Extracted Content: Brock Stramel: Okay. Yeah. That's okay. That's okay.
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Am I starting now? Anytime? Oh sorry 'Kay. um. Alright, welcome back fro to the second meeting. And um I hope you had a productive last thirty minutes. Um, and um, I'll be taking minutes on this one, and um Being hooked up to the PowerPoint for this meeting isn't very necessary for uh myself, because it'll be more about uh, what you guys are bringing to the meeting today. Um, so, the first presentation we'll be looking at is Poppy's presentation And. um So, sorry? So, um, take it away Poppy.
  Brock Stramel: Okay. Um, do I need to
  Thomas Schindele: It's, it's plugged in. So,
  Brock Stramel: plugged
  Thomas Schindele: um
  Brock Stramel: in.
  Greg Connors: F_ eight, w. Function F_
  Brock Stramel: F_
  Greg Connors: eight
  Brock Stramel: okay. Function F_ eight. Sorry about this guys.
  Thomas Schindele: No problem.
  Brock Stramel: 'Kay. is on. Right. Okay. I will take this time just to apologise. I, I only, uh, received my emails later on. 'Cause I was too busy carried away doing my own thing, which is not obviously not a very good part of a team-working thing. But there we go.
  Thomas Schindele: I'm sure it's fine.
  Brock Stramel: Um, so I was looking at how we're going to go about the working design, and what we actually need to do, and what the remote control needs to do. And it needs to um allow a person to have a portable desi device, so they can control the television from wherever they are. They don't need to actually manually touch the television set. So, it gives them much more flexibility, and allows them to be where they want to be. Um, from Uh, on a functional side of things, we found out that wh from our previous meeting, we decided that there're certain points that will make our product unique. Um, one is the visibility in the dark, which was um Genevieve's idea. So we need to think about how we could bring this in um technically. And we could use illuminated buttons, which we are all familiar with when we're using a mobile phone, or um something fam familiar. A automatically, um lights up at first touch. Or we could use fluorescent materials which would just um take in the light during the day, and then as soon as they go off they would glow in the dark. Um, also we could use um an alarm. So if we lost the um remote control, perhaps there could be a button on the television set itself, which you could press, and then an alarm from the handset would sound where it was, hopefully in the room. Maybe behind a cushion or somewhere. Um, so that would work. Um, oop. Go back there. Um, another thing I think we d missed out on on the last meeting was the fact that we should consider the environmental impact of our design. Um, from previous researches I've carried out on other projects, um we've learnt about smart materials where um um specific alloys of metals have a shape memory. So they can be heated and um and cooled, and they change the shape of um the metal. So, for example, a screw that's holding something together could expand and it would force all the components apart. So um, the benefits of this for our product would be that when it came to the end of its product life, if it was heated, um everything would spring apart. So, all the um individual components could be easily separated, and then some could be reused, some could be recycled, and I think that would be very important for products now. Especially 'cause there's much uh responsibility for all the um companies who are coming up with like new designs. 'Cause all, we all know that our resources are being limited, and we have to be very environmentally conscious.
  Thomas Schindele: Right, um, one question.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: This, um, self-destructible uh metal, it allows for recycling materials?
  Brock Stramel: Um
  Thomas Schindele: So that, um, someone could have this product for as long as they felt that they wanted it, and then once
  Brock Stramel: And then
  Thomas Schindele: they contribute it, then that company can break
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: down the part, the parts better?
  Brock Stramel: Yeah they would, um you would make the, the product as you normally would, apart from the, the bits that hold it all together would be made out of this shape-memory alloy. And that's the part that would um allow all the other parts to be separated at the end. I mean, the user would return the p product to the company, 'cause it's the product's responsibility to get rid of what they've made. Um, and then the company could then just use, make use of this shape-memory alloys to split up the components,
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: and then either reuse some bits, and other bits which are obviously gonna wear out with time, or not usable, they might be like be able to put into scrap metal. Something like the case, if it's scratched or something, you would want to reuse it, but you might be able to melt it down and
  Thomas Schindele: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: reuse it again somewhere else.
  Thomas Schindele: Would we be the company that would break down these, or uh metals? Or would
  Brock Stramel: You
  Thomas Schindele: we
  Brock Stramel: could we could probably
  Thomas Schindele: contribute
  Brock Stramel: empl
  Thomas Schindele: to another
  Brock Stramel: em
  Thomas Schindele: group?
  Brock Stramel: employ a, a side company or something to do that for us. But it would be our responsibility to get that done and to dispose of the products that we made. For a certain percentage at least.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright.
  Brock Stramel: Not every, not a hundred percent of everything we produce,
  Thomas Schindele: Okay.
  Brock Stramel: but
  Thomas Schindele: This sounds like a really great idea. One thing we have to consider is our uh one hundred percent um turnover goal that we have
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: for our financial
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: sector. Um, so we'll have to investigate how much that will cost
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: us, cost the company, um 'cause it sounds very labour-intensive. You would have to hire a number of people, and it might be more expensive.
  Brock Stramel: Well I the fact of the shape-memory alloys is that they, they don't need to be manually de um deconstructed. Like, you don't have to individually um unscrew all the screws. Because of this, their properties are smart material. All
  Thomas Schindele: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: you need is just the heat, so they self-destruct themselves.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright.
  Brock Stramel: So
  Thomas Schindele: We'll still
  Brock Stramel: I
  Thomas Schindele: have
  Brock Stramel: suppose
  Thomas Schindele: to investigate
  Brock Stramel: it does need
  Thomas Schindele: the
  Brock Stramel: like
  Thomas Schindele: financial
  Brock Stramel: high
  Thomas Schindele: implications.
  Brock Stramel: contact, yeah, you know high uh quality machinery, and very specific machinery, but
  Thomas Schindele: Alright. I like the environmental approach. Um,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: we'll have to see if that can meet our financial
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: goals as well.
  Brock Stramel: Um also there is um components. This'll be how it uh will actually work. But I haven't put this plan together yet.
  Thomas Schindele: I'm
  Brock Stramel: There
  Thomas Schindele: sorry,
  Brock Stramel: we
  Thomas Schindele: could
  Brock Stramel: go.
  Thomas Schindele: you
  Brock Stramel: Sorry, should I go
  Thomas Schindele: Those
  Brock Stramel: back.
  Thomas Schindele: were um
  Brock Stramel: show the circuit diagram. Although I haven't come up with the final circuit yet.
  Thomas Schindele: Okay.
  Brock Stramel: So I just put all those components in.
  Thomas Schindele: So those are what, um, we'll c construct the remote. Those
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: are all the
  Brock Stramel: I it just shows what sort of energy source. It could be a battery, like rechargeable probably. Um, an' yeah, well how the infrared will actually be sent through the chip to be received by the chip on the television set itself.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright. Great.
  Brock Stramel: Okay? So, now is it F_ eight again to escape? Or escape? There we go. Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright. Thank you very much.
  Brock Stramel: Thank you.
  Thomas Schindele: And, um, the next presenter will be Tara.
  Brock Stramel: There you go Tara.
  Greg Connors: Thanks. Can you see?
  Edward Andrade: Oh,
  Greg Connors: Do you think Is it uh, function eight yeah?
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Function
  Edward Andrade: Function F_
  Brock Stramel: F_
  Thomas Schindele: Function
  Edward Andrade: eight
  Brock Stramel: eight.
  Thomas Schindele: F_ eight. Sorry.
  Brock Stramel: The one at the top.
  Greg Connors: Oh right. Okay.
  Edward Andrade: That looks right.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: Okay. I'm the User um User Interface Designer. Uh, the technical functions design of the apparatus is the effect the apparatus should have. Um, in this case it's the function of the remote control, which is to send messages to the television, television set. By inspiration from other similar designs we'll try and come up with an original There're two functional design options. A multifunctional remote control, which can be used for several entertainment devices. And a single function remote control, used specifically for the television.
  Edward Andrade: I'm sorry, what was that last one. Multifunctional and
  Greg Connors: Sorry. Um, a single function just for the television itself.
  Edward Andrade: Ch Oh, I see.
  Greg Connors: Yeah. Um, multifunctional controls can be difficult to use, as the multitude of buttons can be confusing. A single function remote control is simpler to use, but it means you have to have other remote controls for your other entertainment devices.
  Edward Andrade: 'Kay.
  Greg Connors: Um, I think that a single function remote control would be preferable, because it's easier to use. It'd be more compatible with a range of television sets, making it more internationally sellable. Um, it will make an original design more obtainable, as we have less functional necessities to include in the design. And it would be more profitable as it would be more simplistic. And less functions would have to be included. So it would be cheaper to make. And probably more sellable just because it's more compatible with a r a wider range of devices. Does anyone have any questions?
  Edward Andrade: So as far as we know, um, a single function television remote control is us usable internationally?
  Greg Connors: Well, it's just that, when we're creating it, we're, we have to make it um compatible with different brands of devices.
  Edward Andrade: Right.
  Greg Connors: And it would be easier to make it compatible with just different brands of television devices rather than other
  Edward Andrade: D_V_D_s
  Greg Connors: ent,
  Edward Andrade: and V_C_R_?
  Greg Connors: yeah,
  Edward Andrade: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Right.
  Greg Connors: other entertainment devices.
  Thomas Schindele: Does everyone agree with this? Does anyone object and, and find the multifunctional might be a better way to go?
  Brock Stramel: Um, I was just wondering about the, what, what Genevieve said before, about having like some hidden controls like having the outer casing. And that would probably, um, I d, well well what you said before about it being a more profitable simplistic design. I suppose
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: having that would complicate it a lot more.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: And limit the design. Do you think?
  Edward Andrade: Yeah, I think I agree with the single design thing for now, because we're trying to do so much, that if we're trying a unique user-friendly,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: dadada, also multi also multifunctional, um, we're gonna go over budget for one thing. So
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah. That's true.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: And with this we'll have more room in the budget probably to make a more original design.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Greg Connors: We'll have more money to
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: go into the design side of it.
  Brock Stramel: Okay. Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright. Sounds great.
  Edward Andrade: Mm, 'kay.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright, well, um, are you ready for your presentation Genevieve?
  Edward Andrade: Yes I am.
  Thomas Schindele: Fabulous. Except you're not
  Edward Andrade: Oh,
  Thomas Schindele: hooked
  Edward Andrade: I'm
  Thomas Schindele: up to the
  Edward Andrade: not hooked up, but other than that, completely ready.
  Thomas Schindele: Great.
  Edward Andrade: Okay.
  Edward Andrade: Okay. Oh. I just lost my microphone.
  Thomas Schindele: No
  Edward Andrade: Just
  Thomas Schindele: problem,
  Edward Andrade: a moment.
  Thomas Schindele: we can
  Edward Andrade: Okay. So I'll be discussing the functional requirements of this remote control. Um, and I'll give you a little briefing on what that means exactly. Um, if you all remember from the email we got before our very first uh kick-off meeting, with the coffee machine? The functional requirements of that was to produce hot coffee quickly. Um, so what I'll be talking about now is the equivalent for a remote control. Um, so basically what needs and desires are to be fulfilled. Um, I've done some marketing research, a lot of interviews with remote control users, um, and some internet research. And I'll show you my findings. Oh, and firstly I wanted to remind you about our company motto and purpose. So we believe in providing international market with fashionable products. Um, hence our motto, we put the fashion in electronics. So I think that should be our priority here. Um, and we should also be looking to trends in clothing and interior design. Not just in electronic fashion. So that it's something that fits in the household.
  Thomas Schindele: I'm sorry, what was that last thing that you just said?
  Edward Andrade: Um, we should be looking towards trends in both clothing and interior design.
  Thomas Schindele: Mm-hmm.
  Edward Andrade: Any trends that are going on in, in
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Edward Andrade: the public, even media, you know who's famous, what T_V_ shows are being
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: watched, um, to influence our remote control. Okay, so the findings. Um, seventy five percent of users of remote controls find them ugly. Which is a, quite a significant number. Um, the other twenty five percent didn't specify if they love them or found them, you know, neutral. Eighty percent of users would spend more money when a remote control would look fancy. Current remote controls do not match well the operating behaviour of the user.
  Thomas Schindele: I'm sorry, that eighty percent of users would spend more money when a remote control would look fancy. You mean that they would spend more money on a fancy-looking
  Edward Andrade: Yeah, they're willing,
  Thomas Schindele: remote control?
  Edward Andrade: they're willing to spend money on a remote control with personality. As
  Thomas Schindele: Okay.
  Edward Andrade: opposed to your basic, you know, oval
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Edward Andrade: black,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: all same size button remote control. Um, so it is something that people care about. It's not, it's not ignored in the household. Um, seventy five percent of remote control users said that they zap a lot. Zapping meaning they go through channels a lot. They're
  Brock Stramel: Mm-hmm.
  Edward Andrade: you know thumb-masters. Um, and fifty percent of users say they only use ten percent of the buttons. That A very small amount. Thought that was interesting.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright, so
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Thomas Schindele: it might be very appealing if, um,
  Brock Stramel: the single
  Thomas Schindele: we
  Brock Stramel: function.
  Thomas Schindele: have very concise buttons. And
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: another thing with um lots of surfing, we'd probably have to work on something that could be um a lot more durable, because I find with um channel-changers that, um,
  Edward Andrade: Yes.
  Thomas Schindele: a lot of the numbers get rubbed down if they're
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: printed on
  Brock Stramel: Yeah
  Thomas Schindele: the button.
  Brock Stramel: that's
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: a good point.
  Edward Andrade: And actually to go with that, I'm gonna give you some statistics on the uh relevancy of the buttons, how much they're used. And uh how important the uh users find them. So the power button, obviously, in an hour is only used once. Hopefully the person's not turning on and off the T_V_. Um, but the relevance of that button is nine out of ten. So people wanna be able to turn on the T_V_ with the remote control. Um, as opposed to standing up and turning on the television set. Channel selection is used a hundred and sixty eight times on average per hour. That's a huge amount. This is the most important button. Um, so obviously when commercials come on they're changing it, so as you said we want a durable button that's not gonna run down. Relevance of that button, our users found was uh ten, ten out of ten. Uh, ditto for volume selection, so ten out of ten. And it's used on average four times an hour. Not as much as channel selection, but still significant. Um, audio settings is used on average zero point eight times an hour. Relevance is two. Screen settings, which means brightness, colour etcetera, zero point five times an hour. Um, and relevance of one point five. We're getting to specific statistics here. Teletext, um, now I'm not too clear on what that is. I don't know if you can help Edward Andrade. Flipping pages. Is
  Greg Connors: It's
  Edward Andrade: that
  Greg Connors: um
  Brock Stramel: It's like the news. Or like
  Greg Connors: It has
  Brock Stramel: information.
  Greg Connors: T_V_ has like information, it has information on holidays, the news,
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: entertainment.
  Brock Stramel: The and
  Edward Andrade: So
  Brock Stramel: what's
  Edward Andrade: like
  Thomas Schindele: It's
  Edward Andrade: a
  Brock Stramel: on.
  Edward Andrade: running
  Thomas Schindele: um
  Edward Andrade: banner, underneath
  Thomas Schindele: No it's
  Greg Connors: No,
  Thomas Schindele: a button
  Greg Connors: li
  Thomas Schindele: that you
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: press, and then you, uh, like a menu pops up.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: I haven't used it before
  Edward Andrade: Oh.
  Thomas Schindele: but
  Brock Stramel: It's
  Greg Connors: And you
  Brock Stramel: like
  Greg Connors: have page numbers like for the menu, and you press the page numbers with your remote, and
  Edward Andrade: Okay.
  Brock Stramel: It's like
  Greg Connors: it,
  Brock Stramel: very
  Greg Connors: it'll come up.
  Brock Stramel: basic internet.
  Greg Connors: Very
  Brock Stramel: Sort
  Greg Connors: basic
  Brock Stramel: of,
  Greg Connors: internet,
  Brock Stramel: um
  Greg Connors: yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Okay.
  Greg Connors: But you
  Edward Andrade: Like
  Greg Connors: have
  Edward Andrade: tells you the weather, and
  Greg Connors: Yeah. But
  Edward Andrade: Okay.
  Greg Connors: you have no interaction back with it, you know. Like the internet you can send emails
  Brock Stramel: Yeah,
  Greg Connors: and
  Edward Andrade: Right.
  Brock Stramel: it's
  Greg Connors: You've
  Brock Stramel: just
  Greg Connors: no interaction.
  Brock Stramel: information that um, like television timetables, what's on, what's on now, what's on next, on every
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: channel, and
  Edward Andrade: Alright. Well I guess I'm not with it, because I wasn't But it's, it's being used fourteen times an hour. Um, and has a r a high relevance of six point five. So it looks like something that we're gonna want to do some research on and
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: include
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: on our remote control. Channel settings.
  Greg Connors: Uh, probably just tuning in the channels, would
  Edward Andrade: P
  Greg Connors: it be?
  Edward Andrade: Sorry. Changing the channels?
  Greg Connors: Tuning them in at the very start. You know if you get a new T_V_ set, you tune in all the channels,
  Edward Andrade: Oh, okay.
  Greg Connors: do you th
  Brock Stramel: To get
  Greg Connors: do you
  Brock Stramel: the
  Greg Connors: think?
  Brock Stramel: right reception
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: and
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: picture,
  Edward Andrade: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Mm.
  Brock Stramel: I suppose.
  Edward Andrade: Um, so it's not used very often, but people still find it relevant. Okay. Um, biggest frustrations of uh the people that we interviewed. Remote controls are often lost somewhere. So that was already discussed by Poppy. How we could have a, an alarm system so that people can find it. Um, takes too much time to learn how to use a new remote control. So it should be very user-friendly, you know. People know what to do very quickly. Um, remote controls are bad for R_S_I_.
  Brock Stramel: Repetitive
  Greg Connors: Repeti
  Brock Stramel: strain
  Greg Connors: Uh.
  Brock Stramel: injury.
  Edward Andrade: Ah.
  Brock Stramel: I
  Edward Andrade: Is
  Brock Stramel: think.
  Edward Andrade: that what it is? People with arthritis and such?
  Thomas Schindele: That's rather sad.
  Edward Andrade: Um, maybe
  Brock Stramel: Oh,
  Edward Andrade: our
  Brock Stramel: I'm guessing that's what it is.
  Greg Connors: Yeah,
  Brock Stramel: I'm not
  Greg Connors: yeah. I think
  Edward Andrade: designers
  Greg Connors: it is.
  Edward Andrade: can look into that. Um,
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Edward Andrade: buttons that don't require, you know, very firm
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: pushing, if they respond. But we'll have to also avoid, you know, buttons responding to the slightest touch as well. That's a problem.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah. It is.
  Edward Andrade: Okay. Did you guys uh get that one down?
  Brock Stramel: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: Yep.
  Edward Andrade: Um okay, here's some ideas for you. A large percentage of the public would pay for voice recognition on the remote controls. So I'll show you some numbers here. Um, so the youngest age group, fifteen to twenty five. Ninety one point two percent said that they would pay extra money to have voice recogni voice recognition included on their remote control. Um, and you can see that number decreases a bit with ol s Interestingly enough, twenty five to thirty five is the lowest amount. Um, that would, are willing to pay extra. So I guess we're gonna have to figure out what age group we're, we're targeting, and if and if voice recognition is something we wanna look into. And if we have the budget for it. Um, if we are targeting young adults, it looks like something that would pay off. Seeing as ninety percent, over ninety percent would pay for it.
  Thomas Schindele: I agree with um if we're targeting young adults then it would be something we should look into.
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: Um, financially and and functionally. Um, and especially if we are um trying to be trendy, go with fashions,
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Thomas Schindele: things like that. Um, ages like from thirty five to sixty five which show lower numbers probably won't be as concerned.
  Edward Andrade: So that, that's a whole other field of research. I don't know if it'd be, if we'd still have a remote, or if you're talking to your television and saying change channel. Um and depending
  Thomas Schindele: Mm-hmm.
  Edward Andrade: on how many members
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: you have in households. So it m it may be too complicated for us, but it's something
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: to keep in mind anyway.
  Thomas Schindele: And something that might further complicate it is that the T_V_ makes noise itself.
  Edward Andrade: Right.
  Thomas Schindele: Wonder
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: if it would have
  Brock Stramel: And if there was conversation in the room at the same time,
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: although in theory it doesn't tend to be when you're watching television, but could be very difficult to get the specific uh
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah. If we're looking for a
  Brock Stramel: design.
  Thomas Schindele: simplistic design, if
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: We need to decide if that is our um intention is, is a simplistic
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Thomas Schindele: design. Um, because if, if it is then I think voice, um voice-activated
  Edward Andrade: It looks like
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah, and that would sort of negate the whole remote control thing, because
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: if people can activate the television with their voice
  Edward Andrade: It'd
  Thomas Schindele: then they
  Edward Andrade: be
  Thomas Schindele: won't
  Edward Andrade: like
  Thomas Schindele: be
  Edward Andrade: the
  Thomas Schindele: using
  Edward Andrade: ultimate
  Thomas Schindele: a,
  Edward Andrade: remote.
  Thomas Schindele: they won't be talking into a remote, I'm sure.
  Edward Andrade: Um okay. And th the last thing here was a, an L_C_D_ screen. So, I mean voice recognition might be a little too extreme for us. Not practical. Um an L_C_D_ screen though might be something that, you know, you can shift through pages kind of li the way this PowerPoint is working.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: So that you don't have so many buttons to deal with.
  Thomas Schindele: Um, I don't know what an L_C_D_ screen is.
  Edward Andrade: Oh sorry, just, just a screen, like a computer screen. S Or like um
  Greg Connors: Mobile phone.
  Edward Andrade: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Or Like an alarm clock. You'd have an L_C_D_ versus just a,
  Brock Stramel: What,
  Edward Andrade: a
  Brock Stramel: what
  Edward Andrade: normal
  Brock Stramel: would
  Edward Andrade: clock.
  Brock Stramel: appear on the screen?
  Thomas Schindele: I have no idea still. I'm sorry.
  Edward Andrade: Oh just like an electronic screen. As opposed to just buttons. There would be like a little,
  Thomas Schindele: Oh, on
  Edward Andrade: like
  Thomas Schindele: the remote.
  Edward Andrade: on Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Okay.
  Edward Andrade: Like on the top of a cellphone, the the little
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: L_C_D_ screen. Um, now that's, I, I dunno exactly what exactly we'd put on there. I guess the channel that you're on,
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: the v the volume setting.
  Greg Connors: Could it it It would be good if it had the actual programme that was on, and what was next. But that would probably be
  Brock Stramel: Like linked in with the teletext,
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: or sort
  Greg Connors: That
  Brock Stramel: of like
  Greg Connors: would be
  Brock Stramel: an
  Greg Connors: good, yeah.
  Brock Stramel: teletext at your fingers, without having
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: to access that through the television.
  Greg Connors: Might be quite expensive to do that though.
  Brock Stramel: Mm, Yeah. Could be.
  Edward Andrade: Well
  Thomas Schindele: Right.
  Edward Andrade: I guess that's something we can all take back to our respective research.
  Brock Stramel: Mm-hmm.
  Edward Andrade: Um, and finally, whoops, my personal preferences and thoughts. Um, I think our priority really should be unique design. Um, we want something that people want in their home. Every remote control looks the same, so uh in my opinion it should be, um, user-friendly and unique. So the other stuff might be a little too, a little too gadgety for some people.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Um, I th myself, voice recognition kind of scares Edward Andrade off. So if we're, if we're
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Edward Andrade: aiming to make this an international university, universally accepted product Um, and for all, the other thing is like age market. I mean if we wanted to concentrate on fifteen to twenty five years olds, we could go for the fancy stuff. But if we wanna make fifty million, and and have everyone want this remote control, we should maybe stick to the basics.
  Thomas Schindele: Mm-hmm.
  Greg Connors: And we should keep in mind that fifteen to twenty five year olds might not have twenty five Euros to spend on a remote control.
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Greg Connors: Like their priorities might not be a fancy remote control, when they're just starting out and,
  Edward Andrade: Right. And we have to
  Greg Connors: yeah.
  Edward Andrade: keep in mind the, the reliability of our research. I mean, you know, a sixteen year old boy would say, yeah I'd pay extra for voice recognition, until they realise that's three months allowance.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Um,
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: so I I think, I think the older generations we should be catering to a bit more.
  Greg Connors: Early twenties,
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: that's the kind of age group.
  Thomas Schindele: And if one of the largest,
  Greg Connors: Twenties.
  Thomas Schindele: uh, or most complained about thing is that it takes so long to get to know how
  Edward Andrade: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: to use a
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: remote control, I'm sure that something like an L_C_D_ screen or remote control would be just furthering that problem.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Yep.
  Brock Stramel: Complicated
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: jus complicating things even fo
  Thomas Schindele: Alright.
  Brock Stramel: Mm.
  Edward Andrade: Okay.
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Edward Andrade: That's it for the market research.
  Thomas Schindele: Okay. Before we go into uh more discussion on we want this design to look like, I've received some information from the management that will affect some of our decisions. Um, for one thing, because Having controls with D_V_D_, V_C_R_, that sort of thing, would really complicate the design of the remote control. Um, we've decided not to include them and make it a specific, just a specific television um function. decided that we would like to go with that anyway. Um, for many reasons. So um we have that decision sort of made for us. Another thing that might um affect other decisions is that um the management feels that teletext is outdated, because more people are using the internet now. And so uh we won't concern ourselves with um navigating the teletext option.
  Brock Stramel: Can I just interrupt?
  Thomas Schindele: Yep.
  Brock Stramel: Would you like to plug in
  Edward Andrade: Yeah. Maybe we
  Brock Stramel: your
  Edward Andrade: can do the
  Brock Stramel: Have
  Thomas Schindele: Okay,
  Brock Stramel: you
  Thomas Schindele: sure.
  Brock Stramel: got a PowerPoint or not?
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah I do. I'm
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: looking at
  Brock Stramel: Thanks.
  Thomas Schindele: looking at it right now.
  Edward Andrade: There you go.
  Thomas Schindele: thank you.
  Edward Andrade: Oh, come back screen. Hmm.
  Brock Stramel: Were they, was the management suggesting use of the internet rather than teletext, or just avoiding both altogether?
  Thomas Schindele: Um, well, I mean we don't have the resources or
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: or possibility
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: of using the internet with the remote control, but um they were just pretty much saying that
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: the teletext would not
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: be used.
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright, and another thing. This is for the design, the design of the product is that um we wanna create, um more of a sense that people know that this is from our company. So,
  Brock Stramel: Right.
  Thomas Schindele: um, all the remote controls must have our um We'll incorporate our logo and colour in in
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: some way.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: So, um, perhaps um our logo on the bottom, or wherever you feel like it would look good.
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Um, it doesn't have to be the colour of our um
  Brock Stramel: Just
  Thomas Schindele: of our company but, another thing is that, um we need to, we probably would have to have that colour and, and logo decided upon. Um, I'm assuming that we already have one, but for the purposes of this meeting I, I wasn't offered a, like a type of logo or colour, so
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: if that
  Brock Stramel: Work
  Thomas Schindele: could be
  Brock Stramel: on that.
  Thomas Schindele: um somewhere on the design so that we can be recognisable.
  Edward Andrade: It's probably R_ R_R_ in yellow.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: The little R_ R_ yellow thing? Okay.
  Edward Andrade: Yeah,
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Mm-hmm.
  Edward Andrade: I think.
  Thomas Schindele: Real Reaction? Okay. Um, yes, those are the changes. Um, so, now we need to discuss, um and come to a decision on our remote control functions, of, of how this is going to be. I'm just going to look at my notes for a second. Um, we have to decide on a target group and the functions of the remote control. So,
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: um, we already know that it'll just be for the television. It'll It won't have teletext. But um, you know, we could discuss um those other options that you brought up, Genevieve.
  Edward Andrade: Okay, so I Are we going to write off the L_C_D_ option?
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Is
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: that
  Edward Andrade: Yeah?
  Thomas Schindele: how most people feel about that?
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Okay.
  Edward Andrade: So no L_C_D_, no teletext, and no voice recognition.
  Greg Connors: I think it would be annoying though if I don't use teletext that much, but if it was on your T_V_, you'd want to be able to use it, if
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah, but another
  Greg Connors: You'd
  Thomas Schindele: thing
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: is that if we're reaching an international crowd, um, I know for one that in North America there
  Edward Andrade: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: is no such thing
  Greg Connors: So
  Thomas Schindele: as teletext,
  Greg Connors: is it just
  Thomas Schindele: so
  Edward Andrade: Never
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: it'd be
  Edward Andrade: heard
  Thomas Schindele: really
  Edward Andrade: of it.
  Thomas Schindele: superfluous.
  Greg Connors: Okay. Alright.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: Right.
  Thomas Schindele: I don't know about other countries besides the U_K_. Do you know if anywhere else
  Greg Connors: I don't
  Brock Stramel: I
  Greg Connors: know.
  Brock Stramel: don't know.
  Thomas Schindele: has it?
  Greg Connors: I don't
  Brock Stramel: More
  Greg Connors: know.
  Brock Stramel: research required, I think.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright.
  Brock Stramel: But if Was it a management decision that we're
  Thomas Schindele: It was
  Brock Stramel: having
  Thomas Schindele: a management
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: decision,
  Brock Stramel: So
  Thomas Schindele: so it's, it's pretty much out of our hands at this point.
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Greg Connors: Okay then.
  Thomas Schindele: 'Kay. So, I guess we're looking at something rather simple.
  Edward Andrade: Um, well I guess, just from my findings it looks like we wanna minimise buttons.
  Brock Stramel: 'Kay.
  Edward Andrade: Um.
  Brock Stramel: Minimal
  Edward Andrade: And the What was the word they used? F findability is important.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah. I think we should definitely go ahead with the alarm system idea
  Brock Stramel: Yeah
  Thomas Schindele: that you
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: had.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: 'Cause
  Brock Stramel: okay.
  Thomas Schindele: I'm sure that could be inex inexpensive because we could use the same kind of infrared
  Brock Stramel: Yeah. The same signalling.
  Thomas Schindele: the same
  Brock Stramel: I mean
  Thomas Schindele: signal through that and it could just like make a little beeping noise. It's not
  Brock Stramel: Or
  Thomas Schindele: that expensive
  Brock Stramel: vibrate
  Thomas Schindele: to do.
  Brock Stramel: just the same as a mobile phone. Like you just a,
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: a buzz or something.
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Okay. I like that idea.
  Greg Connors: Would you be able to, um, put the little device anywhere? 'Cause uh isn't our remote control for all T_V_s, so
  Brock Stramel: If
  Greg Connors: you'd ha
  Brock Stramel: Do you mean the the link between the
  Greg Connors: Yeah, with the button
  Brock Stramel: Well,
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: that you pressed.
  Thomas Schindele: The button
  Brock Stramel: if the button
  Thomas Schindele: Oh.
  Brock Stramel: was actually on
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Oh,
  Greg Connors: C 'cause
  Brock Stramel: yeah.
  Greg Connors: then it would only be a
  Thomas Schindele: Minor detail
  Greg Connors: applicable
  Thomas Schindele: there.
  Greg Connors: to one T_V_ set, so it would need to be something that
  Brock Stramel: Maybe
  Greg Connors: you could stick somewhere,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah, yeah.
  Greg Connors: or something.
  Brock Stramel: Maybe
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah, it
  Brock Stramel: something
  Thomas Schindele: would have t
  Brock Stramel: adhesive that you could like stick onto the back of
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: any set that would be
  Thomas Schindele: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: um yeah not very obtrusive. Obviously something small that's
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah, that's a good point.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah. Then it wouldn't, it probably wouldn't be able to use It would be able to use the same reception on the remote c control I guess, but the actual device would have to have its own
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: infrared
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: signaller. Okay.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah, okay.
  Greg Connors: Would it need a battery then?
  Thomas Schindele: Maybe, um
  Brock Stramel: Pr probably.
  Thomas Schindele: Probably, I mean.
  Brock Stramel: Unless it could
  Thomas Schindele: That's your
  Brock Stramel: be
  Thomas Schindele: department you'll have to
  Edward Andrade: Mm.
  Thomas Schindele: sort that out.
  Brock Stramel: Okay. Um, unless some way, it could have some universal connection to like the socket, the same socket that the T_V_'s supplied from. I mean the power for the T_V_.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: So,
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah, you'll
  Brock Stramel: mm,
  Thomas Schindele: have to Yeah,
  Brock Stramel: more
  Thomas Schindele: you'll
  Brock Stramel: research
  Thomas Schindele: have to
  Brock Stramel: into
  Thomas Schindele: investi
  Brock Stramel: that one.
  Edward Andrade: Mm.
  Thomas Schindele: Do
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: some research on that, alright? Great. Um, alright, and I'm sure that, um um, the glow-in-the-dark, fluorescent, whatever, system, um is a go ahead. Is
  Brock Stramel: Y
  Thomas Schindele: everyone interested
  Edward Andrade: On
  Thomas Schindele: in
  Edward Andrade: the buttons?
  Thomas Schindele: that?
  Greg Connors: I I like the light up suggestion. I think that would
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: be better. 'Cause you know
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: the way fluorescent lights lose their brightness
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: after
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: certain time, so
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: I would
  Edward Andrade: it
  Greg Connors: go
  Edward Andrade: doesn't
  Greg Connors: for
  Edward Andrade: It could it could be a tactile thing as well. Um right, if w if we're minimising buttons, we might be able to make them actually larger. And there's something on it. S you know like
  Brock Stramel: Like a raised
  Edward Andrade: up arrow down arrow for, for volume. Um, and I don't know what we could do for, for channels. S
  Greg Connors: Well just the numbers could be embossed, couldn't it? Like raised.
  Edward Andrade: The numbers themselves.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: But then
  Greg Connors: Could
  Edward Andrade: the
  Greg Connors: be
  Edward Andrade: like
  Greg Connors: raised.
  Edward Andrade: up button and down button for the channel, channel changing.
  Greg Connors: Just little arrows, that
  Edward Andrade: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: you could feel,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah
  Greg Connors: maybe?
  Thomas Schindele: Hmm.
  Edward Andrade: I just thought that it, it might be sucking more battery power, if there, if it is a light up. I'm not sure.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: That's
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: true. And
  Thomas Schindele: But
  Brock Stramel: also
  Thomas Schindele: I mean
  Brock Stramel: y, uh Heather you mentioned before, um like how it should be accessible to everybody.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Um, so like big b um buttons, for people you are visually impaired.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: The glow-in-the-dark
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: or light up won't make any difference anyway. So like you
  Greg Connors: That,
  Brock Stramel: say tactile
  Greg Connors: I think that's
  Brock Stramel: might be
  Greg Connors: good,
  Brock Stramel: better,
  Greg Connors: yeah.
  Brock Stramel: because it'd be more available to
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: everybody.
  Thomas Schindele: Could we somehow We could, may, possibly, sorry, incorporate them both so that
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: the
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: buttons could maybe be in the shape of the numbers themselves and
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: be made out of some glow-in-the-dark
  Brock Stramel: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: material.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: 'Cause
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: I d I don't think that glow-in-the-dark material, um, like the actual soft plastic, um, costs that much more
  Greg Connors: No,
  Brock Stramel: No,
  Greg Connors: I
  Thomas Schindele: than other
  Greg Connors: wouldn't
  Thomas Schindele: colours.
  Brock Stramel: it's
  Greg Connors: say so.
  Brock Stramel: not these days. I mean, it's quite easily
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: accessible.
  Edward Andrade: I guess the other option, referring to the battery thing is, you know how cellphones will t light up for fifteen seconds
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: or something, when
  Greg Connors: That's
  Edward Andrade: you're s
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: good Yeah
  Edward Andrade: and then
  Greg Connors: that
  Edward Andrade: it goes,
  Greg Connors: a good
  Edward Andrade: so
  Greg Connors: idea.
  Edward Andrade: if, if you're like changing the volume during a movie. I know, I'm thinking of mostly when
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: you're watching a movie you turn all the lights off right.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: And
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: you don't want to turn on the lights, to turn it down, because there's suddenly an explosion, and it's gonna wake up the baby.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Um, so if you touch the button, it kind of reactivates it. It lights
  Greg Connors: That,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: up for
  Greg Connors: yeah,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: that's a good idea.
  Edward Andrade: On self timer.
  Brock Stramel: So self-timed lighting.
  Edward Andrade: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright we have five minutes left
  Brock Stramel: Um,
  Thomas Schindele: um,
  Brock Stramel: I
  Thomas Schindele: for the meeting, but I think we should discuss this light subject a little bit more before we close. Um, what was I missed the last moment, reading that. What were you talking about with the lighting up buttons?
  Edward Andrade: Oh, just if it was kinda the same way that a cell You know how a cellphone will light up for about ten, fifteen seconds when you touch a button, after
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: having not touched it for a while.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Um, if instead of a constant light up on the, on the remote control, if it lights up for ten seconds when it's touched again.
  Thomas Schindele: Mm. So it could be any button that would be pressed.
  Edward Andrade: Yeah,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: and you, you touch it and it just kind of lights up a bit, and it gives
  Brock Stramel: So,
  Edward Andrade: a faint
  Brock Stramel: self-timed
  Edward Andrade: glow. So if you have all the lights off in your living room, you'll,
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: you'll temporarily see it. Because usually you're not fooling around for it for more than what ten seconds.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Okay, so
  Edward Andrade: So
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: That's probably feasible. So, do you think that we should do the lighting up thing, and the glow-in-the-dark thing, and the shape of the numbers? Do we have to kind of decide what we're gonna do with this.
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: I think the shape of the numbers is a really good idea.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah, okay.
  Brock Stramel: And I think
  Greg Connors: For
  Brock Stramel: that's
  Greg Connors: visually
  Brock Stramel: un unique
  Greg Connors: impaired,
  Brock Stramel: as well. I
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: mean, I haven't
  Greg Connors: yeah.
  Brock Stramel: seen that.
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: And as you're saying like numbers can wear off if they're just sort of like
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah,
  Brock Stramel: painted on,
  Thomas Schindele: yeah.
  Brock Stramel: you
  Thomas Schindele: And it
  Brock Stramel: know
  Thomas Schindele: could,
  Brock Stramel: printed.
  Thomas Schindele: if it's that softer rubber material it'll be, maybe, um, uh, better for people with um
  Brock Stramel: durable.
  Thomas Schindele: els no what's it called, R_S_I_, what was it that
  Brock Stramel: Oh
  Thomas Schindele: we were
  Brock Stramel: yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: talking about?
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Oh right,
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: the
  Brock Stramel: Yeah. Repetitive
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah instead of
  Brock Stramel: strain
  Thomas Schindele: like hard
  Brock Stramel: injury.
  Thomas Schindele: buttons. Okay.
  Brock Stramel: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: Um, did we want to go for the glow-in-the-dark look? Or
  Greg Connors: If
  Thomas Schindele: did we want to go for the lighting up instantly? Like should we do both? Or we can have one or the other? Because it might, for, for our design purposes, I mean, the lighting up thing might be better because
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: glow-in-the-dark material has a funny kinda colour.
  Edward Andrade: I
  Thomas Schindele: And
  Edward Andrade: was
  Thomas Schindele: it might
  Edward Andrade: gonna
  Thomas Schindele: not
  Edward Andrade: say,
  Thomas Schindele: go with different like face plates that we might come up with.
  Edward Andrade: Exactly.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: It the it might be perceived as tacky, glow-in-the-dark. It's kind
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: of like Eighties neon-style.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah,
  Edward Andrade: Um, whereas
  Brock Stramel: and
  Edward Andrade: we're
  Brock Stramel: we
  Edward Andrade: trying
  Brock Stramel: could
  Edward Andrade: to be trendy and fashionable.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah
  Edward Andrade: So
  Brock Stramel: there are now like loads, or a huge range of different colours that it could light up in as well, which could like link in with the company colours. Like it could be blue or green or yellow,
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Thomas Schindele: Right.
  Brock Stramel: or like
  Thomas Schindele: Right.
  Brock Stramel: we've just limited t with the, just ordinary phosphorescent so
  Thomas Schindele: Alright. So we've decided on lighting up
  Greg Connors: I was thinking
  Thomas Schindele: things.
  Greg Connors: though, if it was glow-in-the-dark, you could put the um Real Reaction symbol as glow-in-the-dark, and then it would be constantly advertised.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Mm.
  Brock Stramel: Every time the, that it lit
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: up, you c that could light up as
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: well. Or,
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: or
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Brock Stramel: the, whate
  Thomas Schindele: But with the same thing, I
  Edward Andrade: That's
  Thomas Schindele: mean.
  Edward Andrade: true.
  Thomas Schindele: If you touch the button
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: and then it
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: could be,
  Greg Connors: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: it could be lit up as well. Is Are you okay with that?
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Okay. Cool. Um Alright. So I think that um
  Brock Stramel: Is
  Thomas Schindele: that completes most of our um our more uh practical decisions. And now it's up to designing. And um making sure that this can be feasible.
  Edward Andrade: What um
  Thomas Schindele: And do you have anything
  Edward Andrade: Oh
  Thomas Schindele: Do
  Edward Andrade: sorry.
  Thomas Schindele: you have anything to say?
  Edward Andrade: Yeah well, I was just gonna throw out there the thought about um personalising the remote control. Um, it, you, 'cause you mentioned face plates. So I I dunno if there's something that diff, you know like five different face plates. I dunno if this will start making it more complicated, but it could increase the popularity of the, of the remote.
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Greg Connors: Oh yeah.
  Brock Stramel: Like
  Edward Andrade: Um
  Brock Stramel: you can have changeable
  Greg Connors: Interchangeable thing?
  Brock Stramel: um
  Edward Andrade: Yeah,
  Brock Stramel: mobile covers
  Thomas Schindele: Like an iPod
  Brock Stramel: or something.
  Greg Connors: That would
  Thomas Schindele: or something?
  Greg Connors: be good.
  Edward Andrade: Exactly,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah,
  Edward Andrade: like
  Thomas Schindele: Okay.
  Edward Andrade: an
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: iPod. Exactly.
  Brock Stramel: or Okay.
  Edward Andrade: Or, or like mobile
  Thomas Schindele: Like a
  Edward Andrade: ph.
  Thomas Schindele: cellphone? Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: And I dunno if we'd want to go with like T_V_ show themes or something. Like a Bart Simpson faceplate.
  Greg Connors: Yeah, and then that
  Edward Andrade: But
  Greg Connors: would be uh more profitable like as a sideline to the remote
  Thomas Schindele: Mm-hmm.
  Greg Connors: as well.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: Y
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Greg Connors: Could buy
  Thomas Schindele: Accessories.
  Edward Andrade: Exactly.
  Greg Connors: extra
  Edward Andrade: You could start out with
  Brock Stramel: Person
  Edward Andrade: three, and if, if we hit it big then we can add
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: some on.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah. Well,
  Greg Connors: That's
  Brock Stramel: that's
  Greg Connors: a good idea.
  Brock Stramel: great.
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: I think that we should incorporate that.
  Brock Stramel: Interchangeable. Um,
  Thomas Schindele: 'Cause
  Brock Stramel: als
  Thomas Schindele: that wouldn't be very expensive at all. You'd
  Greg Connors: No.
  Thomas Schindele: just get one mould,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Edward Andrade: Mm-hmm.
  Brock Stramel: Interchan
  Thomas Schindele: throw some plastic in it, you know.
  Brock Stramel: And also possible I mean, uh, we could gain out of that by advertising certain T_V_ shows, or
  Greg Connors: Oh
  Thomas Schindele: Yeah.
  Greg Connors: yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Well, that might be com
  Edward Andrade: Right.
  Thomas Schindele: problematic with um copyright issues.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: So,
  Brock Stramel: But if we, there
  Thomas Schindele: if
  Greg Connors: If
  Brock Stramel: is
  Thomas Schindele: it
  Greg Connors: w
  Thomas Schindele: takes off then we'll,
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: we'll,
  Brock Stramel: We could
  Thomas Schindele: we'll try that out.
  Brock Stramel: Um, the environmental factor, we didn't bring that up again.
  Edward Andrade: Right.
  Thomas Schindele: Right. We'll have to do more research. Like as of yet, that has nothing to do with, um, the way it'll look.
  Brock Stramel: Yeah.
  Thomas Schindele: Um, does it need to be reached a de Do we need to reach a decision on that right now?
  Brock Stramel: Um,
  Thomas Schindele: Because
  Brock Stramel: I've
  Thomas Schindele: we need to investigate the financial implications.
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Okay.
  Brock Stramel: Let's
  Thomas Schindele: Is it Does it need to be uh decided on now? Or
  Brock Stramel: I
  Thomas Schindele: should we
  Brock Stramel: think we could probably leave that 'til later on,
  Thomas Schindele: Okay.
  Brock Stramel: then.
  Thomas Schindele: Good. Alright then. Anyone else have anything more to say before we close?
  Greg Connors: No.
  Brock Stramel: No.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright, well. Let's have lunch and we'll discuss this later.
  Greg Connors: Okay.
  Brock Stramel: Okay.
  Thomas Schindele: Alright?
  Brock Stramel: Thank you.
Updated Content: Thomas Schindele opens the meeting, asking Brock Stramel to present first. Brock Stramel begins talking about the functional aspect of the working design and features to make the product unique, such as visibility in the dark, locator alarm, and environmentally-friendly materials. To make an environmental impact, they could use smart materials that can be heated and cooled so that the individual components easily separate to be reused or recycled. The group asks some questions about this idea and then the interface designer presents about technical functions, explaining the difference between a multifunctional and single function remote. The group discusses the two types and decides that a single function design is more suitable for the budget. Edward Andrade presents on user requirements by using research done on remote control users. She summarizes these findings andexplains her personal preference for a user-friendly, unique design since certain features could be too complex. Thomas Schindele receives some decision-affecting information from management, which she shares with the group. They have a discussion about the remote control functions and close the meeting.