THAT WENT WELL THANK YOU 'KAY RIGHT SO UM THIS MEETING WILL BE ABOUT THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DON'T ASK ME S PRECISELY WHAT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN IS IT'S JUST SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT WE NEED TO DO UM THINK OF IT 'S KIND OF UH TURNING THE ABSTRACT INTO SLIGHTLY MORE CONCRETE IN THIS MEETING IDEALLY WE'LL COME TO SOME FINAL DECISIONS ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THE PROTOTYPE UM RIGHT SO UM APOLOGIES FOR THE LAST MEETING IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT I DID NOT MAKE THE ROLES CLEAR ENOUGH UM SO I WILL ATTEMPT TO DO SO MORE ACCURATELY IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING UM FAIR ENOUGH THANKS FOR THE INPUT 'S ALWAYS GOOD UM SO BASICALLY ALL WE'RE GONNA DO IS HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS AGAIN MUCH LIKE LAST TIME UM AND GONNA GO THROUGH YOU UH WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST IS F FINE BY ME UM AND WE'LL COLLATE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT UM WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING POSSIBLE DIRECTIONS AND THEN WE'LL MAKE SOME MORE DECISIONS ON UM BASIC UH FIRM UP OUR IDEA ON HOW WE WANT THIS REMOTE CONTROL TO LOOK AND WORK SO PERFECT SO WITHOUT TH FURTHER ADO WHOEVER WANTS TO GO FIRST IS FREE TO ALRIGHT NATHAN TAKE IT AWAY IT IS NATHAN RIGHT I'M NOT CALLING YOU THE WRONG NAME OVER AND OVER AGAIN GOOD IT'S EITHER NATHAN OR PARTICIPANT TWO MISTER PARTICIPANT TWO THAT IS OKAY UM BASICALLY WHAT I'M GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY IS UM COMPONENT DESIGN AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT WE MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE OF WHAT OUR MANUFACTURER OFFERS SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING IS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THAT UM COMPONENTS OF A REMOTE CONTROL OKAY WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF GONE OVER THIS BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET INTO MORE DETAIL AND PROBABLY HAVE TO REACH SOME CONCLUSIONS SOME TIME SOON ENERGY SOURCE UM OUR MANUFACTURER OFFERS A VARIETY OF ENERGY SOURCES YOUR STANDARD BATTERY SOLAR CELLS OUR MANUFACTURER DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT LITHIUM SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK IF WE DO GO THAT ROUTE WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK ELSEWHERE UM AND ALSO THERE'S A KINETIC ENERGY POSSIBILITY BASICALLY IT'S LIKE A UM THE IDEA OF MOVING THE REMOTE WOULD CREATE ENOUGH ENERGY TO KEEP IT RUNNING SO THAT'S ONE POSSIBILITY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT WOULD BE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO ILLUMINATE A TOUCH SCREEN SO WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT UM THE CASE WE HAVE A FEW OPTIONS PLASTIC RUBBER OR WOOD UM AND THEN AS FAR AS THE WAY IT'S SHAPED WE CAN DO STANDARD BORING FLAT WHICH WE PROBABLY DON'T WANNA DO CURVED OR VERY SEXY DOUBLE CURVED WHAT KIND OF TH THICKNESS ARE WE LOOKING AT UM I IMAGINE THAT WE COULD SPECIFY UM I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE CONVENTION OF THREE OR FOUR MILLIMETRES YEAH UM THE BUTTONS THERE ARE MULTIPLE SCROLL BUTTONS AVAILABLE FROM OUR MANUFACTURER BUT TO USE THOSE WE'D HAVE TO USE MORE CHIPS UM AND THAT WOULD COST US MORE AND IF WE DO GO WITH THE RUBBER DOUBLED CURVED CASE UM WE'LL HAVE TO USE RUBBER PUSH BUTTONS BECAUSE THE OTHER BUTTONS AREN'T COMPATIBLE WITH THAT UM AND JUST A LITTLE NOTE THERE TOUCH SCREEN EQUALS MANY CHIPS WHICH EQUALS MANY EURO RIGHT NICE UM ONE THING THAT I NOTICED WAS THAT MOST REMOTES OPERATE ON A INFRARE ON THE INFRARED PART OF THE SPECTRUM SO YOU NOTICE WHEN YOU PUSH A BUTTON ON A REMOTE YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING COMING OUT OF IT BUT IN FACT THERE IS LIGHT COMING OUT OF THE REMOTE AND YOU KNOW THE TELEVISION CAN DETECT THAT AND IF YOU WERE TO RECORD IF YOU WERE TO MAKE A VIDEO RECORDING YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE LIGHT UH ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE INTERESTING WAS TO USE PART USE VISIBLE LIGHT COMING OUT OF THE REMOTE JUST KIND OF AS A FUN GIMMICK SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THE REMOTE WHEN YOU PUSHED IT COURSE IT'D HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE SPECTRUM THAT WOULDN'T DAMAGE THE HUMAN EYE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT GOOD CALL CHOOSE IT I AM SURE THAT WE COULD DO THAT UM OF COURSE YEAH JUST AS A FUN GIMMICK YEAH JUST TO SET US APART A LITTLE BIT UM AND THEN ON TO THE CIRCUIT BOARD THAT WE'RE GONNA USE ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHIP UH WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY WAY AROUND THE T. 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ONE ONE EIGHT THREE FIVE UM FINDINGS OKAY WE'RE VERY LIMITED BY WHAT OUR CURRENT MANUFACTURERS CAN OFFER UM AND MY QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU IS SHOULD WE LOOK TO OTHER MANUFACTURIES OR SHOULD WE JUST MAKE DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE INTERESTING QUESTION MM WELL I'D SAY SHOP AROUND BUT WITH OUR TIME CONSTRAINTS IS THAT REALLY A FEASIBLE OPTION RIGHT THAT'S MY CONCERN TOO UM IF WE DO GO THE LITHIUM BATTERY ROUTE THEN WE'LL HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE OUR CURRENT MANUFACTURER MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS I'LL JUST THROW MY CARDS ON THE TABLE UH I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO THE SOLAR BATTERY ROUTE JUST TO KINDA KEEP WITH THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY THEME THAT WE HAVE GOING ON UH I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE VISIBLE LIGHT SIGNALLING THAT'S SOMETHING TO SET US APART 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 SO WE'RE NOT SO CONFINED BY ONE STYLE AND SAY SOME YOU KNOW SAY OUR THE ONE IF WE JUST GO WITH ONE AND IT DOESN'T GO OVER WELL THEN WE'RE IN A BAD SITUATION MM CAN WE DO MARKETING PILOTING TOO TRY TO SEE WHAT KIND BEFORE WE LAUNCH CAN WE SEE HOW THEY'RE RECEIVED IT'S AN OPTION UH BUT ACTUALLY THERE'S I'VE GOT SOME RESEARCH ALREADY ON LIKE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND TRENDS IN CASING RIGHT NOW WHICH ACTUALLY MIGHT EVEN COME INTO PLAY BEFOREHAND IT MAY HELP US DECIDE FOR NOW TEMPORARILY ANYWAY THAT'S PERFECT SO I GUESS THAT MAKES SENSE FOR YOU TO TAKE IT FROM HERE DID YOU I KNOW WHAT A TEASER AIN'T IT UM RIGHT SO CURRENT MARKET TRENDS SCREEN UM BASICALLY I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE REMOTE CONTROL MARKET RIGHT NOW AND WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER DESIGN FIELDS TO SEE SORT OF WHAT'S WHAT'S TRENDY WHAT'S NEW WHAT'S HAPPENING UM REMOTE CONTROL RIGHT NOW BASICALLY EVERYBODY SAYS THEY WANT NEWER FANCIER MORE EXCITING THEY'RE SICK OF THIS BORING NORMAL FUNCTIONAL UM THAT WE NEED INNOVATIVE DESIGN OPTIONS AND THERE NEEDS TO BE AN EASY USER INTERFACE 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 NOW I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE YOU KNOW TOMATO SHAPED REMOTE CONTROLS OR ANYTHING