damage done to the body. http://sanmen-boda-electric-appliance.tradenote.net/product/117567-Massage-Seat-Cushion.html

Week 3


 * Africa **
 * 1-Greater facility to education- one laptop per child is helping to educate children and make them aware of the world at a low cost. **
 * 2-User friendly that is it easy to use even for people not educated enough to follow the written instructions **
 * 3-To ease transportation- many people don’t have access to transportation vehicles. Products such as **World Bike and Big Boda Load Carrying Bicycle are created to provide better transportation facilities yet which are easy to use, and can carry comparatively larger amounts than a regular bicycle.

4-The use of inexpensive, domestically available and environmentally sound material- items such as Kenya Ceramic Jinko Stove are being prepared by clay which is cheaply available and environmental friendly

5-Better health facilities: products have been made available which would provide the public with cleaner water. This includes Ceramic water filter made of ceramic clay, colloidal silver, and a plastic container. This would purify the water to an extent, which would further contribute to the prevention of diseases caused by dirty drinking water

Week 5: Body storming is a procedure habitually exploited by creators or inventors with interactive plan as means of conveying inventiveness and ingenuity. Body storming is to be carried out as if it were a definite item for consumption, and manoeuvre with the belief of its reality in true-life. This process comprises of frequent exercising and movements up and down, with the intentions of attempting fresh and bright ideas with the body. Case 1 Her other senses operated powerfully overcoming the problems caused through her sightlessness. Her movement was based on the calculation of her footsteps that helped her to accommodate better in the environment and surrounding. However, the solution suggested for individuals suffering from optical damage has been multi-touch. Case 2 The second applicant suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), underwent great struggle in carrying out activities and task whereas also beard immense disturbance, and aggravation leading to under confidence in himself. Consequently an understandable description is vital to lead to pleasurable and demanding performance to facilitate and improve actions. Case 3 The helper constrained his limbs intentionally. Whereas replicating chronic arthritis but due to the fear of injuring himself he replied with great care and watchfulness. However, according to me, arthritis patients should be exposed to equipments that does not cause harm to them, rather would be beneficial for the patients.

WEEK 6 1- Enthusiast Chapter. They are pleased by the usage rather than being upset by the difficulty in usage. They love and appreciate the technology in an ascetic way. They enjoy the enhanced delight which they receive while using the technology. They love to explore with usage. For the first time the 35mm camera was used, a highly educated individual was required to operate it and it was used for astronauts.

2- Professional chapter: after gathering adequate enthusiasts, they will then develop and modify the technology if it provides advantages in daily life. It was handled by experts and product controls were stabilized. The controls were at first manual which gradually became automatic. These controls consist of setting the flash, fixing the exposure accordingly, speed of the film, etc all could be handled by any individual. According to the corporate clients, it should reflect the efficiency of technology and its effect on the activities.

3- The next stage is the consumer stage. In this stage the shift takes place from manual controlling of the camera to automatic. Now the camera adjusts the settings on its own according to what suits the scene. It regulates the exposure, flash, etc. the consumers say The consumer user says, “Look how I fit in with your style! Here’s who you are if you use me and enjoy my capabilities”.

Amongst other products that have experienced such transformations, include computers. As earlier it was used only by professionals for extremely important tasks however, now a great population own personal computers as they are cheaply available and user friendly.

WEEK 7

Interaction architecture is a sequence of rules and regulations which leads to the innovation of user-friendly products such as the digital Kodak camera. Consumer practicable model or trial products of the camera were manufactured to obtain the answer regarding how user interfaces work with new technologies. This goal was achieved within a short span of few months. The camera was readily available in the market. Moving on to the case of photostitch, the screen behaviors were redesigned using interaction architecture as it had failed in the market earlier due to weak user-interface. The modification made it user friendly by using a demo animation and a gradual explanation of how to operate the software. Leading questions are questions which lead to a certain type of an answer. This is a common mistake which is made in the questionnaires. The person answering usually chooses a bias answer. The author stresses that a close ended questions answers with variety of choices and should be evenly dispersed, therefore all answers having the same probability to be chosen. Hypothetical questions based, at best, on conjecture and at worst on fantasy. These questions lead the participant to fanaticize a situation and answer accordingly. However, such data cannot be considered as reliable because the respondent may not be given proper amount of time to reflect properly on the questions.

WEEK 8

A human behaviour researcher, jan chipcase, from nokie, indulges himself into the existence of others for the sake of collecting minute details regarding the an individual’s performance. These details are used by the whole department including the marketing team, designers, technologists, innovators, etc. They strive to produce a cell-phone for the public that currently does not own one rather cannot afford it. So the task is of great difficulty. The technology of cellular phone has been a major success and has generated huge amount of funds for the businesses and continues to do so. These play a critical role for those involved in frequent long distance traveling. A careful and in depth research is necessary by jan chipcase. He himself states that pushing a technology on a society without thinking about its consequences is very dangerous.

 Nokia has been gained major victory and continues to generate high profits. It plans on expanding their market globally further. This case has opened a new market, thus a greater prospective for Nokia amongst the under developed countries. This will help Nokia to create cell phones which are affordable by general public of such countries. This also contributes immensely to the economic growth of these nations. It helps in abolishing poverty. Researchers such as Jan Chipcase contribute to such exceptional affairs.

WEEK 9

Design is explained as a collaborative process which can further be described as human interaction based on group work. Individuals form clans in which they contribute ideas and work towards a shared goal and most of the victorious panels tend to have people from different origins yet a direction, sense of belonging and a shared mind. In the bill moggridge video, various different examples have been used and of which one of the ‘Ultra mobile Pc concept for intel’. In this bill mograidge shows how designers engage individuals they aim to generate. This was shown by a man who interacts with the car and fixes the chair and steering wheel according to comfort level, switches the music on, uses Bluetooth to make phone calls and takes help from the navigation system. Bill moggridge explained the process of joint designing by referencing to the ‘American Red Cross’. The surrounding was kept unhealthy due to which many people would turn back their steps to donate blood. American red cross had one main aim which every member worked to achieve that was to persuade people to contribute to the blood bank. They firstly aimed to improve and organizing the atmosphere and the settings at the locations and would make individual profiles of everyone donating blood. This would be a way to appreciate their donation. A product which has used the concept of collborative design includes a shopping cart which has been produced by IDEO []

WEEK 10 SKELETON KEY Skeleton key is a furniture line with designs that have been derived by the bones structure. A software that has been used to create the aluminum chairs imitates the growth of bones overtime. The figures created are well designed with physically powerful structures. These concepts have also been utilized by general motors. STICKING, NATURALLY Portland based Columbia forest products manufactures a broad range of wood products including different types of furniture. The company's researchers developed ultra strong glue that is non-toxins. This idea has been inspired by the secretions mussels use to cling to surfaces underwater.

ECHOLOCATION The UltraCane uses a sonar like technology to navigate in the dark just like the bats find their way. This has been made by a small company in Barnsley England. This has been produced for the visually impaired. The cane sends out sound waves ahead of the person holding it. sounds waves are emitted by the cane to lead the beholder, these then sense items upcoming and presents a warning signal to the holder of the cane of an oncoming obstacle.

WIKIS CONTRIBUTION

Week 1: Worked on wikispaces in the tutorial as was totally new to this

Week 2: Created wiki personal page for the tutorial 8-9 Posted answers for week 1 and week 2 case study

Week 3: Posted case study answers

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Week 5: Posted case study answers

Week 6: Posted case study answers

Week 7: Posted case study answer Contributed to the group “Enix Cubed” wiki

Week 8: Posted case study answers Contributes to the “Enix Cubed” group’s wiki

Week 9: Posted case study answers Contributed to the “Enix Cubed” group’s wiki

Week 10: Posted case study answers Contributed to the “Enix Cubed” page groups Posted scenarios under the “Enix Cubed” page Took part in the discussion boards on different pages Replied to many students suggestions and response to the “enix cubed” project, Participated in the surveys of many groups

WEEK 11

1-Web accessibility is a practice of making websites that can be used by people with or without disabilities. It gives an equal chance to everyone to access the information and contribute. It allows the disabled to feel more self-regulated and independent, not replying on others to provide them the information they require.

2- Accessible websites can be beneficial to everyone if a well thought layout with straight forward navigations are provided for people suffering from different disabilities. For visually impaired, everything should be provided in sound and a better audio system would guide their way through, whereas those who have hearing problems, more visuals would assist them. 3-Mine and so should all Canadian websites be accessible. When designing a website disabled people are not considered as the central focus, however I believe every human being has an equal right, and they should have equal access to all the information available. the information should be provided to them in the manner that is best suited to them. For example for a newspaper sites, if the reader is visually impaired, news should be provided through sound. 4-The major test involved in generating an accessible website would be that the disabled people being given the central attention. Adding extra features for all sorts of disabled people not just sticking to one specific type of disability for example, visually impaired or hearing disability. So including features to assist different types of disabilities can be a difficult task which needs to be achieved. This would also be much cost and time consuming. A lot of research would be required.