Raw materials to final production
This composite structure involves layers of material being adhered together.
What is a laminar?
Natural resources that have been identified in terms of quantity and quality.
What is a reserve?
A design strategy that uses the form and decoration from a particular period of time and/or style.
What is retro-styling?
This is the stage in a product life where the product is no longer needed even though it functions as well as it did when first manufactured.
What is obsolescence?
The aspect of ergonomics that deals with body measurements, particularly those of size, strength and physical capacity.
What is anthropometrics?
This smart property relates to a fluid that can undergo a dramatic change in its viscosity when exposed to an electric field.
What is electro-rheostatic material?
A design strategy that aims to redesign components or products to improve their characteristics or performance.
What is re-engineer?
In the context of classic design, a product that has existed and been in circulation for a long time.
What is omnipresence?
What is a laggard?
Data scale which uses classifies or divides objects into discrete groups.
What is a nominal scale?
The resistance a material offers to penetration or scratching.
What is hardness?
Technology aimed to reduce pollution and waste after manufacturing. Settling ponds and air scrubbers are examples.
What are end-of-pipe solutions?
What is psychological function?
The intellectual property protection suitable for a logo, font, or colour.
What is a trademark?
Texture, light and aroma are example of this human factor.
What are environmental factors?
This manufacturing process involves the removal of material in a circular motion.
What is turning?
A principle which leads to the avoidance or minimisation of producing waste in relation to the production, use and disposal of a product.
What is the prevention principle?
A design that contains those implicit features of a product that are recognised as essential by a majority of manufacturers and purchasers.
What is a dominant design?
This innovation focuses on the improvement of a manufacturing technique, system or organisation which may lead to reduced costs and benefits for the consumer.
What is process innovation?
Human body measurements taken when the subject is in motion related to range and reach of various body movements. E.g. crawling height, overhead reach and the range of upper body movements.
What is dynamic data?
This form of robot has sensors and can coordinate with each other. They are largely able to operate without human intervention.
What is a second generation robot?
A design philosophy that aims to eliminate waste from the production, use and disposal of a product. It centres on products which are made to be made again.
What is cradle to cradle?
A product that serves as a standard of its time, that has been manufactured industrially and has timeless appeal.
What is a classic design?
A solution to a problem in one field is used to provide a new idea for a design problem in another.
What is adaptation?
An automatic system that a person uses to interpret information and react. It is normally comprised of inputs, processes (which can be sensory, central and motor), and outputs.
What is the human information processing system?