BUT WOULD YOU PAY MORE AND DOES IT WORK AND IS IT APPROACHABLE AND AND DID I KNOW THAT IT WAS IT WAS AN THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION I DON'T KNOW IF SPEECH RECOGNITION SHOULD BE UM SHOULD BE INCLUDED BUT I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING I THINK THAT MAYBE SHOWS MORE ABOUT UH BEING OPEN TO TECHNOLOGY UH IT DEFINITELY NEEDS UH A LOT MORE RESEARCH ON LIKE HOW MUCH MORE IT WOULD BE AND ANY YOU KNOW EXISTING EXAMPLES AND WHAT REACTIONS TO THEM HAVE BEEN AND THAT SORT OF THING I EXPECT AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER SHOULD KNOW THAT BUT IF WE'RE AIMING TO TO BUILD THIS THING FOR TWELVE EUROS FIFTY UM IS THAT A LOT OR A LITTLE EXACTLY I MEAN I I I UH DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT BUT I THINK THE COMPETITION SUSSING OUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING AND WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE UM THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT DO YOU WANT AN L. C. D. SCREEN AND AND THAT WASN'T RESPONDED TO BUT UH SOME OF THE LARGER REMOTES DO HAVE SCREENS WHERE YOU CAN NAVIGATE YOU KNOW SO IT TURNS INTO SOMETHING UH PERHAPS YOU ALL HAVE SEEN UH THE OSBOURNES WHERE OZZY OSBOURNE IS IS ATTEMPTING TO MANAGE HIS SUPER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A UH A SMALL TRAY YOU KNOW IT'S I A AND I THINK YOU KNOW HE MUST BE W ONE OF A S SMALL POPULATION BUT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT WHETHER THEY'RE EARLY ADOPTERS ON THAT SCREEN THAT'S LOOKING AT AGE GROUPS I YES AND I'M MAKING AND I'M MAKING THE THE UH UH LEAP THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE L ARE MORE FAMILIAR WITH TECHNOLOGY THAN THAN OLDER PEOPLE OR COMFORTABLE YOU KNOW UM SO OKAY YOU HAD THE OTHER POWER CHANNEL UP TO THE DESIGNERS AND THIS IS THIS IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE MARKET RESEARCH OKAY THANK YOU THAT'S MY CONTRIBUTION ALRIGHT AND WE'LL TURN TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION I THINK SHE SAID WE DON'T NEED TO SCREW IT IN JUST STICK IT IN AND THEN PRESS WHAT F F. N. AND F. EIGHT NEXT TO THE CONTROL BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM AND THEN F. EIGHT AT THE TOP YEAH PRESS THEM YEAH HERE WE GO TADA AND IF YOU WANT IT TO GO INTO SLIDE SHOW MODE IT'S THAT LITTLE BUTTON THERE CAN I NOT JUST UH DO EACH ONE IN ORDER I YOU CAN IF YOU LIKE IT IT THAT THAT JUST SETS IT UP TO DO A P A P NO THAT ONE THAT ONE THERE THAT LEFT LEFT A BIT LEFT A BIT THAT ONE YEP AND THEN YOU JUST PRESS THE CLICK WHEN YOU WANNA GO ON RIGHT TECHNICAL FUNCTIONS DESIGN UH WELL I THINK FIRST OFF BASICALLY I DO AGREE WITH WHAT SARAH HAS DEFINED AS AS UH YOUR PERSONAL I THINK WE NEED UH A MORE STREAMLINED VOLUME WITH NO EXTRANEOUS FUNCTIONS SO MY METHOD WAS TO LOOK AT THE EXISTING REMOTES AND WHAT FUNCTIONS THEY HAVE AND WHAT WE ALL NEED TO DISCUSS IS WHETHER WE WANT THESE FUNCTIONS UH PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS WHAT EXISTING REMOTES HAVE IF WE CAN BUILD ON THIS WITH THE SPEECH RECOGNITION THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'D THOUGHT ABOUT AT ALL BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS OKAY UM AND AND I PRESUME WE CAN MISS OUT THE FUNCTIONS REALLY TO TO A VIDEO OR D. V. D. REMOTE CONTROL IF THIS IS ONLY GONNA BE A YOU KNOW SATELLITE CABLE T. V. REMOTE CONTROL SO THESE ARE TWO MODELS OF EXISTING REMOTE CONTROLS UH THE ONE ON THE LEFT UGH UH STANDARD UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL IT HAS FAST FORWARD STOP PLAY ALL RELATING TO MOVIES IT ALSO HAS SEEMS TO HAVE CHANNEL UP AND CHANNEL DOWN WHICH IS WHICH IS MORE WHAT YOU'D EXPECT FROM A YOU KNOW LIKE A SKY OR CABLE REMOTE CONTROL WHERE YOU'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF CHANNELS INSTEAD OF A MERELY TERRESTRIAL ONE UH BUT I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WHICH HAS IT ALSO HAS PLAY STOP AND PAUSE AND EVERYTHING I DON'T THINK WE NEED THEM AT ALL I THINK WE JUST NEED CHANNEL SELECTION VOLUME UP VOLUME DOWN AND I THINK AN AN ENTER FUNCTION WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS IT'S NOT LIKE TELETEXT BUT ALONG THE SAME LINES ACCESS THINGS ON THE SCREEN UH NOT RELATED TO THE INTERNET ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED BECAUSE THAT'D BE FAR OUTSIDE OUR BUDGET AND WHAT WE WANT THIS TO DO MM AND EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS THEY'RE EXPECTING OF US IS MORE A TEXT ON THE SCREEN THING THAN UH THAN ACTUAL BUTTONS O I WAS THINKING SOMETHING SOME SMOOTH SLEEK LITTLE REMOTE CONTROL WITH BIG USER FRIENDLY BUTTONS AND UH A MENU THAT YOU CAN ACCESS UH BUT THEN I DO THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS THE SPEECH UM RECOGNITION POSSIBILITY OKAY ANY UH THING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD OKAY BUT WE COULD GO BACK TO THE PICTURES OF THE UH WHAT'RE THEY CALLED THE PICTURES OF THE REMOTE CONTROLS AND POSSIBLY DISCUSS WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THEM BUT MAYBE SHOULD HEAR WHAT KATE HAS TO SAY FIRST YEAH LET'S HEAR WHAT KATE HAS TO SAY OKAY THEN BASIS HMM WHITEBOARD SESSION I THINK THE WHITE THAT ONE ON THE RIGHT IS AS WELL AS LESS CLUTTERED DEFINITELY LESS CLUTTERED AND I MEAN BUT STILL IT'S SORRY I WAS JUST I'LL JUST UH RESUME SOMETHING ELSE I WAS GONNA SAY THE THE STYLE OF THESE IS TERRIBLE I I I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO UH NOT ONLY POSSIBLY EVEN MATERIALS LIKE THE TYPE OF PLASTIC USED BUT EVERYTHING INCLUDING SIZE AND SHAPE OF BUTTONS POSITIONING OF BUTTONS THE ACTUAL SHAPE OF THE HAND HELD DEVICE COLOURS THE ERGONOMICS THE WAY IT FITS IN YOUR YEAH BUT SO THAT'S THAT FOR NOW CHEERS MM I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GOT A DISPLAY ON MY SCREEN STILL I'LL DO WITHOUT THAT OKAY UM NOW I WANNA BRING US DOWN TO EARTH AGAIN I'M AFRAID AND TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL PRACTICALITIES OF HOW THE THING NEEDS TO WORK UM OH AND THIS IS THE METHODOLOGY I USED IN PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING UM BASICALLY I'VE BEEN DOING A LITTLE BIT OF WEB BASED RESEARCH AND IF I HAD A DESIGN TEAM I WOULD'VE BEEN DISCUSSING MY IDEAS WITH 'EM BUT THE THE NET RESULT IS THAT I'VE COME UP WITH A FIRST CUT FOR THE WORKING DESIGN THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU SO LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT THE BASIC FUNCTION OF A REMOTE CONTROL IS IT'S FOR SENDING A MESSAGE UM TYPICALLY UM VIA INFRARED AND THE THE BASIC COMPONENTS WE'VE GOT TO BUILD IN FOR OUR TWELVE EUROS FIFTY ARE UM AN ENERGY SOURCE THE USER INTERFACE AND WHICH WILL UM IN INCORPORATE UM AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THAT ACTUALLY COMPOSES THE MESSAGE UM BASED ON WHAT THE WHICH BUTTONS THE USER PRESSES WE TURN THAT INTO A MESSAGE UM AND THEN WE NEED A SENDING MECHANISM TO SEND IT TO THE RECEIVER