WE COULD MAKE THINGS MUCH MORE F I THINK THE THE EIGHTY PERCENT OF PEOPLE WOULD SPEND MORE ON UH A REMOTE UH THAT LOOKS BETTER COMBINED WITH UH DECREASE THE OR TAKE OUT THE LIMITED FUNCTIO FUNCTIONS THAT WE DON'T REALLY USE MUCH ALRIGHT TAKE OUT TELETEXT BUT AS FOR CHANNEL SETTINGS AND STUFF IT MIGHT IT MIGHT UM TURN PEOPLE SOMEWHE PEOP SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT THE WHOLE FUNCTIONALITY AWAY BUT SINCE IF WE'RE MARKETING A MORE KIND OF FASHIONABLE APPROACH THEN IT'D IT WOULD BE FASHION AND FASHION OVER PRACTICALITY S S WE COULD WE COULD MAKE IT DUAL FUNCTION VOICE RECOGNITION AND STILL HAVE BUTTONS ON IT UM 'CAUSE WE'RE SO CERTAINLY COULD YEAH YEAH THE I MEAN THE THE ADVANTAGE OF DOING AWAY THE BUTTONS ALTOGETHER IS IT MAKES THE THING CHEAPER YEAH AND PROBABLY IT WOULD LOOK BETTER AS WELL YEAH YEAH MM LINED WITH NUMBERED BUTTONS AND OKAY WHO SORRY HAVE YOU HAVE YOU FINISHED THERE ANDY YEP YEP UM GIVEN THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD A EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION UH OKAY WELL I CAN DO MINE DO YOU WANT THE CABLE YEAH LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS WORK UM OH YOU HAVE TO HIT LIKE FUNCTION AND F. SOMETHING OH F. EIGHT IS IT DOING DUNNO UH GIVE IT ABOUT TWENTY SECONDS OR SO OKAY AH THERE WE GO OKAY SO THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE TECHNICAL FUNCTIONS SO THE METHOD I LOOKED ONLINE FOR EXAMPLES OF OTHER SIMILAR PRODUCTS AND THEN JUST KIND OF WAS TRYING TO BRAINSTORM SOME POSSIBLE DESIGN IDEAS AND UM IDENTIFY WHAT THE NECESSARY THINGS ARE WHAT PEOPLE ARE WHAT YOU REALLY WANNA HAVE A REMOTE CONTROL DO UM AND THEN THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS THAT I FOUND THERE'S A USER CENTRED ONE AND AN ENGINEERING CENTRED ONE WHICH I WILL HAVE PICTURES OF AND THEN WE KINDA HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH ONE THIS SHOULD BE SO THESE ARE THE TWO DIFFERENT ONES THIS ONE UM THIS IS THE USER CENTRED IT HAS UH QUITE A FEW MM UH UM FEWER BUTTONS AND THEN THIS IS THE ENGINEERING CENTRED WHICH HAS A LOT MORE BUTTONS AND PROBABLY THIS IS ONE THAT PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT ABOUT HAVING TOO MANY BUTTONS THAT YOU DON'T USE SO BASICALLY WHAT A REMOTE CONTROL IS IS YOU IT'S TO SEND MESSAGES TO THE TELEVISION SET YOU KNOW TURN ON OFF SWITCH THE CHANNELS AND THE VOLUME AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT AND SO FOR THIS PRODUCT IT'S GONNA BE TELEVISION ONLY AND THEN IT HAS TO HAVE THE UH LOGOS FOR THE COMPANY AND THE COLOURS AND SO FOR MY PERSONAL PREFERENCES I THINK THIS ONE IS EASIER TO USE AND HAS QUITE A YOU KNOW FEWER BUTTONS UM WE WANT SOMETHING THAT SENDS MESSAGES EASILY TO THE TELEVISION AND I WAS KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT THIS EXAMPLE THAT THEY HAVE IT LOOKS KIND OF NARROW AT THE TOP AND I WAS THINKING MAYBE IF IT WERE WIDER AT THE TOP THEN THAT WOULD BE EASIER UM AND SO WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT'S GONNA MAKE OUR PRODUCT DIFFERENT E THE UNIQUE STYLE MAYBE HAVE IT LIGHT UP SO IT'S VISIBLE IN THE DARK UM THE CHANGEABLE FACE PLATES AND THE LIGHTING UP AND VISIBLE I WAS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVI LOSING IT MAYBE TO HAVE A BUTTON ON THE TELEVISION THAT YOU PRESS AND IT MAYBE IF IT MAKES A NOISE OR LIGHTS UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND IF SOMEONE HAS HIDDEN UNDER THE COUCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION YEAH I'M ACTUALLY GONNA USE THE F THEY PROBABLY CLIP TO YOU YES RATHER THAN THE UH THE THE TRADITIONAL IN FACT UM I WON'T EVEN GO THAT FAR UM SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHAPE YOU KNOW SORT OF SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN THAT'S SORT OF A MORE VERTICAL SHAPE UM THAT YOU YOU SORT OF HOLD IN YOUR HAND UM WELL I'M TRYING TO THINK UH UH UH L UH L SUCH AS I MEAN UM SOMETHING YOU HOLD UP LIKE THAT POSSIBLY WITH A COUPLE OF BUTTONS LIKE THAT BUT WITH THE THE ENTIRE TOP WITH THE YOU KNOW THE UH THE INFRARED OR WHATEVER SOURCE UH SO THAT YOU KNOW IT'S FLYING OFF IN ALL DIRECTIONS SO THAT UH UM UH AGAIN THE N NEED TO LOOK AT THE THE THE TECHNICALITIES OF UM ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THAT IN TERMS OF WHETHER THE YOU KNOW THE POWER REQUIREMENTS OF THE UH SUCH A SOURCE UM YOU KNOW COMPROMISE THE OUR OUR NEED FOR UH YOU KNOW IT IT BEING UM MM PERMANENTLY UH YOU KNOW AVAILABLE UH WHETHER WHETHER DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY UM I MEAN TH ALL ALL THESE REMOTES ARE PRESUMABLY INFRARED AND LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME UH WE WE POSSIBLY NEED TO BE LOOKING AT AT AT SOMETHING DIFFERENT UM YOU KNOW SHORT RANGE NOT LIKE THE OLD UH RADIO REMOTE CONTROLS WHERE YOU'D CHANGE NEXT DOOR'S TELLY WHEN YOU CHANGE YOURS UM BUT UH UH I THINK BASICALLY I IF WE'RE GOING FOR I IF MINIMUM NUMBER OF BUTTONS IS OUR PRIORITY THEN WE SHOULD AS I SAY R KNOW REALLY BITE THE BULLETS AND AND REDUCE THE BUTTONS TO ABSOLUTE MINIMUM YOU KNOW POSSIBLY WITH BACKUP CHANNEL AND VOLUME BUTTONS AND ON OFF UM AND NOTHING ELSE UM SO THAT IT CAN AL IT COULD UH ALMOST END UP LIKE THAT BUT AGAIN EXCEPT THAT UM YOU KNOW THE RISK OF LOSING IT UM ANYWAY OKAY UM SO KATE WH WHAT ARE YOUR UH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS WHICH ONE DOES THIS PLUG INTO HMM I THINK IT'S ALL THERE H I CAN'T DID YOU COULD YOU SEE IT ON YOU SCREEN WHEN IT THAT'S KIND OF STRANGE OH WELL ANYWAYS UM ALRIGHT YEAH SO UM I'LL JUST DO MY PRESENTATION ON THE WORKING DESIGN UH OH THERE WE GO OKAY UM JUST AT THE M YEAH THE WHOLE SORT OF METHOD OF HOW THE REMOTE CONTROL WORKS UH THE BASIC FUNCTION OF THE REMOTE CONTROL IS TO SEND MESSAGES TO ANOTHER SH SYSTEM THE THE T. V. OR THE D. V. D. PLAYER OR WHATEVER UM AND IT DOES THIS UH BY WELL YOU NEED TO START OFF YOU NEED AN ENERGY SOURCE AND THIS ENERGY SOURCE WILL FEED INTO AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP AND THE CIRCUIT CHIP IS THE PART THAT ACTUALLY COMPOSES THE DIFFERENT MESSAGES UH WITHIN THE REMOTE UM WHICH WILL THEN BE SENT TO THE UH THE TELEVISION THE D. V. D. TO TELL THAT WHAT TO DO UM AND YOU NEED A USER INTERFACE WHICH CONTROLS THE CHIP AND THUS THE MESSAGES AND UH THE USER INTERFACE IS THAT'S BASICALLY JUST YOU KN THE S SORTA DESIGN OF THE ACTUAL REMOTE WHICH YOU HOLD IN YOUR HANDS AND WHAT BUTTONS WILL BE ON IT UM OH SHOOT OKAY UH JUST GENERAL FINDINGS UH WHAT WE NEED UH TECHNICALLY SPEAKING FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL IS SOME SORT OF ENERGY SOURCE UH SOME SORT OF USER INTERFACE WHICH I THINK WE'VE MOSTLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE USER INTERFACE AND THE DESIGN OF THAT