ALL SET OKAY COOL RIGHT SO UM BASICALLY I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER REAL QUICKLY UM SOME NEWS I'VE JUST GOT FROM THE BOARD ON HOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS UM REMOTE CONTROL AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO YOU GUYS TO MAKE BRIEF PRESENTATIONS UM ON WHAT YOU'VE FOUND AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BIT OF DISCUSSION SO BASICALLY UH WHAT I'VE JUST FOUND OUT FROM THE BOARD I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS GOT THIS EMAIL AS WELL BUT IT NEEDS TO BE TELEVISION ONLY SO NO WE'RE NOT DOING D. V. D. WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING ELSE IT'S JUST GONNA BE A TELEVISION REMOTE UM IT ALSO NEEDS TO HAVE THE COMPANY COLOURS INCLUDED IN IT UM SO THAT'S RED AND BLACK AND IT HAS TO HAVE THE SLOGAN CASE YOU GUYS FORGET THE SLOGAN IT'S WE PUT FASHION IN ELECTRONICS UM AND NO TELETEXT I'M NOT SURE WHAT TELETEXT IS BUT I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS DO SO WE DON'T WANNA INCLUDE THAT UM IN THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN FOR REASONS THAT I DON'T REALLY KNOW THERE'S BUT IT'S THE BOARD SO THERE YOU GO SO BASICALLY UM GIVEN THOSE GUIDELINES WHICH WILL HAVE SOME EFFECT ON HOW WE DESIGN WE'LL DISCUSS IT LATER I MEAN 'CAUSE IT'S TELEVISION ONLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO CHANGE OUR UH UM WELL WE CAN S SACRIFICE MORE FUNCTION FOR A BETTER TELEVISION REMOTE ANYWAY SO I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER UH TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A PRESENTATION ON SO DO I UNPLUG THIS BIT HERE YEP MIGHT HAVE TO HIT FUNCTION F. EIGHT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA COME UP YEP COOL OKAY RIGHT THAT'S PAGE ONE OF MY PRESENTATION SO THE UH METHOD WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW REMOTE CONTROLS WORK AND RES UH SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THIS PROJECT UM REMOTE CONTROL WORKS AS FOLLOWS THIS IS ALL PRETTY BASIC STUFF YOU GUYS UM SENDS MESSAGE TO ANOTHER SYSTEM SO THERE'S AN ENERGY SOURCE INVOLVED IN THAT LIKE A BATTERY OR SOLAR POWER SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES THERE'S AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WHICH IS THE MICROCHIP UM AND THAT ACTUALLY COMPOSE THE MESSAGES AND USUALLY THE WAY A A REMOTE CONTROL WORKS IS IT SENDS INFRARED BITS TO ANOTHER SYSTEM A USER INTERFACE CONTROLS THE CHIP BASICALLY THAT'S THE CASING AND THE BUTTONS AND UM ACCORDINGLY THE MESSAGES AS WELL SO MY FINDINGS UM I JUST DID A PRELIMINARY STUDY HERE AND UH I FOUND THAT TOO MUCH METAL IN REMOTE DESIGN COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE INTERFERENCE WITH THE ABILITY OF THE REMOTE TO SEND COMMANDS AND TOO MUCH METAL CAN CAUSE REMOTES TO BEHAVE UNEXPECTEDLY BY RECEIVING FALSE SIGNALS UM TOO MUCH METAL IS USED SOMETIMES AND PEOPLE PICK UP RADIO SIGNALS AND THE LIKE AND THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE REMOTE CATCHING ON FIRE AND INJURING THE CUSTOMER JUST THINK OF THOSE LAWSUITS THAT'D BE REALLY BAD THEREFORE I SUGGEST PRIMARILY PLASTIC CONSTRUCTION UM COMPONENTS JUST SOME IDEAS THAT I HAD UM ENERGY SOURCE IT'S KINDA HIP TO BE ECO FRIENDLY SO I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH SOLAR POWER WITH AN ALKALINE BATTERY BACKUP UM THE USER INTERFACE I WAS SINCE WE CAN'T USE METAL I WAS THINKING MAYBE A HIGH GRADE RECYCLED PLASTIC THE CHIP UM SILICON BASED CHIP I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY WAY AROUND THAT WE CAN'T REALLY BE DIFFERENT IN THAT RESPECT UM THE SENDER WELL I'M THINKING INFRARED 'CAUSE IT IS THE INDUSTRY STANDARD MULTI CHANNEL THAT'S A WORD I MADE UP I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS UH PAL AND N. T. S. C. COMPATIBLE AND UH PROBABLY A TWO HUNDRED FOOT RANGE UH AND THE RECEIVER OF COURSE IS ANY NUMBER OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES UM BUT IN THIS CASE IT'LL ONLY BE T. V. S UM PERSONAL PREFERENCES I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD USE PLASTIC AS OPPOSED TO METAL UM THE COMPANY SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD THIS KINDS OF LAWSUITS WHICH ADM ADMITTEDLY IS GONNA COME AT THE COST OF A CERTAIN AESTHETIC VALUE 'CAUSE WE WERE THINKING OR MO MODERN TYPES OF PLASTICS THAT MAYBE DO HAVE SOME KIND OF AESTHETIC VALUE UM LIKE IF A WHITE LIKE IF WE TALK ABOUT LIKE WELL LIKE ON THE LAPT ON THESE LAPTOPS AND OTHER ONES THEY USE A A PRETTY NICE YOU CAN DO I IS THERE SOME KIND OF NICE COLO DER QUALITY PLASTIC THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YEAH THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM UM FOR EXAMPLE THE PLASTIC THEY HAVE ON YOUR LAPTOP THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S PERFECTLY POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION THANK YOU VERY MUCH NATHAN UM IF NEXT WE CAN HAVE THE UM USER INTERFACE DEVELOPER GO AHEAD AND MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT'D BE GREAT AS WELL S PLUG YOURSELF IN HERE MM UM HIT FUNCTION F. EIGHT REAL QUICKLY HOLD DOWN MM LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN OKAY IS IT PLUGGED IN WELL THERE IT GOES COMPUTER ADJUSTING THERE YOU GO SWEET WELL SO HERE WE HAVE A UH MY TECHNICAL FUNCTIONS DESIGN PRESENTATION UM SO A FEW OF THE REQUIREMENTS WE NEED HERE UH WE N BASICALLY NEED TO OPERATE AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IT NEEDS TO BE UNIVERSAL UM AND POSSIBLY UH OPERATE SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVICES ALTHOUGH WE NOW UH FIND THAT UH THAT THAT'S NO PROBLEM UM SO SOME OF MY FINDINGS UM BASICALLY WANNA SEND MESSAGES UH TO A TELEVISION SET UM THAT WOULD BE ANY NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS UH SUCH AS SWITCH ON THE TELEVISION UH SWITCH TO THE NEXT CHANNEL THAT SORT OF THING I THINK WE'RE ALL QUITE UH QUITE UH INTELLIGENT AND KNOW KNOW WHAT A NORMAL REMOTE CONTROL DOES UM NOW SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS I FOUND IS A A COMPLICATED REMOTE CONTROL SORRY THAT WE CAN'T QUITE SEE MY RED THERE VERY WELL BUT UH THIS REMOTE CONTROL HAS MANY FUNCTIONS UM SO IT CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS BUT IT UH IT IS QUITE COMPLICATED AND MOST USERS WILL FIND IT UH FIND THAT THEY WON'T USE MOST OF THE FUNCTIONS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THEM AND DON'T WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO LEARN HOW TO DO IT AS YOU ALSO NOTICE IT'S QUITE A BORING DESIGN UM ANOTHER REMOTE CONTROL SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IT'S A SIMPLER REMOTE CONTROL UH MANY LESS BUTTONS BUT UH HAS MANY FEWER FUNCTIONS UM M MUCH EASIER FOR THE USER TO MANIPULATE AND USE UM IT ALSO HAS A BIT OF A CHEAP LOOK AND IT'S ALSO QUITE BORING SO MY PERSONAL PREFERENCES REVOLUTIONISE THE IDEA OF UH A REMOTE CONTROL UM SO ATTAIN THE FUNCTIONALITY OF A COMPLICATED DEVICE BUT USE A SIMPLE FORMATTED DISPLAY UH FOR THE USER TO TO WORK WITH AND I WAS GONNA ADD ANOTHER UH SLIDE HERE BUT I DIDN'T QUITE HAVE TIME THERE UM JUST INCORPORATING SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY LIKE UH HAVING MULTIPLE FACE BUT IT'S UH GREAT THANKS FOR THAT RON RIGHT 'KAY YEP THAT'S YOU I CAN PLUG YOU IN OH THAT WOULD BE PERFECT THANK YOU SLIDE SHOW UP AND RUNNING OR NOT UH OH THERE WE GO PERFECT OKAY