YEP SOON AS I GET THIS OKAY THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING UM I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING UH AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A THE PROTOTYPE PRESENTATION UM THEN WE WILL UM DO AN EVALUATION UH OR WE'LL SEE WHAT WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE UNDER THE CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE FINANCE AND SEE IF WE FALL WITHIN THE BUDGET UM THEN WE'LL DO THE EVALUATION AND THEN WE CAN FINISH UP AFTER THAT WITH UM ANY CHANGES THAT WE'LL NEED TO MAKE OR HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING WILL FALL RIGHT IN LINE UM LET'S SEE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING UM WE LOOKED AT UH THE THE TRENDS WE HAD UH THE FASHION TRENDS THAT PEOPLE WANT A FANCY LOOK AND FEEL IT WAS TWICE AS IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING ELSE UM THEY LIKED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN THE NEW STYLES UM AND A SPONGY FEEL SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR PROTOTYPE UM THEY WANTED LIMITED BUTTONS AND SIMPLICITY UM THEN WE LOOKED AT THE UH THE METHOD FOR COMING UP WITH OUR OWN REMOTE UM LOOKING AT OTHER OTHER DEVICES UM THE IPOD WE REALLY LIKED THE LOOK OF THAT UM WE ALSO HAD UH THE KID'S REMOTE FOR A SIMPLE IDEA UM A TWO PART REMOTE WHICH WAS WHAT WERE WERE ORIGINALLY LOOKING AT UH AND THEN UM THERE WAS TALK OF SPEE UH SPEECH RECOGNITION UM BECOMING MORE UH PREDOMINANT AND EASIER TO USE BUT I THINK WE'VE STILL DECIDED NOT TO GO WITH THAT THEN WE LOOKED AT THE COMPONENTS UM THE MATERIALS FOR THE CASE THE DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHIPS UM AND MADE A DECISION ON WHAT WE WERE GOING TO USE TO MAKE OUR REMOTE UM AND BASICALLY HOW WHAT WERE MAKING FOR THE PROTOTYPE SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT AND LET YOU GUYS TAKE OVER THE PROTOTYPE DISCUSSION THE PROTOTYPE YEAH DO YOU NEED A THIS NO OKAY CAN TRY TO PLUG THAT IN THERE BUT UM YEAH BASICALLY WE WE ST WENT WITH THE COLOUR YELLOW UM WORKING ON THE PRINCIPLE OF A FRUIT WHICH WAS MENTIONED IT'S BASICALLY DESIGNED AROUND A BANANA UM BUT IT WOULD BE HELD IN SUCH A FASHION WHERE IT IS OBVIOUSLY IT WOULDN'T BE THAT FLOPPY 'CAUSE THIS WOULD BE HARD PLASTIC THESE WOULD BE LIKE THE RUBBER THE RUBBER GRIPS SO THAT'S SO THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY HELP WITH GRIP OR LIKE THE ERGONOMICS OF IT UM BUT ALL THE CONTROLLING WOULD BE DONE WITH THIS SCROLL WHEEL YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION A LITTLE BIT AND THIS HERE REPRESENTS THE SCREEN WHERE YOU WHERE YOU'D GO THROUGH AND THE THE SIMPLEST FUNCTIONS WOULD BE UM ALMOST IDENTICAL TO AN IPOD WHERE THAT ONE WAY CH THROUGH CHANNELS THAT WAY TH OTHER WAY THROUGH CHANNELS VOLUME UP AND DOWN AND THEN TO ACCESS THE MORE COMPLICATED FUNCTIONS YOU'D YOU SORTA GO YOU PRESS THAT AND GO THROUGH THE MENUS IT'S THAT THAT SIMPLE THAT JUST REPRESENTS THE INFRARED UH BEAM THAT'S A SIMPLE ON AND OFF SWITCH UM I DON'T KNOW WE COULD USE THE VOICE T THAT BLUE BITS SHOULD BE YELLOW D THAT THAT'D BE WHERE THE BATTERIES WOULD BE I SUPPOSE AND UM THAT'S ABOUT IT IT'S AS SIMPLE AS YOU WE COULD MAKE IT REALLY IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THERE THAT'S PLASTIC PLASTIC COVERED WITH RUBBER WE MIGHT UH ADD SOME MORE UNDERNEATH HERE MAYBE GIVE IT GIVE IT A FORM I MEAN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD IT LIKE THAT BUT UM JUST IF YOU GRAB IT TAKE IT FROM SOMEWHERE SO YEAH YOU HAVE SOME RUB YEAH EXACTLY USE BOTH MIGHT AS WELL THINK ABOUT TH THINK ABOUT THE BUTTON AS WELL LIKE EITHER PUT EITHER ONE ONE ON EITHER SIDE OR WHAT BUT WHAT'S THAT BUTTON IT'S A QUICK ON OFF BUTTON THAT'S UM YEAH I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIDDLE WITH THAT 'KAY UM THAT'S NOT UM I'D SAY A BIT SMALLER WOULD PROBABLY BE NICE YOU WANNA PLAY WITH THAT OVER THERE THERE YOU GO IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S FLIMSY 'CAUSE IT'S MADE OUT OF HEAVY PLAY DOH BUT PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WELL DONE KIND OF A BANANA AND WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD FALL INTO THE COST EVERYTHING I SUPPOSE WITH THE SCROLL AND THE L. C. D. WELL LUCKILY WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT OR NOT LUCKILY UM DO YOU HAVE A MARKETING PRESENTATION FOR US OKAY YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HELP ME DO AN EVALUATION OF THE CRITERIA UM OKAY SO FIRST I'LL JUST DISCUSS SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT I FOUND JUST BASED ON THE PAST TREND REPORTS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT EARLIER AND THEN WE'LL DO A GROUP EVALUATION OF THE PROTOTYPE AND THEN WE WILL CALCULATE THE AVERAGE SCORE TO SEE HOW WE DID UM SO THE CRITERIA WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT ARE THE COMPLAINTS UM THAT WE HEARD FROM THE USERS WHO WERE INTERVIEWED EARLIER SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT BASED ON A SEVEN POINT SCALE AND ONE IS GOING TO MEAN TRUE THAT WE DID ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT WITH SEVEN BEING FALSE WE DID NOT ACHIEVE THAT OKAY SO FOR THE FIRST ONE WE NEED TO DECIDE DID WE SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF THE USERS WHO COMPLAINED ABOUT AN UGLY REMOTE I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE SO IF THEY THINK THAT WHAT IS OUT THERE IS UGLY THEN YES I WOULD SAY I WOULD SAY MOST DEFINITELY IT'S BRIGHT IT'S BRIGHT IT'S IT STILL HAS YOUR TRADITIONAL BLACK IT'S CURVED IT'S NOT THERE'S NO SHARP ANGLES TO IT MM I'D SAY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ERGONOMICS THE FORM AND STUFF YES THAT'S DEFINITELY MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOUR AVERAGE HOWEVER THE COLOUR WE DON'T HAVE A SAY IN THAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY IT YEAH MM SO UH TO ANSWER THAT HONESTLY I WOULD RATHER SAY LIKE UH WE HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY WITH THE UGLY REMOTE BECAUSE THE COLOUR IS UGLY DEFINITELY 'S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY ABOUT THAT I MEAN I MUCH PREFER SOMETHING LIKE BRUSHED CHROME WITH THAT FORM BUT YEAH SOMETHING MORE MODERN TO GO A A MODERN COLOUR TO GO WITH THE MODERN FORM RIGHT IT'S DIFFERENT YOU DON'T WANT YOUR UH THREE FEET HUGE L. C. D. DIS DISPLAY IN YOUR LIVING ROOM THAT'S HANGING FROM THE WALL TO BE CONTROLLED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT UM OKAY SO DO YOU THINK SINCE WE THIS WAS A A SIGN CRITERIA DO YOU THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT IT SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE THEN DOES THAT SOUND GOOD YEAH WHAT DO YOU THINK THREE FOUR I WOULD SAY FOUR VERY NON COMMITTAL FOUR OKAY THE SECOND ONE DID WE MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR NEW USERS IT'S VERY INTUITIVE I THINK YEAH YEAH I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN AIM ONE OF THE MAIN AIMS THAT WE HAD ONE 'KAY OKAY UM DO THE CONTROLS NOW MATCH THE OPERATING BEHAVIOUR OF THE USERS UH YEAH