UM A CIRCUIT CHIP WITHIN THAT TO UH CONTROL AND SEND THE MESSAGES AND UM A SENDER AND RECEIVER AND UM OOPS UH-HUH THIS IS JUST SORT OF A LITTLE SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR UH THIS JUST KINDA REPRESENTS THE ENERGY SOURCE WHICH FEEDS INTO THE CIRCUIT CHIP UH WHICH MAYBE THEN WE COULD HAVE THAT FEED INTO A SWITCH WHICH WOULD SEND SIGNALS F TO UM A SUBCOMPONENT AND ON TO A LIGHT BULB BETWEEN SO IT'LL LIGHT UP ONCE WE START ONCE YOU START PRESSING BUTTONS UM ALSO SEND SIGNALS TO THE UM INFRARED BULB WHICH WILL BE THE PART THAT ACTUALLY WHAT SENDS SIGNALS TO THE THE TELEVISION AND THEN YOU'VE GOT YOUR HAPPY LITTLE T. V. WATCHER THERE AND SO MY PERSONAL PREFERENCES I I JUST THINK WE NEED SORTA BIG UH ENERGY SOURCE THAT WON'T DIE OUT UH PERHAPS SOME SORT OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OR A BATTERY DOCK YOU COULD PLACE IT IN SO IT'D CONSTANTLY BE CHARGED SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO UH BE WORRYING ABOUT IT RUNNING OUT OF BATTERIES AND NOT CHANGING CHANNELS FOR YOU UH A WIDE RANGE UH SENDER RECEIVER SO THAT YOU CAN HIT THE BUTTONS FROM BASICALLY ANYWHERE IN THE ROOM AND THE CHANNEL'LL STILL BE CHANGED UH ALSO DEFINITELY A USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE UM AND I THINK WE'VE ALL SORT OF MENTIONED ADDING A A LOCATING DEVICE ON IT SO WHEN IT DOES GET STUCK UNDER THE COUCH CUSHIONS AS THEY INEVITABLY DO YOU CAN FIND THEM EASILY AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT OKAY UH IT SEEMS SEEMS TO ME THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FUNDAMENTAL DECISIONS TO MAKE BEFORE WE UM I THINK YOUR POINT ABOUT THE THE BIG ENERGY SOURCE IS UH A VERY VALID ONE UM I DON'T SUPPOSE WE'VE GOT ANY STATISTICS ON THE THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF UH REMOTE CONTROLS PARTICULARLY SORT OF INDEPENDENT ONES UM GIVEN YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF THINGS YOU BUY THESE DAYS WHICH YOU KNOW HAVE A A A LITHIUM WHATEVER BATTERY IN THAT'S UH YOU KNOW NEVER NEEDS REPLACING UM PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE THE THE DISPOSABLE REMOTE CONTROL UH UM YOU KNOW ONE SOME SORT OF TYPICAL USAGE YOU KNOW THE THE THE BATTERY WILL LAST KNOW FIVE TEN YEARS BY WHICH TIME I MEAN WHEN ALL'S SAID AND DONE THE DIGITAL TELEVISION WILL BE TAKING OVER IN THAT TIME SCALE UM UH UH P PERHAPS WE SHOULD KNOW REDUCE THE UH YOU KNOW THE SORT OF MOVING PARTS EVEN MORE BY NOT EVEN HAVING A BATTERY COMPARTMENT AND UH YEAH AND IF IF ANYBODY MANAGES TO RUN IT DOWN WE'LL WE'LL GIVE 'EM A NEW ONE UM IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S WHAT IT SAVES IN COST AND YOU KNOW THERE THERE'S A WELL IT'S ACTUALLY A MARKETING GIMMICK I MEAN IT'S HARDLY A GIMMICK IT'S UH IT'S TOTALLY PRACTICAL UH SO I TH THINK YOU KNOW THE IDEA OF A RECHARGEABLE ONE IS UM UH UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY HIGH TECH AND IT SORT OF JUST RECHARGES ITSELF IF IT'S N BY YOU KNOW MAGNETIC WAVES OR WHATEVER IF IF IT YEAH ARE ARE PEOPLE REALLY GONNA USE IT THOUGH UM MM YEAH I I TH I THINK MM MM YEAH IT'S UM I MEAN I KNOW THAT SOMEI TIMES MY MY WIFE GOES OUT IN THE MORNING AND SAYS OH I SHOULD HAVE PUT THE PHONE ON TO CHARGE AND THEN THEN SHE'S HAD THOSE FOR SO LONG THAT IF SHE HASN'T WORKED THAT OUT BY NOW UM 'CAUSE I ONLY REMEMBER TO CHARGE MY CELL PHONE UH WHEN BATTERY DIES AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH YEAH YEAH WHEN IT TURNS ITSELF OFF THAT'S WHEN I PLUG IT IN YEAH YEAH THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA IS THE UH YOU KNOW WE WE WE ARE REALLY GOING FOR THE ULTIMATE IN EX UH EXTERNAL SIMPLICITY HERE UM YOU KNOW CUT COST WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING AND UH YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE A HIGH TECH INTERIOR THEN THEN THAT THAT SH MAY WELL BE COST EFFECTIVE DO THEY MAKE BATTERIES THAT LAST THAT LONG I MEAN TH TH CERTAINLY UM I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING OFF THE S TOP OF MY HEAD BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY THINGS THAT YOU BUY I MEAN CALCULATORS FOR EXAMPLE THEY USUALLY HAVE THE LITTLE LIGHT UH SOURCE I DUNNO WHAT THE HECK THEY'RE CALLED THE BUT YEAH THE LITTLE CELLS THAT YEAH MM-HMM MM YEAH MOST OF THEM DON'T THEY HAVE SORT OF A COMBINATION OF THE TWO LIKE WHEN THERE IS LIGHT THEY'LL WORK OFF THE LIGHT AND IF THERE ISN'T THEY'LL KICK INTO THIS BATTERY SO WE CAN MAYBE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEREAS THERE IS A BATTERY BUT IF THERE'S ENOUGH LIGHT THEN IT'S USING THE LIGHT SO THAT IT'S NOT ACTUALLY DRAINING THE BATTERY ALL THE TIME BUT YOU WILL HAVE THE BATTERY THERE FOR WHEN YOU NEED IT MM I MEAN THE THE ACTUAL TIME THAT A REMOTE CONTROL IS ACTUALLY OPERATING I WOULD THINK IS I IS IS PROBABLY YOU KNOW NO MORE THAN MINUTES IN ITS ENTIRE LIFE OH IT DEPEND IF IT'S UH DEPENDS WHO WHO'S USING IT WHO'S JUST SITTING THERE CLICKING CLICKING CLICKING CLICKING YEAH YEAH THEN THEY'RE CLICKING A LOT YEAH W LIKE LIKE THIS UM THIS UH MARKET RESEARCH THING SAYS NUMBER OF TIMES PER HOUR THAT IT'S USED CHANNEL SELECTION A HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT PER HOUR YEAH THAT'S A LOT THAT DOES SOUND EXCESSIVE BUT THEN AGAIN IF YOU THINK IT OF THE AMOUNT OF YOU KNOW AMOUNT OF USE IT'S LIKE YEAH YEAH YEAH WELL THAT'S RIGHT AND AND I I DON'T I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHETHER THE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHETHER THE S THE SIGNAL LASTS AS LONG AS YOU ACTUALLY KEEP THE BUTTON PRESSED OR WHETHER IT'S JUST A SORTA TENTH OF A SECOND NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU PRESS IT FOR I DON'T KNOW I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW UM YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE CHANNEL CAN'T KEEP UP WITH IT IF YOU JUST PRESS IT LIKE THAT SO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO USE THE MENU AND GO THROUGH THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS THAT WAY INSTEAD OF MM RIGHT SO I'VE GOT A MESSAGE TO SAY FIVE MINUTES I DUNNO HOW LONG AGO THAT APPEARED UM 'CAUSE WE'RE WE'RE GETTING UM RIGHT SO I'D I NEED TO SUM UP VERY QUICKLY HERE UM WE'RE LOOKING AT EXTREME SIMPLICITY WE'RE LOOKING AT A RADICALLY DIFFERENT SHAPE POSSIBLY NO BUTTONS AT ALL UM BUT IF YOU CAN INCORPORATE UM CHANNEL CHANGE AND VOLUME BUTTONS UM IN INTO THE DESIGN THEN THEN THAT'S FINE UM IN THE I MEAN THE THE ROLE OF THE OF THE UM THE USER INTERFACE DES DESIGNER BECOMES B YOU KNOW MORE IMPORTANT HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW SHAPE IS NO LONGER AN A UH UM A SERIOUS CONSTRAINT BUT WE CLEARLY ONLY NEED TH THE MAIN BUTTONS ALTHOUGH UH IF CLEARLY ONLY NEED THE MAIN FUNCTIONS UM I DON'T SEE WHY WE SHOULDN'T GO FOR VOICE RECOGNITION UM AND THE THE ONLY BUTTONS THAT I THINK WE NEED ARE CHANNEL CONTROL VOLUME CONTROL AND ON OFF