Archive for August, 2009

Latest in Jedi Product Development: Force Trainer

Monday, August 24th, 2009

It seems like a piece of product development that might be several decades, or perhaps a galaxy, away – but a new toy inspired by the Star Wars films actually allows you to control a ball with your mind. It’s true. This ultra futuristic piece of equipment is aimed at the 7-13 year old market, but the truth is that this unique toy will have as many adults enthralled by it.

Jedi Product DevelopmentThe system includes a headset and a unit containing a transparent tube. In this tube a Jedi ball can be raised or lowered by tiny jets of air from beneath. The headset uses dry sensor technology which can detect various kinds brainwaves in your head. Crazy, but true.

Alpha, Beta Gamma and Delta waves are flowing through us every day. According to the manufacturers the unit initially detects which of the four waves are dominant in your brain. After establishing this, it can detect any changes in wave type – which either raises or lowers the ball.

Iceblading on Dragons Den!

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Karen O’Neil and Karen Coombes of KCO Iceblading Ltd. skated their way to success in the Dragons’ Den. The Karen’s appeared on tonight’s episode of the popular TV series, and after a perfect demonstration of the “Dry Ice Blades” from their skaters Poppy, Leslie and Corrina, they pitched their idea to the Dragons.

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Applied Product Design is proud to have worked with the Karen’s on the design and development of their “Dry Ice Blade”. Lawrence Crossman from Applied spent many hours making tiny adjustments to the design at our site in Ongar, whilst Karen Coombes then  tested all the variants out, until the perfect setup had been achieved. At the time of the Dragons’ Den recording the skaters were using prototypes to demonstrate the capabilities of the Dry Ice Blade to the Dragons.

New ESPRIMO Tablet PC Wins iF Product Development Award

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Fujitsu was recently awarded the coveted iF (International Forum) Product Design Award for its ESPRIMO series of mobile computers. One of the products in this series is the ESPRIMO MA notebook, designed specifically for the health sector.Fujitsu Product Development

Fujitsu’s substantial investment in product design appears to have paid off for the company, as the health sector tablet PC in particular has met some challenging design brief criteria.

The notebook had to fit in with the way hospitals and medical facilities hold hygiene as a top priority – that is, making it easily cleanable and not likely to harbour germs.

The result is a striking, cutting edge looking piece of technology that meets the d

urability standards required by the health profession. The touch-screen basis of the product and the simple fact that it does not need to be opened like a traditional laptop, makes it a very easy to use piece of product design.