A: C: B: Um findings ,
B: okay ,
B: we're very limited by what our current manufacturers can offer ,
B: um and my question to all of you is , should we look to other manufacturies
B: or should we just make do with what we have available ?
C: Interesting question .
B: 'S a bit of a challenge question .
A: Mm .
D: Well
C: Yes .
D: I'd say shop around
D: but with our time constraints , is that really a feasible option ?
A: Mm .
B: Right , that's my concern too .
B: Um , if we do go the lithium battery route then we'll have to go outside our current manufacturer .
B: My personal preference is B: I'll just throw my cards on the table ,
B: uh I think we should probably go the solar battery route ,
B: just to kinda keep with the environmentally friendly theme that we have going on .
B: Uh , I like the idea of the visible light signalling ,
B: that's something to set us apart
B: and uh I was thinking about I was thinking of ways that we could produce the remote in a variety of different case materials to suit different tastes .
B: So we're not so confined by one style
B: and say some you know , say our the one D: Right .
B: if we just go with one and it doesn't go over well then we're in a bad situation .
A: Mm .
D: Right .
A: Can we do marketing piloting too ?
A: Try to see what kind before we launch can we see how they're received ?
D: Um It's an option ,
D: uh but actually there's I've got some research already on like what we're looking at and trends in casing right now
A: Okay . Okay .
D: which actually might even come into play beforehand ,
A: Okay ,
D: it may help us decide for now . Temporarily anyway .
A: perfect .
A: Great ,
A: thank you very much Nathan .
B: Oh yeah , you're welcome .
A: That's perfect ,
A: so I guess that makes sense for you to take it from here .
D: I guess so ,
D: 'cause I found some interesting things . A: B: C: Did you ? D: You waiting for me ? A: Fascinating , compelling even .
D: I know ,
D: what a teaser ain't it .
D: Um . Right .
D: So
D: current market trends .
C: D: Screen .
D: Um , basically I was looking at what's going on in the remote control market right now
D: and what's going on in other design fields ,
D: to see sort of what's what's trendy , what's new , what's happening .
D: Um , remote control right now basically everybody says they want newer , fancier , more exciting D: they're sick of this boring , normal , functional ,
D: um that we need innovative design options
D: and there needs to be an easy user interface .
D: Um the challenge is that current trends right now , across the board in fashion , in furniture , in technology , is a very organic fruit and vegetable kind of thing .
C: A: C: C: A: B: D: Now I'm not saying we should have , you know , tomato shaped remote controls or anything ,
D: but I think it is possible maybe to use um natural colours ,
D: like if wood is an option , that whole organic , sleek , clean ,
B: Mm .
D: v line thing may be something we can look into .
D: Different skin options ,
D: or if we can't afford this touch plate thing , or touch face screen interface um , maybe having the b images be specific ,
D: like you could choose your menu bullets to be
A: Tomatoes . D: a different shape
C: D: or okay ,
B: D: not the example I would choose ,
D: but you know what I mean to t sort of D: and th apparently the feel of the next couple of years is spongy ,
A: B: Mm . D: uh not something I I've come up with a C: I like it , I like it . D: though if we can get around to getting piloting , I thought maybe a casing option like uh
D: not like a skin , but like a holder almost if you could do like um , leather options or wood options or something B: Hmm .
B: I should have mentioned this um .
B: As far as the rubber that we can use we can use a rubber as part of the case ,
D: Mm-hmm .
B: it has a consistency of those stress balls .
C: Yes .
D: Mm . D: Might be an interesting way to go .
C: Fabulous .
A: Slick , slick .
D: Um , yeah so
D: something to sit on for now .
D: So
D: overall I think we should stick with what we're finding ,
D: everyone's looking for easy to use , technologically innovative and this fancy new D: I think perhaps the double curve thing and maybe this rubber option is our best way to go for right now .
B: Mm .
D: Um .
A: Interface , oh the interface graphics for the um D: Yeah .
D: Um . Well
D: I d
D: but then if the touch screen thing isn't gonna work out for us that's really a non-issue .
A: Yeah .
B: I like the idea of of rubber too
B: because it's tends to be associated with being durable ,
B: something that you can drop and it doesn't matter .
A: Mm .
D: True .
B: 'Cause so many B: you go to so many houses these days
B: and you see broken remote controls .
D: Very true . Very true .
A: Yeah , it's like , yep B: Taped with duck tape and what have you ,
D: Very much so . Um
B: you wouldn't have that problem if you used rubber .
A: it's ubiquitous
C: We can have a duck tape casing .
A: isn't it ?
B: A: D: We could .
D: I think that goes against the whole fancy something , a new line ,
C: A: C: It could go with the granola crowd .
D: but worth a shot .
B: D: Ah ,
A: C: D: it could be , it could be ,
A: Great ,
D: um . Yeah
D: that's what I know .
A: thanks for that Sarah .
D: No problem .
A: Ron ?
C: Phew .
C: Computer's adjusting .
C: One moment please .
C: So
C: interme
C: interface concept by your faithful user interface designer .
A: B: D: C: So yur user interface , guys , is basically aspects of a computer system that we can see or hear , or otherwise uh perceive .
C: Uh , commands and mechanisms , that basically user uses to control the operator operating system .
C: Here's a d series of different remote controls
B: C: that are out on the market today .
C: I think we're definitely trying to get away from this kind of a look .
A: Yeah
C: Um , so
C: the following are a bunch of different uh interface uh concepts .
C: Uh voice recognition , we we um actually have some new uh information from our research design team
C: but uh I'll get to that in a moment .
C: Um , so
C: current voice recognition starts up to about eighty speech samples ,
C: um and basically you record your own verbal labels
C: c and connect them to the remote control .
C: Now
C: our design team , research team , has been able to uh set up a system
C: in which uh you can teach the remote control voice c recognition system to respond to um with standard responses .
C: Like you could say good morning uh remote control
C: and it'll say in a sexy female voice , Good morning Joe . Um .
A: D: A: D: C: In fact we already have this for a coffee maker line
B: D: Mm .
A: Lot of single people on the um on the re on the remote control research team
C: On the remote control
B:  D: Yeah . Very true , very true .
A: at the  C: right .
C: Um , another concept is what uh Apple has come up with , the spinning wheel with uh L_C_ display like on the uh iPod
A: Mm .
C: which I am sure most of you know about .
D: Mm .
C: Um and then we have the scroll button with integrated push-button , kind of like a modern a bit bulky , a bit crazy ,
A: Mm .
B: Mm .
C: I don't think that's we're necessarily going for .
B: No .
C: And uh some special components , uh ideas like uh blocking , having the ability to block channels from your for your children um and uh dedicated buttons for for commonly used uh channels and even uh ideas like secured or hidden programming
C: but uh I again if we go with touch screen I don't think that's a big issue . Um
C: and uh this is kind of the uh the big daddy of remote controls here .
D: Hmm .
A: B: D: C: Uh the jumbo universal remote control is almost impossible to misplace or lose .
A:  Yeah ,
A: I can see . C: Um , again probably not what we're going for
D: C: so I I mean my ideas here and kind of where I think we're heading is something slightly larger than a regular iPod uh with a hard cla c uh plastic casing
D: Okay .
C: although I think some of the suggestions we've come up with are definitely uh very good ideas .
C: Uh changeable casings uh our design team was possibly talking about including one extra face plate with the package
C: to kind of set the idea that you can change it
D: Mm , right .
C: and you can try changing it
C: and kind of get used to thinking about maybe buying another one
C: which can add value to our uh bottom line .
C: Uh touch screen interface , um possibly having go-to buttons being uh stuck into the system
C: so those don't move away from the screen , uh , the important ones like power , volume and jump between channels .
C: Um , and of course our voice command system which I've talked a little bit about already
A: Mm .
C: and uh the use of recognisable colours and shapes to aid recognition of the features um that are around
C: so
C: red for power , um arrows for different volume ups and downs and channels ups and downs and what not .
D: Mm .
C: And uh perhaps even adding in some stupid little jokes with the voice recognition idea
C: like perh mm for instance my toastie maker that I got from my bank
D: C: has jokes when it's ready .
B: D: Nice .
A: Great .
C: And uh that is about it .
A: Great , wonderful Ron , cool .
A: Lot of good ideas , good facts to have .
D: Mm .
A: That's what they need , it's like a little dongle
A: it just sticks up this further
A: so you don't have to stand up every time ,
A: just connect it , my kingdom .
C: B: Yeah . D: Mm .
A: Right so ,
A: good to know all that stuff ,
A: thanks guys , um . A: Now we kind of have to come to some decisions ,
A: um , I figure we can just go down the line
A: and all three of us can have a chat about it . Um .