YEAH I MEAN I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SAY YOU G I MEAN YOU GET ONES THAT YOU CAN SWITCH BETWEEN MULTIPLE UNITS BUT SOMETHING THAT COULD UM OPERATE BETWEEN MULTIPLE UNITS IN A MORE INTEGRATED FASHION SOME AND IDEALLY SOMETHING INTO WHICH IT WOULD HAVE SOME AT LEAST LIMITED FACILITY FOR UM RUNNING MACROS WOULD THE THE IDEA SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF ONE ON BUTTON WOULD TURN ON SAY THE VIDEO RECORDER THE T. V. MAYBE THE SOUND SYSTEM AS WELL ALL IN ONE GO IS THAT KIND OF OR UM YOU KNOW YOU PR UH YOU PRESS UH SAY THE PLAY BUTTON FOR THE D. V. D. PLAYER AND IT TURNS THE T. V. ON AND ONTO THE RIGHT CHANNEL AS WELL UM OKAY THAT SOUNDS LIKE A A GOOD STRONG IDEA UM ANY TAKES ON THIS USING THE CABLE SUBSCRIBED THE CABLE PROVIDERS BUT OUR REMOTE CONTROLS WOULD GET WORN OUT REALLY EASILY AND THE REMOTE CONTROL WAS NOT A GREAT KIND OF KEYBOAR UM KEYPAD FOR PLAYING GAMES SO PERHAPS ONE THAT WAS MORE UM SPECIALISED FOR GAME PLAYING OR INTERACTIVE TELEVISION THEY THEY'VE RECENTLY BROUGHT OUT THIS NEW REMOTE CONTROL FOR PEOPLE TO SET THEIR FAVOURITE CHANNELS OR UM TO RECORD THINGS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE ENTERING IN WHAT TIME THINGS START YOU SIMPLY STRI SLIDE A BAR TO SAY WHAT TIME IT BEGINS AND SLIDE ANOTHER BAR TO SAY WHAT TIME IT ENDS YOU KNOW THAT'S YEAH I'VE HEARD I'VE SEEN THE BAR CODE DESIGN BEFORE YEAH YEAH IT'S IT'S TAKEN OUT THE Y YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE UH REALLY CLEVER TO USE A REMOTE CONTROL I THINK FOR GAMING YOU KNOW YOU WANT YOU WANT SOME BIG BUTTONS FOR UP DOWN LEFT AND RIGHT SHOOT UH YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO CHANGE ANGLES IN INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SO YOU NEED BUTTONS TO CHANGE THE TELEVISION ANGLE THE CAMERA ANGLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT OKAY WELL WE'RE BEGINNING TO RUN OUT OF TIME NOW SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF IDEAS WE CAN WE'LL HAVE TO WORK FAST UM ALRIGHT AS YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT THIRTY MINUTES UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO WE'LL HAVE TO TRY AND DECIDE ON SOME OF THE BASIC FUNCTIONALITY UM HOW THE USER INTERFACE MIGHT WORK THAT'LL BE A KEY ASPECT ESPECIALLY IF THE IDEA OF UM SOME KIND OF MACROS FACILITY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PROGRAM IT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSE BACK OR AT LEAST SOME KIND UM AND WE'RE GONNA MAYBE N TRY AND HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE USER WANTS UH OKAY UM RIGHT HAS ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADD AT THIS STAGE ANYTHING THEY THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISSED SO FAR WELL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GAMING AND STUFF DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF STICK ON IT RATHER THAN BUTTONS OKAY MM-HMM I I DON'T SEE WHY NOT ALMOST EVERYBODY IS PROBABLY USED TO A CONSOLE BY NOW AND ALL OF THEM INCORPORATE SMALL KEYPADS ON THEM IN FACT EVEN THE MOBILE PHONES THESE DAYS ARE BEGINNING TO USE THEM AS WELL SO IT'S PROBABLY AN INTERFACE THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE USED TO UM AND THAT COULD ALLOW N EASY NAVIGATION USED AS A JOYSTICK AS WELL MM-HMM THE OTHER KEY FEATURE THAT UH THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA BUILT INTO IT IS T IS IS TO MAKE SOMETHING YOU KNOW FAIRLY SORT OF ERGONOMIC SOMETHING THAT JUST FITS FITS AS COMFORTABLY AS POSSIBLE INTO THE HAND BUT OF COURSE UH AL AL ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A MORE SORT OF SLIGHTLY UNCONVENTIONAL OR ATTRACTIVE UH SHA SHAPE FOR IT OVERALL SO SMALL STYLISH AND SOMETHING THAT'S JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT UH WHICH IT WOULD NEED TO BE TO SORT OF CONFORM TO THE SHAPE OF THE HAND MORE EFFICIENTLY ANYWAY OKAY THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO QUITE EASILY I WOULD I WOULD HAVE HOPED SO ANYWAY UM RIGHT I'D SAY WE FINISH THIS ONE UP WE GET STARTED I'LL GET IN I'LL WRITE UP WHAT WE'VE UM KIND OF QUICKLY DONE AND I'LL GET THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY 'KAY SO OKAY UM AS FAR AS I'M AWARE WE LEAVE THE MICROPHONES HERE UM UNLESS WE GET TOLD OTHERWISE AND JUST TAKE THE LAPTOPS WITH US