Industrial Designer: Um , so that would work . Um , oop . Go back there . Um , another thing I think we d missed out on on the last meeting was the fact that we should consider the environmental impact of our design . Um , from previous researches I've carried out on other projects , um we've learnt about smart materials where um um specific alloys of metals have a shape memory .
User Interface: Marketing: Industrial Designer: So they can be heated and um and cooled , and they change the shape of um the metal . So , for example , a screw that's holding something together could expand and it would force all the components apart . So um , the benefits of this for our product would be that when it came to the end of its product life , if it was heated , um everything would spring apart . So , all the um individual components could be easily separated , and then some could be reused , some could be recycled , and I think that would be very important for products now . Especially 'cause there's much uh responsibility for all the um companies who are coming up with like new designs . 'Cause all , we all know that our resources are being limited , and we have to be very environmentally conscious .
Project Manager: Right , um , one question . This , um , self-destructible uh metal , it allows for recycling materials ?
Industrial Designer: Yeah .
Project Manager: So that , um , someone could have this product for as long as they felt that they wanted it , and then once they contribute it , then that company can break down the part , the parts better ?
Industrial Designer: Um And then Yeah . Yeah they would , um you would make the , the product as you normally would , apart from the , the bits that hold it all together would be made out of this shape-memory alloy . And that's the part that would um allow all the other parts to be separated at the end . I mean , the user would return the p product to the company , 'cause it's the product's responsibility to get rid of what they've made . Um , and then the company could then just use , make use of this shape-memory alloys to split up the components ,
Project Manager: Yeah .
Industrial Designer: and then either reuse some bits , and other bits which are obviously gonna wear out with time , or not usable , they might be like be able to put into scrap metal . Something like the case , if it's scratched or something , you would want to reuse it , but you might be able to melt it down and reuse it again somewhere else .
Project Manager: Mm-hmm . Would we be the company that would break down these , or uh metals ? Or would we contribute to another group ?
Industrial Designer: You could we could probably empl em employ a , a side company or something to do that for us . But it would be our responsibility to get that done and to dispose of the products that we made . For a certain percentage at least .
Project Manager: Alright .
Industrial Designer: Not every , not a hundred percent of everything we produce ,
Project Manager: Okay . This sounds like a really great idea .
Industrial Designer: but Project Manager: One thing we have to consider is our uh one hundred percent um turnover goal that we have for our financial sector .
Industrial Designer: Yeah . Yeah .
Project Manager: Um , so we'll have to investigate how much that will cost us , cost the company ,
Industrial Designer: Yeah .
Project Manager: um 'cause it sounds very labour-intensive . You would have to hire a number of people , and it might be more expensive .
Industrial Designer: Well I the fact of the shape-memory alloys is that they , they don't need to be manually de um deconstructed . Like , you don't have to individually um unscrew all the screws . Because of this , their properties are smart material .
Project Manager: Mm-hmm .
Industrial Designer: All you need is just the heat , so they self-destruct themselves .
Project Manager: Alright . We'll still have to investigate the financial implications .
Industrial Designer: So I suppose it does need like high contact , yeah , you know high uh quality machinery , and very specific machinery , but Project Manager: Alright . I like the environmental approach . Um , we'll have to see if that can meet our financial goals as well .
Industrial Designer: Yeah . Okay . Um also there is um components . This'll be how it uh will actually work . But I haven't put this plan together yet .
Project Manager: I'm sorry , could you Industrial Designer: There we go
Project Manager: Those were um Industrial Designer: . Sorry , should I go back . This would actually show the circuit diagram . Although I haven't come up with the final circuit yet .
Project Manager: Okay .
Industrial Designer: So I just put all those components in .
Project Manager: So those are what , um , we'll c construct the remote . Those are all the Industrial Designer: Yeah . I it just shows what sort of energy source . It could be a battery , like rechargeable probably . Um , an' yeah , well how the infrared will actually be sent through the chip to be received by the chip on the television set itself .
Project Manager: Alright . Great .
Industrial Designer: Okay ? So , now is it F_ eight again to escape ? Or escape ? There we go . Okay .

Summary: The industrial designer suggested that when taking environmental impact into consideration, the product could switch to a more environmental-friendly material. This type of material was made up of specific alloys of metals which have a shape memory, and it also allowed recycling. Hence, the product manager lifted out the point that the company could recycle the old remote controls from customers and take down the usable parts to make new remote controls. Even though the team liked the idea, the product manager also raised his concern towards the financial budget. In the end they agreed to discuss further about how they could achieve the idea by not exceeding the budget.