Archive for May, 2010

Video Camcorder Product Design from Standard to HD and Beyond

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

There is currently a massive push on video camera and video camcorder technology, with many product design teams around the globe testing just how far they can push this new technology. I’m sure most of us have now seen the benefits of using an HD television either in our homes or in a shop. It helps to maximise the output of quality with an amazing 1920×1080 pixels being display on the screen, and it hasn’t take video camcorder companies too long to catch up with this new standard.

You can now purchase handheld camcorders, some that are even as small as mobile phones that can amazingly record and store HD video on HD/SD cards for upwards of £100. It is staggering at the rate of electronic product design and it doesn’t look like stopping anytime soon. You have to wonder how long it will be before these companies start developing cameras that can record images that can later be projected as 3D images on our screens.

Mercedes Benz Step Outside Their Normal Product Design Brief

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Just because you are good at one particular thing it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t expand your horizons and explore new avenues of adventure. That is certainly true for German car manufacturer Mercedes Benz, who has chosen to venture outside of their normal parameters of their product design brief and are currently looking at venturing into design of a different motoring variety, that of boats and helicopters.

It certainly looks as though this could be a potentially successful avenue for the car manufacturer after looking at the initial product design briefs that have been set out. The only thing I could possibly link it to would be the futuristic boat from the film the Island starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. It is sleek and styled and unlike any boat you are likely to see on the water at the moment.