That's the same as uh on the top of it uh with the the round uh button.

Like this one.

But uh we don't uh we don't uh we do think it's um well what if with ease of use, w which prefers the which the the customer of the user prefers.

It's important. Uh I think th this is device which which has a learning curve. Um novice users u use this device as uh normal users use uh a c a remote control. And after a while they start to develop uh some skills in the the voice recognition functions, and then they will not use this dial as often. But other users who are new to this device need something like that.

Okay.

They n they need to understand what uh how to change channels and uh change the volume, so it's easier for them

Could could I see the scroll bar as uh as as a sort of shortcut? A a and the voice recognition as well,

Yeah, maybe so. Yes, it's.

th maybe you could uh could uh.

Well, it's it's it's another approach, it's more that our um. There are there are many ways of doing uh things uh on such a device.

Yeah.

It's it's quite easy.

Okay. Okay, good. And and the case is is rubber?

Yes, rubber?

And the buttons?

Plastic or rubber.

There are plastic or rubber.

Well,

Okay,

yeah.

and uh the colouring?

Uh yellow with uh

with with grey or black.

grey or black or something like that. Whatever cost uh cost uh the least..

Okay,

we'll we'll come to that later. Um

okay. Anything else to add or.

No. Uh maybe we should uh think about these buttons.

Yeah.

But.

Well, you could use two of them to programme the um channels on the two channel button,

Yes, but it.

'cause you have to assign two channel new channels.

but these are tasks that are only executed once, I think.

M uh yeah.

Or not?

M m but maybe you do want a programme button to uh for example activate the voice recognition, or train the voice voice recognition.

You.

Well okay. Okay, yeah, that's right. Or something li like that.

And a button for disabling the voice recognition.

Yeah al although by pressing the button for I n don't know two, three seconds, you could also say it you'd disable it with a little beep and and.

Yes.

Yeah.

but o okay, that that's not really really important.

That's the basic idea, yeah. Of our prototype.

The basic okay. Okay. Um you thought of some evaluation crit criteria?

Yes.

Okay.

Uh my name is not name

You are nameless..

but.

Uh well, I used the the uh documents. And these uh were the most important criteria.

Is it spongy?.

It should be. yeah,

that's uh how the fashion guys uh state it. Fancy look and feel. So.

So just walk through it step by step. I mean, is it fancy, everything I believe uh I believe it's fancy..

Uh well appar

I believe it's fancy too.

Yeah, but apparently uh we shouldn't evaluate yet.

No.

Oh, sorry.

So.

Okay, so

Okay.

this these are the cr uh the criteria.

Yeah, I think these are the most important criteria.

Okay, well.

So uh

the then we'll switch to my presentation. Um.

that's about it.

The production costs. The costs are not under Can I Um this is the.

Twenty two.

Yeah, it's it's w way above um uh above the the the twelve Euro fifty.

Yikes.

And what makes it very expensive is uh for example the solar cell. So I guess we should skip that,

Well it's very expensive.

because it's not that important.

Okay.

Why does the price and and the s oh, one uh exa

Yeah, the the price, the the number of items and the the sum.

yeah. The number of uh yeah.

Okay.

Um well, this is what I would call our luxury model. Um if you would.

And and does it.

if you look at the uh w w w what we could do to make it more um to make it just between the twelve Euro fifty, um then I did the following changes. Twelve Euro forty cents I came up with by leaving out the solar cells, um by not using the voice recognition feature,

Mm-hmm.

because it's uh it's a four Euro uh addition to the price.

Mm-hmm.

Um Yeah, I believe Uh, push-button, well It makes it the thirteen yeah. Push-buttons are buttons are are not the most expensive, but do add extra cost.

Hmm.

So um yeah, th this design is not um within our price model.

Okay.

Um.

But I'm afraid it's not complete. Because we use spec uh specic uh special materials, the last item. And you have not added one item there.

Yeah.

So it's c way too expensive.

It's still too expensive, yeah. Um.

But that's that's only for the buttons.

I I guess if we leave the if we leave this one out, um.

So the button we can use plastic.

oh..

And uh maybe not use the special form.

And the pla uh And a plastic b just plastic buttons, a plas uh instead of rubber.

But it.

It becomes a very dull remote control, I know.

Yes.

But it's the board decision. Um And um yeah.

Well, b basically it when when this is our only option, we should even consider changing the casing, because I think there's very little added value in uh an enhanced case with these dull functions.

Yeah. Yeah, I know. Maybe we should look at an uh focus on another uh.

So Type of m maybe another market segment.

Yeah, m uh maybe not not all that fancy, but just way way more easy uh uh um basic

Yeah.

and uh m maximise the profits

Yes.

and um.

That's maybe that's better..

Yeah.

Maybe we could uh we should go for straight and simple,

Yeah.

but that's not what uh has been asked.

I know, I know.

So we should kick the board's uh Well.

Yeah. Although I think we yeah, but we could still make uh a remote control that ap uh um applies um more to young people uh by giving it another colour already.

Hmm.

Um so it is possible to make uh uh a device that attracts a little bit more to young people.

Yes.

Um but uh I agree it's it's not a fancy high-tech uh device. Definitely not, no. It's not that innovative.

Or however you s pronounce that.

Yeah, too bad..

Um so, okay. Um Oh,

this is the wrong one. So uh that means redesign. We do not have the time o uh now to to redesign the product.

Mm-hmm.

Um but we can evaluate the process and um uh uh the satisfaction on how things went. Um I'm not sure if we need to evaluate uh the device first. I guess.

Um well, since we're not gonna manufacture it anyway.

Yeah..

Yeah, that's true.

Well, maybe it's good to do it anyway, because if we evaluate it, we we can also determine if our objectives are good.

We l we can learn. Yeah. Yeah. I agree.

So.

Well.

Is it fancy?.

I d it is it is.

Uh.

Yay. Is it? Is it fancy?

Yeah, I think so.

Um the yellow rubber, I think so.

I think so.

You like the rubber, uh Roo..

I'm into it..

So uh one?

Yeah.

But it's not that fancy.

No, I'll I'll I'll give it a two.

I mean I think uh I think it would have been more fancy if we used the titanium housing the casing. It would be even more.

You like tita.

oh, you really like titanium. I'm I'm into it..

That's a flavour as well.

It has flavour. Yes, that's right. You should taste it..

Right. Um.

Yeah, I know,

Is it uh.

but but it but that's fancy in the way um I mean fancy has has a lot of.

It has to do with fashion, I guess.

Yeah.

It's trendy trendy, fun.

So do.

And w

yeah.

yeah, w what they want wanted was uh colours and soft materials.

Yeah.

So in that way It it's fancy.

It applies. It yeah.

Well, just give it a two.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yes.

It's not the ultimate uh fancy two, but.

I think I th I think it would have been I would have think uh it could have been more fancy by using the double-curved case. It would have been even more fancy, but we decided not to, because if we use a double-curved case, we could not use solar.

Yeah, but that's sti that's uh.

So.

Looking at the user uh needs, we only uh don't we don't have the double-curved case. We w we do have uh the rubber, we do have the colours. That's two out of three. So I believe uh we are close uh to two.

Yes.

Yeah, I I agree.

Yes, I agree too. It's okay. We did yes, we did good.

Okay, and uh was it innovative?

Well,

with the voice recognition feature and uh.

But that's not in it. Ov or can we.

Yep.

No, we are evaluating this this uh design now. This prototype.

Well, let's let's this product.

Okay.

So I I I think it is. I think it's innovative.

Yeah.

And the scroll uh wheel. The solar not many remotes have the solar, I think.

No. It could have been a little bit more innovative u by using the kinetic uh energy source, but it's it's way too.

Yeah, and uh.

That would have been a thrill.

yes, but.

So uh also a uh two?

I think uh it's a two.

Yep.

Is it easy to use?

I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

Yeah.

Well yeah, the voice recognition of course is hard to learn, I think. Well, hard it's not for the for the e for the elderly. They won't use it.

Well, but there are two parts in this remote control. What you see here is is the basic part. Everybody can use it, so that's easy to use.

Yeah.

That's for a novice user. When you have a more advanced, elaborate user, well, such a user really would like to explore all these additional functions. So in that in that way it is advanced,

Yeah.

and I think it's easy to use for for both uh types of users.

I think I think a three.

So uh It's maybe it's not very uh easy for.

Wouldn't give it more.

Uh I'm doubting doubting as well. Um.

Well the p the most important function is easy to use. The the zapping, channel switching, volume. But the more advanced functions are probably a bit harder.

Okay. Uh two or three? Three? Wha wh what would be your guess? I mean ease of use um does not only apply to the most basic functions.

Okay.

It's the uh it's it's overall. Is the device easy to use?

Yeah, that's right. You're right in that, but I I guess uh an advanced user will will find the voice recognition function easy to use,

Yeah.

because he is already he or she is already an advanced user.

Yeah.

So.

Um Okay.

After all, I think personally I would give a two. But.

Uh Roo, a three?

Yep.

Ruud?

Good question. Uh I'll go uh for the two.

Okay..

So, it's two, two and three. Two threes. So that's ten.

So I could make it e easy?

If you make it a four it will be three in general.

So that's w No, two and a half.

If he makes it a four. Not a three.

Six and four. Six and four is ten. Divided by four is two and a half. So.

Darn. Nee.

Yes..

Hmm? Huh?

Roo..

A seven, a three No.

Yeah. I yeah.

A four and a three together.

Four?

Yeah, you have a two, he has a two. Three?

Yeah,

Two?

two, two, three.

No,

And a three?

I haven't said anything yet.

Nee. I know.

No..

Okay, but if I would say a three, then it's six, and four is ten. Divided by four is two point five.

Divided by four.

Yes. So if you want to have the conclusion as a three three. Then you would make a four. If you fill out a four.

But I'm filling in a three.

That's not even.

Does it will so it will be a two point five.

But that's not possible to fill in,

Yes, it is.

so we have to round it..

Is it easy to find?.

I have a veto. Exactly. It's not about the content, it's about okay, um is it easy to f Yeah, definitely.

Yeah,

Yes.

we haven't re uh re uh really worked it out, but you c you can you can just say find and he repeats find.

It it most definitely is it's very easy.

Yeah, or beeps or yeah.

Yeah, but that's the that's the the basic idea of the the speaker uh.

Yes. Maybe Uh I I think I think.

I'm here, I'm here..

something like that. Maybe you have to uh programme it once, so to that l respond to uh a certain word or a certain sentence, something like where are you, and then it will sing I'm here. So something like that.

Yeah. Yeah.

But even without it.

Yeah.

Well, I uh.

So, I th

we should not uh stay too long on this subject uh because of the time, but I personally give it a one.

Yeah.

Um Sebastian?

Yeah, me too.

Me too.

Yeah, I agree.

Right, well. The feel of the remote control is spongy. Well, uh

it can't be more spongy. So.

Well, it can be. There are cases um in which the outside casing is um can be uh how d how do you prono is is moldable.

Was it one of our options?

No, it's not one of our option,

No. Uh

No okay, but but

So, in the in.

but when you look in the market, when you look.

this this was a most spongy option..

for the options given, it's the most spongy one.

Uh yes,

Yeah.

but that's not that's not uh what they are talking about, I think. Because we compare all these uh characteristics characteristics with uh market uh with with the real market.

Yeah. Yeah.

So there are uh remote controls out there which are a lot more spongy. They're out there..

They're out there..

But I think in this case in this case we've done the best we could.

Yeah.

Yes, but it's not good enough,

I'll give it a one.

so it's a two.

I wan I'll take one.

You take one? What do you give it?

Well yeah, it depends,'cause it's the most spongy we could.

Yeah, I know, but you have to name a fig uh a number..

but yeah.

Because we need to go on in for the time.

Well, if I give it a one there'll be one hell of a calculation.

It will be a one..

So I'll just give it a two and make this a one point five.

No no no. Uh I'll I'll change it, I'll make it m my my mark will be a four..

You are.

okay.

The remote control offers enough features.

Well, Ruud, what what do you think about it?

Well, the basic layout doesn't offem offer much, but the voice recognition could add a lot. So.

Basically it's it's completely programmable.

Yeah, depends.

Yeah.

You can add very m much functionality by uh using the voice recognition mode.

Yeah, I know.

So it's quite advanced.

What what we didn't talk about is um uh.

Yeah, but it ha doesn't has the digits. I believe it's If you uh ask yourself it offers enough features, I don't I don't think it is it has all the features um a normal remote has.

I think it has.

Uh depends on what you uh implement in the speech feat

Yeah. Bec because you can um we didn't talk about it, but you do have uh remote controls that are able to adapt another signal. So,

Yes.

you place a a regular uh remote control in front of the other one, hit the one or the two or the three, whatever, and it r records the uh the um the the signals.

Has uh the signals sent to it.

Yeah.

Signal.

So you could uh uh uh enter any comment you like, as long it's able to as long as our device is able to reproduce the infrared signal. So I think th this uh this is uh a a remote control with a very high level of features.

Absolutely.

Although there are i a few buttons, but the inside is is quite uh advanced.

Yes. But that that's its power, I guess, because uh a regular programmable uh remote control contains, well, uh really a lot of buttons. At at least uh forty buttons.

Yeah. Yeah.

So it's it's quite s complicated to get uh to get used to. And this is quite s simple.

Yep.

You can use your voice to to programme it. It's.

Yeah. Okay, um let's give it a number. I'll give it uh a one. For for the for this t uh type of market, I think it's a one.

I'll give a two.

Yeah, I'll give it a one.

Um I think think a one,'cause v with a voice recognition you could add anything you want, so that's like um.

Yes. I I've I think we've uh succe succeed in in developing a product that's actually quite good, but not for this kind of market, and not for this kind of price.

Yeah.

So.

So high quality, low acceptance.

Hmm.

The product is is is uh b high qua uh has a high quality and and is uh advanced. But whether or not our clients are are um willing to pay twenty five Euros for this kind of device is doub is well, is not sure.

Yes. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

D do you agree?

Yes, I agree. I.

Maybe even because it doesn't look advanced.

Yeah. Maybe we should have a radar uh function..

Yeah, okay.

But Yes.

But we could couldn't uh what what's the selling price? Fifty?

Twenty five Euros.

Uh twenty five. And costs were twelve fifty.

Yeah.

But even now, if only our production costs w uh were exceeded the double, Think. Production cost was were t uh was twenty two?

Mm-hmm.

So uh selling price uh would be uh.

M about fifty Euros.

yeah.

That's quite ex

That's price, but w w

well, it's not it's not very expensive for a remote control that that has this functionality.

No. An original remote control of any T_V_ kind, uh a Phillips remote control, y you pay uh.

Yes, it's more than fifty Euros. It's quite expensive, yes.

Yeah, I kn I know uh from a few years ago, it it it costed hundred Gilders.

Bu but well yeah, I know, but you're paying for th for the brand, because there are uh remote controls which control your stereo, television, D_V_D_, C_D_ player, for under twenty five Euros.

Yes. Yes, but you can you c Yes, but you can learn this thing, all these functions.

Yeah.

And it's easier to use because those uh remote controls don't offer voice recognition

and this one does.

Yeah.

So I think it's worth its price.

Okay. Um you had an overall rating. Um.

Yeah, but uh with these ratings uh

That's counting.

Well, it's it's about one point five. Something like that.

should be about one point s seven,

Four six seven eight.

yeah.

Okay.

Nine divided by six.

Okay. Um we'll go further on with the the rest of the evaluation. About the project itself, not about the product. Um What did you think about uh the process, the project process? Ruud?

Try to translate that..

Well.

Hmm..

Any any other Uh, Roo?

Yeah, I think uh.

Well, I think.

Ye

Roo..

The process was good.

But w um we weren't aware of the prices of the costs.

Yeah.

And and that was the the big deal. I if we knew that before, we c we could have made

Mm. Actually, we had.

the the choice between what.

Better decision.

Yes.

yeah.

We had we had too little information actually.

Yeah.

So And uh um the the the well, looking at room for creativity, there was w way too the the choice of components was way too narrow.

Less. Yeah.

So there was not really a process of uh.

So we could we we could be we could've been creative. But um it was tempered by the choice of components and the the price.

Well Yes.

The prices.

Well, in the first meeting we we already were very creative.

Yeah.

We we thought of possibilities who are not possible uh with the the current uh offer of uh manufacturing components. So.

Yeah.

We're tempered by that, yes.

Okay, Roo? Any other thoughts on that?

No, no.

Ruud?

I agree.

You agree, okay. Uh leadership.

Fantastic..

Okay, Roo's on for his promotion..

Yeah, okay.

Okay.

I think we're a good team.

I think so too, it's it's it's uh of course a laboratory environment. I missed it um to be able to contact you in between and uh say uh, hey Roo uh. Um.

Yeah.

Yes.

Well, I tried once, but that was not allowed..

Yeah. So um.

Yeah, but but si uh w w w when taken in account the the situation, uh I think we performed pretty well.

I think so too.

Yeah. Um

Yeah.

the means, the SMARTboard, the digital pen. Did you like'em?

Uh. The digital pen was okay, but SMARTboard was really bad.

Yeah.

Because of the response

It it's.

or.

Response

The response is very slow

and.

and the possibilities are very limited. It's not accurate.

Okay. Uh.

Uh it it has yeah. Yeah, it's not accurate. The p the pointing of the pen is not um the place where it it writes its um uh where it uh.

Draws.

Yeah, where it draws. It's uh the drawing on on the b on the board is r right from the pen.

Okay, so

So uh.

it it had to be um better aligned, or what's the word?

You to take in account that your you m

Uh yeah.

yeah uh.

Maybe it's it needs to be calibrateds.

It's too slow.

It it was calibrated just before this meeting. Uh the one before, the third meeting.

It is?

So uh it's not the calibration,

Okay.

it's the thing itself, I think.

Hmm.

Okay.

Uh Ruud, w uh did you use the pen a lot? Or not at all?

No.

Not at all.

Not really.

Okay. I thought it was quite a handy uh thing,

I I think so too.

although I would like to see um O_C_R_.

Yep.

Yes. Yes.

If it has O_C_R_, uh I think uh I would use, but uh I I just uh took notes for myself and and and that's it.

Yeah.

It w it w yeah. It was necessary for me to uh.

To digitise them.

Yeah, because if I want something on the computer, I just type it.

Yeah.

I type faster than I write.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

So.

But I think it's a great solution for uh for uh a known problem, uh writing down some notes, some some inf uh information, and then um forgetting your notebook somewhere and losing all that information.

Yeah.

Because you have everything in one place and it's quite easy quite easy it's it's possible to make this information digital and share it with others in a quite easy way.

Yeah.

I think it's a good product. I only think it's th the the shape of the pen is too big.

Yeah.

It's not quite uh ergonomic. Eco ergonomic.

Economic.

I know.

Yeah. Okay. Um What w Uh Ruud, what did you think about the SMARTboards?

Oh, I only use it to draw a rabbit,

Yeah. Okay, you can't really decide. No.

so can't say much about it.

I missed a feature to easily select uh a slide and uh distribute it to the laptops. I think that would be very easy if you could say okay, I want to use this for my own work or my own presentation further on or.

Yeah.

Yes.

No, or the other way around.

Or the other way around, that you could show but m

Yes, yes.

But y you can.

That's quite what PowerPoint does.

Yeah.

I know.

if you save this image, you can open it in your shared work folder.

I know, but.

So it's almost.

I know, but we couldn't use that feature,

yeah.

so I missed it.

Yep.

We weren't able to do that. At least the um I wasn't explained how to do such a th

Mm-hmm.. A and the function of of filling an an uh an oval or an an object.

An object, yes. Yes.

I it's not possible.

The drawing cap capabilities are very limited.

yeah.

Okay.

And and uh w you were when you're using uh Windows, you're used to a certain interface and certain buttons, uh which you can use for drawing.

Yeah.

And a lot of these buttons don't appear here. So it's.

Oh it looks like paint actually.

Okay, so y it it's not even as advanced as paint.

Not not uh n not way.

Yeah.

It's quite uh limited.

Okay. Uh no..

Yeah, the project is evaluated. Um but, well, we need to redesign uh the product.

Okay. Oh, very good, celebration.

Celebrate

Great..

Pop uh pop up the champagne..

Okay. Um

It was a privilege working with you..

you're dismissed..

No, I think we are uh ready.

Okay.

To private rooms?.

I see some action over there.

Private room, Roo. That sounds quite scary.

Okay.

No, let's find uh the way to..

uh we're done, we're finished, I believe. So, are there any more cycles in this process? I think not.

I don't believe so. Well, maybe we'd get an email. Thank you for your.

But um how much time did we get for this meeting?

Forty minutes.

And how much time is left?

A minute or or ten maybe. M

Ten minutes.

Yeah, ten or five.

Okay. Okay.

So, we can uh redesign our uh Uh I would like to.

Well, I think we we we all know what the redesign should be. A simple, dull, uh one-coloured box.

And no added value. At all.

No, it's it's just the same product that is already on the market.

So.

Oh.

But you see the problem,

Yeah.

y you can't continue your uh your line. Well, it's fluffy alright. Spongy. A giraffe?.

What is that?

Yeah..

It's a giraffe eating a eating leaves from a tree.

It's blue tongue.

In interesting design.

Yeah. This is a new model. But.

So you're actually promoting Bluetooth. Or blue tongue..

Blue tongue..

Oh uh it it does uh have a natural uh feeling.

It's spongy..

So.

Yeah..

. That is uh it's a new feature next to Bluetooth to um disable all Bluetooth devices. Um.

Blue tongue.

Right.

Okay. Let's wrap it up.

Yeah, we're done here.

Gentlemen, thank you for your cooperation.

Thank you Mister manager..

Now, let's have uh a bottle of champagne.

. Leave it here.

Yes.

That's alright..

Question: What was the main idea of Ruud's evaluation of the SMARTboard?

Response: There is no participant named Ruud in the meeting.

Question: Did anyone disagree with Ruud's assessment of the SMARTboard?

Response: There is no participant named Ruud presented in the meeting.

Question: What was Ruud's opinion about the project's timeline?

Response: The transcript does not contain any information regarding Ruud's opinion about the project's timeline.

Question: Can you provide me with a summary of the main points discussed during the meeting?

Response: The participants discussed numerous topics in the meeting. They evaluated the device, the project process and the SMARTboard. They also talked about the production costs. The device was deemed as high quality but not likely to be accepted by the target market at its current price point. Regarding the project process, the participants agreed that it was good but was affected by the narrow choice of components and lack of information about costs. The SMARTboard's response was described as slow and drawing capabilities limited.

Question: Did Ruud say the SMARTboard's response was accurate?

Response: The provided transcript does not include any information about Ruud's opinion on the accuracy of the SMARTboard's response.

Question: Besides the SMARTboard's response time and limited drawing capabilities, were there any other issues Ruud mentioned during their evaluation?

Response: There is no participant named Ruud present in the meeting.

Question: What was the benefit of the SMARTboard mentioned by the participants?

Response: The participants agreed that the SMARTboard had one significant benefit: it could digitize notes and share them with others in an easy way.

Question: Besides the issues with the SMARTboard's response time and limited drawing capabilities, did Ruud mention any other potential solutions to improve the SMARTboard?

Response: There is no participant named Ruud present in the meeting

Question: What were Sebastian's thoughts about the project process?

Response: There was no participant named Sebastian present in the meeting.

Question: Can you summarize the tasks that were identified as needing to be done in the meeting?

Response: The participants have evaluated the product and they are very satisfied with the evaluation, although they mentioned in the meeting that they have to redesign the product.


Welcome back.

Hello.

Hello.

Uh let me see.

There's one of mine.

Okay. Roo, welcome back.

Hello, Flores.

The waiting is for Sebastian.

There he is.

Is there any time for a cup of coffee?

We have a slight problem. I opened uh the C_D_ ROM box uh guys.

Sorry?

Can I get a cup of coffee?

Uh no. You can't,

Okay..

sorry.

So just cancel it.

Well, during my work I have no time either.

Well,

So.

this is life. Sorry uh, Roo.

Yeah, I opened the C_D_ ROM box. Accidentally.

Okay. Okay. People, welcome back with the second meeting.

But it's alright.

Um for now on the schedule are a few points. Uh first of all the opening, which we are doing now. Um second, I received um some new project requirements. I'm not sure if you received them as well, um but I will tell you about it.

Mm-hmm.

Um then um the three of you uh prepared a presentation, I think? Sebastian?

I think so too.

Roo?

Yeah..

Ruud?

Almost..

Almost, okay.

Then we'll do your one uh uh as la uh the last. Um the top goal of this m

But you can't upload your presentation from here, I believe.

Um we will figure that out. Ca can you try to.

Okay.

Uh if it if it if it's wireless I could just uh put it in the.

Yeah, w we will see.

I don't think it's wireless here.

Um it is, yeah. Yeah.

It is.

Or it is. Yeah?

It is.

Okay, great.

Uh okay.

Um the top goal of this meeting is to reach a decision on the product, on the target group um and and the functions of the remote control, so keep that in mind. Um we have forty minutes. So it's now Yep. Okay. Um the new project requirements, first of all, um we didn't speak about it, but we should not um support teletext in the remote, um because our b um board uh feels that uh teletext is out of date and internet is replacing teletext. So um we are not even going to try to um implement it in our product. It's a board decision. Um the remote control should only be used for television, because it's not uh f uh feasible, it's not uh w

Yeah.

uh uh we we cannot make it because of the time to market um that we have to deal with.

Time, yeah.

Uh the third requirement is that we should focus on customers that are younger than uh forty, which is important for you, uh Ruud, and as well for uh Roo. Because the product should um be uh interesting and and uh should be bought by people younger than forty. Um then for Roo, as well uh important, the corporate image should be recognisable in our product. So the colour colours and the slogan um do have to be uh in the product.

Yes.

Is that clear? Any questions on these requirements? No? Okay. Um the individual presentations, I th um Roo or Sebastian, who of you would like to start?

Yeah, I'll start.

Uh uh yeah. Okay,

Yes.

great.

Um Oh, how can I uh Geez, and sli and show. Um Just uh press it.

Uh yes. Alright. Um well w we uh we had discussed this already in the fin in the previous uh discussion. Uh the method of the remote control is just the function of remote control is basically to send messages to the television set. So that was the main uh important thing what a remote control should do.

Yeah.

Then I found uh two different kind of remote controls, the multi-function uh remote control with many possibilities, but um the lack of the feeling I already mentioned uh in the previous uh discussion.

Mm-hmm.

And the ease-of-use remote control with uh the less p possibilities but a great feeling in in touching the buttons.

Yeah.

Um but um yeah. My personal preferences were ease of uh the easy to use remote control, because uh the user-friendliness and uh it can be more trendy in in user design. But um your new goal f was for uh people than less than forty years old.

Uh-huh.

So maybe um the multi-function can be implemented in uh in our design. But it should b I think it should be a combination, but teletext buttons are not uh in our design. So it should uh take out, well, eight buttons or so. But my in my opinion, the the easy to use R_C_ is uh the best uh possi possibility for us.

Okay. Uh Ruud, did you get that?

Yeah.

Yeah, uh b uh most.

Okay, so

the important thing here is.

And it's also i indeed uh uh Ruud's uh insight in the in the topic.

Oh, user-friendly.

In the market, yeah.

Yeah, what what does the market want? I I don't know.

Yeah, okay, w we will s we all uh.

Just for uh for user desi uh user uh friendliness I uh should choose for the the ease of use remote control.

Yeah. Okay. Sebastian.

Okay. Excuse me..

Scusi..

Um Okay, it's still the right thing. Okay. Um well, there are some changes in the design requirements, so there are some changes in the method also.

Um basically all this device has to do is send messages to a T_V_ set. And the m most easy way to do this is by uh sending pulses of infrared light to a T_V_ set. Well, I th I tried to uh implement a picture here,

Energies and uh.

but it's hardly readable. Can you see it?

No, it's not visible.

No? Well Um, there's a energy source here. And um basically there it's connected to three things. The user interface connected to a chip, which is connected to the sender, which generates messages using uh infrared light, which are sent to the receiver. That's basically the idea. And there's a little picture, just for your imagination, how a device like this should look or can look. Okay. Um what have I found. Usually these kind of things consist of a battery, infrared diode, buttons, chips, and circuit board. That's all. It's cased together, nothing more than that. It's almost every piece of equipment um every piece of uh every T_V_ set is controlled infrared.

Yeah.

There are some exceptions, but most of all have uh infrared controls. And uh the more luxury uh remote controls have lithium buttons. And I think that's what we w

The glow in the dark uh concept uh we discussed.

yes. In the and it's a little more a little bit more fancy also. So maybe we should consider that..

Yeah. Okay.

Okay. I have a basic scheme of the things uh which are implemented. Um basically this is all there is. There's just one chip. There are a few buttons connected. Uh the buttons are lit. And the whole thing is transmitted by a infrared li diode, and there is not a power source here. So that's basically the total design of this piece of equipment.

So it's fairly easy.

There's nothing more to it. It's fairly easy. It's been done many times before,

Okay.

Succeed in it also.

and I think we should uh we should c s succeed in in our plan to do this.

Okay,

So Okay, so uh

good.

personally I think we should infra use infrared, because uh otherwise our device cannot uh communicate with uh almost every T_V_ set. So I think that uh should be clear.

Okay.

Uh another important point is uh we really should use uh energy uh sparse, friendly components. Uh there are specially uh designed um energy-friendly components which consume uh far less power than uh conventional components. And um if we want to use uh a rechargeable design or uh a energy-save design, we should really implement them. Um for cost-effectiveness, we should really use a very low-cost uh circuit board, um because most of the production cost are are in this uh part of the equipment.

Okay.

And um the money we save on using this we can use uh for elaborate fancy lighting uh techniques, blinking LEDs and all that kind of fancy stuff.

And what's the um.

I think our uh users will really uh will really like that.

if we use the LEDs, i does it use much more energy or.

No, they're p f uh power friendly LEDs also.

Okay.

So we can use them. So that's no problem.

For the same costs, it's can be uh in our.

Uh no, they're uh they're a little bit more expensive, but by uh um um making.

Combined with the low-cost circuit board so it's uh.

We can we can make its I think.

Well you could only lit uh the buttons the buttons that are used most. So, the channel switching.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, but but the question is whether um two or four buttons makes uh m makes such a difference in the costs if you already plan to uh include fancy lightning techniques, I guess.

Or.

Okay.

But I think.

Hmm.

Yeah, I think it's the same as in the cell phone, just light in in the device that that shines on all the buttons,

Hmm, true..

and not for.

Yes. Well, it's not one light, it there are more lights in a in a in a mobile device.

Yeah, but not for each button one LED, I think.

No no no, no. That's right, that's right.

Okay.

So well, this uh should be it.

Okay.

Um have a think about it.

Yeah. Okay, Ruud.

Oh, mine is already outdated.

Okay well,

we ar we are very curio curious to what the market um will feel about such a product.

Since uh.

So any income is welcome. Input.

Okay, make Well Uh then I'm sure the target market is uh ten million units. Of of which we should sell about uh forty percent to make the five million.

Okay.

Could you step a little bit more to the right? Yeah, thank you..

But um since uh the other part is uh forty percent of the market, I uh thought earlier we might want to constrain that portion of the market. But uh since uh the requirements changed, that's uh not a good idea.

Uh well, skip this..

Yeah..

Well, it's this till true, of course. That they only use ten percent the buttons. The buttons to zap are used the about uh fifteen hundred times, when uh the power button is only used one time. And the volume button's only four times. So they're obv obviously uh the most important buttons. And uh lots of people complained they kin can't find their remote control.

Mm.

So we might want to build in a feature to uh support them. Some uh audio signal. Like uh home phones.

Okay. Well, that's interesting.

Or.

Or a find a finding function,

Yeah.

Yeah,

you know.

that's definitely interesting.

That's quite a yes.

It uh it separates our product from others uh as well.

Sound signal.

Yeah.

Okay,

Yeah.

go on.

Yes.

Well, I just said that. And uh well, this obvious, and he also said it.

Okay. So that's what the market tells us.

Uh that's about it, yes.

Yep. Okay.

The volume and uh the zap buttons are the mostly used.

Uh mo uh zap buttons most.

So.

Volume, they are uh use a lot. But more than all the other buttons. So.

Yeah, well it should just have a design The perfect design for those only those buttons. And first um.

Yes. Yes, we should focus on that, I guess.

Yeah.

Yep.

Well, the technical uh there I think there are no technical difficulties. There's no um elaborate technique uh used in this uh kind of equipment. So um I don't think we have any hiccups there. So we can fully concentrate on developing a product that is really um what the market needs. So maybe it's a good idea to think about these buttons and and uh and a sound signal.

Yeah, the sound signal. Just one thing I'm just wondering, the sound signal, from where do you execute th the s sound?

Well

Yeah, that's uh a problem. Yeah..

Yes. Th that's a bit of that's a problem.

Another device is not a solution.

Well

Usually.

maybe maybe like clapping in your hands,

It should be uh uh.

like um turning on and off the the the lights.

Oh yes.

Yeah, but maybe you'll uh get some new technologies for it.

Yes. Well, there there are some devices who uh incorporate this technique already. Um there are video sets and um they have a special button, the find the remote control button. You press it and your T_V_ set starts to make a uh kind of weird sound, and your uh remote controls then start to beep.

Reports rep respend response to it.

And um.

just like uh the phones Yeah,

Yes. Yes, that's it. Yes, same thing.

the.

Yeah.

But uh th

But but T_V_s don't have all uh uh buttons. Uh.

No, so we we should use something else.

And you.

Yeah, because we do not have a a a a a home um.

But I believe you will have an.

Yeah, and usually.

We do not control the T_V_ set so well.

And even if the T_V_ set would have such a button, uh you would have to walk to your T_V_,

Yes, m yes. S and we b we want to make so it's is easy as possible for our customers,

and it's.

Okay.

so we should think about.

So what about the clapping technique? Um because you se

I'm convinced uh Sebastian will uh find uh one solution for us.

It's quite complicated. Well, it's quite complicated. Because how can you separate the clapping sound from other sounds.

And b

Well, you see it a lot in in light uh lightning uh uh.

Yes, yes. Well, basically the characteristics uh the characteristics of clapping is just an increase in the volume, the amplitude of the sound,

Yeah, a peak. Yeah.

which is uh generated a few times within a uh certain period of time.

Yeah.

But there are many other sounds uh which are exactly the same from the point of view from a remote control.

So if if you'd be watching a movie, it would constantly beep.

Yeah, that's true.

Yes,

But we can have just uh uh a home stat uh f a base station next to the T_V_. Just a little antenna or uh something.

so we don't want that.

Maybe we can Something like that.

Well if you lost th

Well,

Well uh.

is there not something f something more easily.

I don't think people would bother walking to the T_V_ and press that button because they lost the their remote.

Well, I don't think uh.

Uh that's just uh.

No, and y the the most important thing for people is that there's a central point to which they can go and uh b uh perform a a some kind of uh. And then uh the remote control uh reports itself,

Yeah.

so w we should use have uh we should use something like that. You do not want another device, which can be uh everywhere in the house, which you have to find first before you can find your remote control.

just a base station next to the T_V_ is the best possibility.

Yes, something like that. But that will be very costly, I think.

Yeah, m maybe um w we uh we do agree on on the thing that the remote should have such a function, if it's possible within the costs and all that kind of things.

So that's not a good idea.

Yeah.

Um maybe Sebastian should have uh a detailed look later on and um come up with a solution,

Mm-hmm. I will.

Yeah.

because that's his his field of expertise.

Yes. Yes. But um before I do that I w I want to warn you that uh by implementing this kind of a function the technical design will become more complicated

Mm-hmm.

um and it will become more costly also.

Yep.

Because there will be additional components which which uh will be used. And there are some implepe imp

And do we even uh prefer the sound above the the LEDs, the lightning uh function?

Well, I I think so, because um when you have a p newspaper over your remote control, you cannot see it.

It's a unique item uh.

Yeah, it's a distinction in the market.

So.

It will be an a unique feature of our remote control.

It's a different exactly. It's an uni an unique feature,

Yeah.

Yeah.

and um I think um it's worth um uh looking and and probably more i interesting than uh than the lights.

And just about uh the user interface, I came up with um an easy remote control and an advanced remote control.

Yeah.

What should we choose in in design?

Yeah. Well, um according to Ruud, um people do not use um all the extra features very very often.

Well, the extra functions.

So.

I have the numbers r I have the numbers right here.

Okay.

Well, t uh we won't support teletext which which was the third-most the second-most used function.

Used option.

Okay..

Okay..

Well, we we do have a wise board, so I'm not questioning that..

Uh well yeah, channel selection is obviously the most important.

Yeah. Okay, so on the relevance scale uh the channel selection, the volume selection and the teletext.

So Yeah. Yeah.

Well, we skip that.

So.

Okay.

Well, so it just th the basic functions. And we don't have to use it for D_V_D_ players uh and all kind of stuff.

No, no.

No.

So.

Nope.

So that's out of the question.

Yeah.

Yeah. Just through uh the easy uh design. We can make uh a nice design when when there's not mu uh much buttons in it.

So.

Uh uh uh I think we should go for the easier one.

I think also. Yes. Well,

No.

So.

we should save costs uh by not implementing a lot of functions and uh the money that we can save from that we should use for uh having a nice design and uh thinking about the user interface

Yeah. Okay,

and.

Ruud, how do you feel about that? Uh do you agree, do you think the market would would respond to uh a simple.

Uh well if we um include other uh innovative functions uh then they uh might,

Mm-hmm.

'cause young people uh like new features.

Mm yeah.

So.

Yeah, that's right.

Okay, so this is is kind of uh.

Mm.

Uh just a few buttons, trendy design, nice lightning effects wh and the sound.

Okay. Well, is it maybe there's another possibility. You can make it look like an easy s piece of equipment, but it's quite elaborated, uh because it has many functions.

Yeah.

Maybe it's more important to make the make it look like a very uh friendly, easy to catch piece of equipment, but um nevertheless.

But but are we not in in the in the manual uh I mean if you have few buttons, no display, um I mean uh I guess it's l it's working with with a shift functions and um one button can uh

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Ok like that. Well, I was more thinking about a more elaborate way of controlling, by by these kinds of sticks or something like that. I don't know if if it's user-friendly. That's your field of expertise.

But but how does how does the remote uh report uh r uh give back to the user w in what state it is?

Yeah, I don't know yet..

Because we do not implement uh a user history.

Mm-hmm. There's no, but there's no way to do that, because we cannot implement that kind of the system.

I know, but but if we use uh like a stick, for example, um.

W Mm-hmm. Well, maybe we can use a light for that. When you move the stick to a to a position, maybe uh a light next to it can lit up. So you know I've just uh pushed the button, or I changed the channel or t uh turned up the volume. Something like that.

And if you use that stick for volume control and channel uh selection, you have the m two most important functions in one uh button.

Yeah. Uh and we could have other buttons for the for the advanced uh functions.

Yes.

But does it uh I then should n just use uh i instead of the stick, uh like many cell phones, just a round m well,

Yeah, draw draw it on the board.

should we just use a Um it's already uh oh, we have a blank. Oh.

yeah, something like that. Oh

It's just an easy uh way of of a round button what which can be pushed in four directions. Instead of a stick.

It's not really a stick, but Yes. Yes.

A stick is v vulnerab vulnerable when it's falling down

Yeah, it can break down.

Hmm.

or uh

Yes, yes.

just a round uh button should be the trick, I think.

Yeah.

And Yes, and this also looks more fancy, I think.

Yeah.

I think it it will attract uh more uh uh public, I think.

A younger uh Huh.

But you're the marketing man.

And it's also quite easy to use, so it'll it uh attract younger people because well new, and it might attract older people because it's easy to use.

Geez. Well, volume and something uh like that..

Uh-huh..

The programme up and down..

Okay, yeah.

And the vol yeah, the pen doesn't uh really does what I want.

Okay, that's good.

Okay, but w we still we're still in the question of uh um uh putting in advanced options. Um Ruud just told us um the market is interested in some advanced uh new techniques. Um however, uh keeping it simple is is important for the costs and all all those kind of things. We need to find a balance between uh the advanced techniques and and the user-friendliness.

Mm-hmm.

But I think our our next step to look at is just that. So I don't think it's um we have something to do. Uh we can't discuss it right now, because n no one of us have has the information to discuss about that, I think.

Um well, for we do have to uh decide this this meeting. Yeah.

Yes?

We need to um have the uh the user function uh the functions decided and um uh our target audience.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

but teletext is so uh is just scrapped.'Kay,

Okay. Do do you want a list of functions? Do you want an explicit list? Uh which uh incorporates all function available on the device?

Um well, I do not want a full uh it's not necessary to to have a full list, but I want um the kind of functions, for example uh th the most important are volume and uh programme selecting.

Okay. Okay.

The ten digits.

Mm-hmm.

Well, for example, that that's what we should think about. l how is the remote going to look? Not not in the user interface, but.

Oh, and just one function. The the the the programme to programme button, the switch to uh two channels, when you have uh something on channel four and something on channel six, just one button which which can uh change

Mm-hmm. Yes.

Yeah. A bit of a split mode.

Change.

Uh l like Yeah.

yeah.

Yes, yes.

Dual channel watch.

Yes.

Okay, well um

Yeah.

m maybe I should write that down..

Well.

you're the secretary..

Uh Ruud, um what's your last name?

Mielsen.

Mielsen, because I I was writing it down in the last uh Mielsen. Right. Um I put all the minutes I make into the shared folder. So if you want to have a look at it, you know where to find it. Um.

Mm okay,

Alright.

but make a s make a sub-folder for it, because it's starting to fill up already..

Yeah, that's that's.

Yeah.

if you want to do it, Sebastian..

Our B_S_C_ uh W_ uh.

Sure...

Okay, um Okay, so so um uh.

Volume. Programme. Uh dual channel. Uh.

Yes, that's important.

And and do we want um the ten digits?

The ten digits? Yeah, I believe so.

Well, are are you sure?

Well, if you want to go to channel ninety and you have th that button.

I'm not so sure.

Yeah.

Well, that's complicated,

Yeah.

but is that so relevant? Because I don't think but you should uh shou you should know that. If it were so.

I wouldn't buy it personally. A remote control without the ten digits.

Okay,

Uh and I think the most.

I can imagine when

I agree actually..

Just elder elder people would would buy it,

I can imagine when you're when you have a satellite decoder and and you have, well, about six hundred channels, I can imagine you want this.

Well.

but.

But if you're uh a regular T_V_ user, and you just want uh to watch the the Dutch television networks, well, you can uh you can use uh about ten buttons. That's enough.

But we do have thirteen different Dutch channels.

But.

Yep. The older people only use five of them.

Well,

Yeah,

but how how often do you watch all these channels?

and if if we And if we are targeting at the younger audience, they will probably watch more channels than the older people.

Often.

No, you're probably right.

So.

Yeah.

Okay. But I think these uh ten uh buttons look a bit dull. Don't you think?

Well, it depends on the on the on the looks, on the on the.

The design.

On the design.

Okay. Well, y then there should be should done be done something specific with it.

Well.

You c you can d make them very fancy

And.

by um I mean Nokia, they have ten digits on their phones and it still looks very fancy.

Mm-hmm.

So I'm I'm I do not agree.

Yeah.

Okay, so you can experiment by uh with with shape or with size or with colour, that kind of thing.

Exactly, exactly.

Okay.

And um there are some numbers about uh speech recognition here that uh younger people would like it. Uh it might be expensive and uh hard to implement, but it would be a solution uh for.

Okay, speech.

Well, maybe it can be combined with the find the remote control.

Yeah.

So um when you add uh speech recognition to your remote control, uh it's very easy to change uh the channel. That's one thing.

Yeah.

And it's very easy uh to find your remote control.

To find yeah.

So maybe that's a possibility, but I'm afraid it will be a bit costly.

Yeah.

Uh If if we would um drop the ten digits

But maybe when we uh.

but keep the programme and the volume,

Mm-hmm.

because maybe people do not always want to use their voice, um.

Okay. Okay, okay.

Especially elder people uh don't like voice recognition. So then we should implement such a but

Yeah. But we do focus on younger people. We d it it's a board uh decision.

Okay.

Yes.

Well. I I think it should uh should work, it sh we should manage that.

So

Okay.

we have to i to make um a decision between the ten digits or the voice recognition.

Yes. Well, the voice recognition has the main adva has another advantage. It's mas it makes it very easy for us to implement the find uh find the remote control button uh remote control function.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

So that's that's a big advantage, I think.

Okay, g good.

Okay.

There's only one disadvantage uh by implementing this. Um the power saving power saving will be a bit more difficult. So we can expect that there will be a less longer life to the batteries.

Mm.

But maybe can we we can think something smart about it.

Yep.

There are some uh hybrid hybrid devices which incorporate a solar panel and rechargeable batteries.

Okay.

So when you just leave the device in a in a light room, it charges itself.

But But but can we manage it bu uh for the costs?

You have to do nothing for it.

M.

Twelve dollar fifty..

Because it seems like a very.

Maybe, maybe not.

And uh if we if we could inc uh include a c a cradle in which it could recharge, then there wouldn't be uh a big problem.

I'll have to find that out. Yes. So No, that's very cheap.

'Cause when.

Is a cradle very cheap?

It's Oh, it's very cheap. That's no problem. It's just a a case with two uh metal contacts.

I know, b uh but there should be an adapter as well.

It's Yes, but they're they're mass production.

Yeah.

They're very cheap.

Okay.

So it will cost us p practically nothing.

Okay. We we have uh about ten minutes left this meeting. Um I would like to hear um maybe maybe you all have th uh things not um spoken about, yeah, but that are important. Uh Ruud, you you came up with the voice recognition uh data. Uh are there other things about the market we should know?

Um I think we dealt with the most important information. Just that the younger part of uh the market isn't the forty percent we uh want to sell to. So we we should uh for least a bit uh look at the uh older people.

Okay.

But with uh buttons like that, which are easy to use, we uh might attract them too. So I don't think that's a big problem

Okay. Okay, so

Yeah.

although we are focussing on younger people uh to make it uh profitable uh Profitable. We we yeah, we still need to take in account the the bit older people.

Yes. Yeah, profitable.

Profitable.

Okay.

Yes.

O okay. Um Roo. Nothing to add.

I have nothing uh nothing to add, I think.

Sebastian?

Um I just want to make a summary of all all things uh spoken and uh the different possibilities. Um

Yeah? Great.

so uh basically we've decided to implement a seemingly uh easy design. So on the outside it looks easy, but uh we can make it easy on the inside or elaborate on the inside. So that's one the those are the choices we have to make. But I think there's a big advantage in making it more elaborate by uh implementing uh speech techniques, uh voice recognition, that these kinds of things.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Um it makes it also more uh attractable, I think, to our uh audience. Um there are some advantages and some disadvantages, and the main advantage is that we can implement uh fancy techniques, which uh I think our customers will like. The disadvantage is that there are some concerns about uh the the costs and um the things like uh battery lifetime, energy saving.

Yep.

Uh another advantage is that the circuit board will become much more easier if we do not do not implement these buttons. If we just add uh uh a chip which does the voice recognition, uh our circuit board will become even more cheap. So that's another.

Yeah, and that was the main issue, right? The the board.

well, it wa it w it was an issue, but we also thought that we already thought we should do it as cheaply as possible.

Yeah.

And this even uh makes it more cheapy.

But the cheaper the ch uh the the chip or th what was it?

Mm-hmm.

The board.

The circuit board.

The circuit board.

The fewer buttons you can use on it.

No, it's th

The fewer buttons you have, the ch ch the cheaper the circuit board, yes.

yeah.

Yeah, okay.

It's the other way around, yeah.

Yeah.

And it's very cheap uh to incorporate uh uh an integrated circuit, a chip. So that's that's another advantage.

It shouldn't be a big issue.

Well it then we should just uh take a look at the costs and uh especially for the voice recognition.

So Yes, because I don't know Yes. I d I really don't know. So.

No.

Okay.

It can be costly. Maybe not.

I'm not sure how how we'll f uh determine the costs, I will have a look at it. Maybe you will get some information on that.

Yes.

Um I'm not sure how how that.

Yes, I al I I hope my personal coach will uh have a lo uh look at it..

Yep.

Okay, great. Um well, I think we're qui quite done.

We're done, I think.

Um for now we will have the lunch break.

How nice.

Um I'm don't know how long the break will be, but we'll find out.

Me neither.

Um then we will have thirty minutes of time to perform our individual work, uh and I'm sure your personal coaches will uh assist you with it. Um I will put the minutes I just made in the project documents folder. If you want to look at it um well, just do. Um the Interface Designer, um I would like to the next meeting I would like to receive the uh components concept.

Interface industrial.

Uh I'm sorry, yeah, I'm sorry.

Yeah..

User Interface Designer, uh Roo, I would like to see the user interface c uh concept.

Well, we understand..

And um

Uh the only problem is it that it depends on the divisions the decis uh decisions Sebastian makes. About the voice recognition.

Well.

Well, i it should be easy,

Well.

that's w w what we concluded. It should be an easy interface with not so much buttons. S just a a p a p a volume and a programme one. And um um yeah, some some fancy lights.

Mm yes.

Yeah.

I think that's what we decided.

So we drop the voice recognition?

No no no, we didn't.

Or.

but it shouldn't be integrated.

Oh.

yeah, it's of course it's user interface, but um i I was talking about really the design of the.

Okay. Well um do we really have to decide now

No.

or can we decide next meeting?

We can decide the next meeting. Yep.

Okay. Because I'll have some updated info on that uh.

Yeah. I guess all of you have i updated info. I'm sure the marketing expert will receive uh t uh you will do some trend watching.

Yep.

And I'm sure the market will um uh uh will change, adapt

Hmm.

Adapt.

Adapt.

Left.

and um so

Hmm.

we will see that. Um yeah, that's it for now.

That's it.

Any other questions

'Kay.

or can we have the lunch?

We can have the lunch.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah.

I'll take the lunch.

Good.

Question: What was the main point of the second meeting about the new remote control design project?

Response: The main point of the second meeting was to reach a decision on the product, target group, and functions of the new remote control design.

Question: Was the meeting successful in reaching a decision on all three of those points?

Response: In the meeting, the participants were able to reach a decision on the product and target group, but the decision on the functions of the new remote control design was postponed to the next meeting.

Question: Besides the product and target group, what other points did the attendees discuss in the meeting?

Response:
Here are several points discussed in the meeting:
* The method of the remote control is to send messages to the television set by using infrared light.
* The new design should use energy-friendly components.
* The circuit board should be low-cost.
* The remote control may need to have a sound signal to help users find it if it is lost.
* There was a discussion about whether to add speech recognition to the remote control.
* The industrial designer will have a detailed look at the sound signal issue and come up with a solution.

Question: Besides the points you just mentioned, were there any other design requirements that were discussed in the meeting?

Response:
* The participants discussed the possibility of implementing a glowing light concept for the buttons on the remote control.
* The participants decided to focus the design on younger customers, under the age of 40.
* The participants agreed that the corporate image should be recognizable in the final design through color and slogan.
* The participants discussed infrared light as the transmission method for the remote control.
* The participants agreed to scrap the teletext function on the remote control.

Question: Apart from the decisions that were made, were there any action items that were determined during the meeting?

Response:
* In the meeting, the participants agreed that a detailed analysis of the sound signal issue should be performed by the industrial designer.
* The user interface designer was directed to create the user interface concept.
* The participants agreed to perform individual work during the lunch break, with the assistance of their personal coaches.
* The project manager will place the created minutes in the project documents folder.
* The participants were informed that the next meeting will include a discussion about the components concept.

Question: Can you give me a brief overview of the decisions made in the meeting regarding the remote control's buttons?

Response:
* The participants decided to focus the design on the younger customers, under the age of 40.
* The participants opted for a simple design, with not many buttons.
* The participants discussed the possibility of adding fancy lighting effects to the buttons.
* The final decision about the functions was postponed to the next meeting.