So welcome. The first kick-off meeting. What shall we do? First the opening, then the rest. What are we going to do. We m have to make a new remote control.

It has to be original, trendy and user-friendly. So we will get back th on that. First we have to make a functional design. After that we have to make a conceptual design, and then after that a detailed design. So we'll discuss that later. First we have a look at. So first to we have to make a small painting. What have do we have to do. First you can save the documents. We have to do that every time we make something. You can print it. No. And we have to use the pen and the eraser. So Now. We all have to use this one.

You have to make your own favourite animal.

So I'll make an example.

Yep.

First don't touch that things.

You can use the pen. And then you can make um something.

Nice.

Um you can change some things.

Um format, line, and change it. And you can change the colour.

An elephant..

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So So and after it you have to save it.

Now we can make a new one.

Okay.

You have to paint now. So you're next.

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'Kay.

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What is going on?

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Thank you.

Okay. Very good. So um you can always go back. So.

That's it. So that was two. Now next. The budget. The b Uh we will sell the t at twenty five Euros. And we have only twenty of twelve and a half Euro to make it. So now we have to think about what we will make. First I wanna hear from you. Uh what are your experiences with remote controls. So.

Uh I will start.

F first.

Uh.

Big one, they are uh not easy to use. Um I have one set and uh a remote control, when I dropped it, uh it broke. So that won't be uh our goal, I think.

No.

And uh g big buttons, m uh that's easier to use than uh I think. Not all the small buttons, you don't know.

Is this positive or negative, that uh big buttons?

Big buttons, positive.

Positive.

All all small buttons like when you have uh like a hundred buttons on your remote control, you won't know what they're working for.

Okay. What are your experiences?

Uh well I think the the the goal of a remote control is that it's it it has an influence on the T_V_ set.

Mm.

And that it controls the channels and the the volume. And uh I I I think it's positive if there's a a LED uh uh a LED on the corner of the of the remote. So that you know it s it still has batteries on it in it. And that if you push the button the LED uh gives a light, and uh and you see that it's working. And uh yeah. Uh.

So and do they always have that?

Yeah, but No no no. But I my my experience is that it it it's convenient to have that.

It's easy to you.

Yeah. Yeah.

Okay.'Kay.

Uh at home we have a T_V_, a video uh recorder, a D_V_D_ player, and a satellite receiver. We have uh four distinctive remote controls for that.

Thank you.

That's not really ea easy.

Help also. Thank you.

So it would be nice if we have one for all. And we also had a remote control for our radio set. But um i it it had a lot of buttons on it, and you didn't know which one was what. And it was uh uh v not easy to use. So we n barely used it.

Okay so they have too much. So next.

Hmm.

For our own remote control we have to think how do we make it. So what ideas do you have for it, for the new remote control? What what does it have to have?.

The weight. Not not too heavy.

Not too heavy. Yes.

Not much buttons.

Yeah.

Bust-free. That when you drop it, it won't break. Like uh some kind of rubber on it. Or hard uh hard plastic. Uh buttons not too small. Uh something like when you uh lose your uh remote control, sometimes it happen. Uh it between the couch and you can't find it.

Yes.

When you push a but a button on the T_V_, then you hear some uh some sort of bleep.

Like a phone.

And then you uh, hey there there's remote control.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So,

Next.

that's.

Yeah well that's that are good ideas. Uh Yeah well the LED on the corner, that that indicates that it's working. If you push a button. Um Yeah. And looking on the budget, not too expensive uh material. So probably plastic or something. Uh.

Okay.

Yeah I think it uh from a marketing point of view, it also has to look nice. Or you won't sell it.

Yes.

And um yeah uh on our website we can see what products we already have. And it should work with as many uh as possible of them.

Okay. This is It has to be compatible with other things.

Yes.

Okay.

I have one more idea. Just popped up.

Yes?

Uh it it won't take a lot of batteries. So you don't won't have to change the batteries uh once a week or uh once every two weeks.

No battery use. So more ideas?

Mm no.

No okay. It's only the first ideas. So uh what are we going to do now is Next meeting is in half an h hour. Uh Okay. Next meeting, half an hour. Um, what you have to do. Well look on your. And Next instructions you'll get in your email. So This is the first meeting. See you later in half an hour.

Yes.

Okay. Thank you.

Okay.

Question: Can you provide a summary of the ideas that were brought up in the meeting regarding the sensor to be used?

Response: I am sorry, but the provided data does not contain information regarding a sensor. Therefore, I cannot answer your question.

Question: Can you tell me what was decided in the meeting regarding the materials to be used for the remote control?

Response: In the meeting, the participants discussed the materials that would be used for the remote control. They decided that the material should not be too expensive and should be durable. They also decided that the remote control should be made of plastic or something similar.

Question: What recommendations did Industrial Designer make when discussing the user friendliness of the remote control?

Response: Industrial Designer recommended that the remote control should have large buttons, not too many buttons, and should be made of a material that can withstand being dropped. They also suggested that the remote control should have a sound or light indicator that would activate when a button is pressed. Additionally, they recommended that the remote control should be compatible with other devices.

Question: Did the participants agree that the remote control should be compatible with other devices?

Response: Yes, the participants agreed that the remote control should be compatible with other devices. They discussed how it would be convenient for the remote control to be used with multiple devices, such as TVs, DVD players, and satellite receivers.

Question: Were there any other points of discussion that were not fully resolved during the meeting?

Response:
Yes, there were other points of discussion that were not fully resolved during the meeting.

* The participants discussed the budget for the remote control and agreed that it should be sold for 25 Euros, but they only had 12.5 Euros to make it.
* They also discussed the need for the remote control to be original, trendy, and user-friendly, but they did not come up with any specific ideas for how to achieve this.
* Additionally, they discussed the need for the remote control to be compatible with other devices, but they did not discuss which specific devices it should be compatible with.

Question: What did Industrial Designer recommend to do when discussing the durability of the remote control?

Response: Industrial Designer recommended that the remote control should be made of a durable material, such as rubber or hard plastic, to withstand being dropped. They also suggested that the remote control should be lightweight and have large, easy-to-press buttons.

Question: Did the participants decide to use a LED light to indicate if the remote control is working?

Response: The participants discussed the use of a LED light to indicate if the remote control is working, but they did not come to a consensus on whether or not to include it.

Question: What was their conclusion about the LED light?

Response: The participants did not come to a conclusion about the LED light. They discussed the pros and cons of having a LED light, but they did not make a final decision.

Question: What were the pros and cons they discussed about the LED light?

Response:
The participants discussed the pros and cons of having a LED light on the remote control.

* Pros:
    * It would indicate to the user that the remote control is working.
    * It would make it easier to find the remote control in the dark.
* Cons:
    * It would increase the cost of the remote control.
    * It would require batteries to operate.

Question: Apart from the LED light, were there other features that the participants discussed adding to the remote control?

Response: Apart from the LED, there were no other features discussed in the meeting.


All set? Okay. Cool. Right. So um basically I'm just gonna go over real quickly um some news I've just got from the board on how we're supposed to do with this um remote control. And then I'm gonna turn over to you guys to make brief presentations um on what you've found and then we'll have a bit of discussion. So basically uh what I've just found out from the board I dunno if you guys got this email as well but it needs to be television only. So no we're not doing D_V_D_, we're not doing anything else,

Okay.

it's just gonna be a television remote. Um it also needs to have the company colours included in it.

Um so that's red and black. And it has to have the slogan, case you guys forget the slogan it's, we put fashion in electronics. Um and no teletext. I'm not sure what teletext is but I'm assuming you guys do, so we don't wanna include that um in this particular design. For reasons that I don't really know. There's but it's the board so there you go. So basically um given those guidelines which will have some effect on how we design we'll discuss it later I mean'cause it's television only we'll be able to change our uh um well we can s sacrifice more function for a better television remote. Anyway. So I'm gonna turn over to the Industrial Designer uh to go ahead and make a presentation on.

Okay. So do I unplug this bit here?

Oh, right yeah.

Gotta plug you in.

Yep. Might have to hit function F_ eight but it looks like it's gonna come up. Yep. Cool.

Okay. Right. That's page one of my presentation.

Brilliant.

Very nice. For your first PowerPoint it's lovely.

So the uh method. We're gonna have to understand how remote controls work and res uh successfully complete this project. Um remote control works as follows. This is all pretty basic stuff you guys. Um sends message to another system, so there's an energy source involved in that like a battery or solar power, something along those lines, there's an integrated circuit, which is the microchip, um and that actually compose the messages and usually the way a a remote control works is it sends infrared bits to another system. A user interface controls the chip, basically that's the casing and the buttons and um accordingly the messages as well. So my findings, um I just did a preliminary study here and uh I found that too much metal in remote design could potentially cause interference with the ability of the remote to send commands. And too much metal can cause remotes to behave unexpectedly by receiving false signals. Um too much metal is used sometimes and people pick up radio signals and the like, and there's also the possibility of the remote catching on fire and injuring the customer, just think of those lawsuits, that'd be really bad.

'Kay.

Therefore I suggest primarily plastic construction. Um, components. Just some ideas that I had, um, energy source, it's kinda hip to be eco friendly so I thought maybe we could do something with solar power with an alkaline battery backup. Um the user interface, I was since we can't use metal I was thinking maybe a high grade recycled plastic.

Mm.

The chip, um, silicon based chip I don't really see any way around that, we can't really be different in that respect. Um, the sender well I'm thinking infrared'cause it is the industry standard, multi channel, that's a word I made up, I don't really know what it means.

'Kay. Fair enough.

Uh PAL and N_T_S_C_ compatible and uh probably a two hundred foot range.

'Kay.

Uh and the receiver of course is any number of electronic devices. Um but in this case it'll only be T_V_s. Um personal preferences, I really think that we should use plastic as opposed to metal, um, the company simply can't afford this kinds of lawsuits

Fine.

which adm admittedly is gonna come at the cost of a certain aesthetic value,

Is is there a way that we can use um modern types of polymers, or mo modern types of plastics

'cause we were thinking.

that maybe do have some kind of aesthetic value um like if a white like if we talk about like well like on the lapt on these laptops and other ones they use a a pretty nice,

Right.

It needs, yeah.

you can do i is there some kind of nice colo der quality plastic that we can work with?

Yeah that shouldn't be a problem. Um for example the plastic they have on your laptop there is something that's perfectly possible for us to do.

Okay, okay.

That's the end of my presentation.

Cool.

Great. Thank you very much Nathan. Um if next we can have the um User Interface Developer go ahead and make a brief presentation that'd be great as well.

S plug yourself in here. Mm. Um hit function F_ eight real quickly, hold down Mm.

Looks like you're in okay.

Is it plugged in well? There it goes. Computer adjusting.

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There you go. Sweet.

There you go.

Well so. Here we have a uh my technical functions design presentation. Um so a few of the requirements we need here. Uh we n basically need to operate an electronic device, it needs to be universal um and possibly uh operate several different types of devices although we now uh find that uh that that's no problem.

Yeah sorry I couldn't get that g to use before.

Um so some of my findings. Um basically wanna send messages uh to a television set. Um that would be any number of different things uh such as switch on the television, uh switch to the next channel, that sort of thing, I think we're all quite uh quite uh intelligent and know know what a normal remote control does. Um now some of the other things I found is a a complicated remote control sorry that we can't quite see my red there very well

Oh yeah look at that.

Mm..

but uh this remote control has many functions um so it can do a lot of things but it uh it is quite complicated

Mm-hmm.

and most users will find it uh find that they won't use most of the functions because they don't know how to use them and don't wanna take the time to learn how to do it. As you also notice it's quite a boring design. Um. Another remote control, slightly different, it's a simpler remote control uh many less buttons but uh has many fewer functions, um m much easier for the user to manipulate and use. Um it also has a bit of a cheap look and it's also quite boring. So

Nice.

my personal preferences.

Revolutionise the idea of uh a remote control. Um so attain the functionality of a complicated device but use a simple formatted display uh for the user to to work with. And I was gonna add another uh slide here but I didn't quite have time there.

Okay.

Um. Just incorporating some of the ideas that we had previously like uh having multiple face but it's uh.

Great. Thanks for that Ron.

Right.

'Kay

Does that mean I'm up?

yep that's you.

I think so. Okay.

I can plug you in.

Oh that would be perfect. Thank you. Slide show up and running.

Give it a little bit.

Or not. Uh. Oh there we go. Perfect. Okay. So this is me. Um basically I was looking through some marketing reports that we've got and we had a usability test where we were actually sort like watching a hundred people use T_V_ remotes and see what it is that they're using and then they filled out a questionnaire about what they like and what they don't about their general T_V_ remote control practices. Um pretty much through testing we were finding out that most of the time, everybody's used to using changing the channel, turning it on, using the volume, m the majority of the time that's all that's going on, the other functions happen, for some people they're important, but the primary uses are really really basic. Um and so big complicated remotes like one we saw in the last presentation are really not the general public's use, they're not using a lot of it, they don't need it, they even find it frustrating when there are all those buttons that they don't know what to do with. And um we also found out that uh fifty percent of our people, their the worst thing about a remote is how often they lose it. And then they can't find it in the room. So I think what we were talking about with a pager or something, will really come into play with a lot of these people. Um there's also a survey about what they liked about remotes,

and pretty much they all think they're hideous and not very useful, and the younger demographics are all really interested in voice recognition options. I don't know if that's something we're ready to look into technically, that's up to the design people, but it is s something worth thinking about, especially since the younger demographic's obviously the one that's gonna keep growing, so if that's the direction we're headed in it's something to think about. Um but basically it really is the primary functions and getting it to look nice, which are the standards. So it's a good start for us.

That's great. Thank you Sarah. Right. So um

Need to unplug this?

yep I'll just uh switch that back here.

Need it back.

I'll finish up with just a bit of discussion plan on for the next phase.

There you go.

Right so I think we've covered most of these important questions through this um through you guys's presentations um we've got uh y the Industrial Designer suggests uh or pretty much emphatically suggested that we need to go with plastic. Um Sarah, she's recommended that we go for simpler functions, so fewer functions um but we need to decide who are we selling this to, you s your stats suggested that seventy five percent of people under thirty five wanted, thought about voice control,

Oh right.

um so do we wanna go for that, or do we want to go for an older demographic, and my thought is um we've got w if we're gonna go for a sleek look I mean we are putting the fashion in electronics um..

We're not catering to the pensioners of the world I don't think so.

Yes. So maybe this we should look into this younger demographic. Um. So

Right.

uh we need to wonder ah h about how we make it better and smaller and faster um think we're constrained to plastics very well, we've got this idea, Ron was saying we need to think about uh revolutionising the way it's looking um,

Right.

which might be easier given that we're going for simpler function and that we're only going for a telly.

Uh.

Um so um. How th this voice operation thing is I think is a good idea um assuming that it's doable, um at least for the basic controls, maybe we can balance it that way, you know we can see.

Right.

Mm.

Okay you can't say record alias tonight at seven P_M_

but we might be able to say um volume up.

Yeah.

Right. I think it would be possible to uh combine the locator device and the voice recognition technology.

Mm.

Oh. That could work. I like that.

With a simple command like locate. And then it could start to beep

Yeah. Something very basic.

and

Right.

Right.

therefore be found.

Sounds good.

Is that only gonna be within our two hundred foot range then?

Oh yeah I think that's very doable.

Okay.

The difficulty wh would be in um I think like i you couldn't speak into the remote that you're trying to find.'Kay you have something that picks up a voice from far away.

Yeah.

It's a good point.

If it's hidden under the couch but then again you have this wee this wee thing you know that's just a little chip or whatever that has the page button, maybe that could be voice activated too.

A little sticky pad to stick on top of your uh television.

Mm.

And you just say something to into that

Yeah.

and it

Yeah.

Yeah.

finds your.

K.

Or an isolated magnet or something like, or you know something that wouldn't interfere I don't know that'd be the technical thing

Yeah.

but yeah I like that, I like that, the voice recognition for the paging system.

The other thing is we might be able to handle the simplicity of a remote control and kind of put the more complicated things into a voice control. So it could be sold to both the younger market and the older market.

True.

And the younger market could use kind of the voi voice control method and the older market might might k

Making it just an option?

Mm.

exactly and might consider the older market could use the simpler design with the traditional buttons and what not.

Yeah. Right.

Yeah.

I was thinking uh.

Are we still thinking about this screen sorry.

Oh go ahead.

Go ahead. The uh if we're gonna do this touch pad screen thing, it would be still, do we know if that's an option technically right now to that?

Mm-hmm.

'S definitely an option technically. I've looked into uh costs of uh touch screen methods and what not,

Okay. Okay.

they seem to be uh you know almost as cheap as a button method at this point.

We're doing okay.

Okay.

'Cause it seems like an interesting option especially because then you could have like your primary screen just be these you know four or five basic functions, you can have

Mm..

Yeah.

menu options or something to have all these other complicated voice recognition, settings, things that you're not gonna use every day and that a lot of people aren't gonna use but it is an option there for this hi-tech market that sort of re is the sleek thing we're going for.

Gotta wonder though, if we're adding so much technology to this one remote, are we still gonna be able to meet out twelve pou our twelve fifty Euro you know goal for selling these things.

Mm-hmm.

True. Worth looking into.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

It seems like, we're not gonna be able to handle all these functions with just one microchip.

Yeah.

The microchip is probably the most expensive part of the the whole mechanism.

Okay.

True. Yeah.

Okay.

So it's just something to consider.

Absolutely. Mm'kay um well yeah I guess we'll cross that bridge um in a la slightly later stages of development um but yeah I know, that's perfectly viable question. Mm'kay um so I'm seeing that we're gonna just basically focus on this young demographic group, aim it at them, but then in a sense that its bells and whistles are available for anybody who wants them but basically we'll make a sleek simple functioned um uh remote control.

Mm-hmm.

Um I think this voice recognition thing is a we've got a market for it uh I don't think there's too many,

Mm.

we'd more or less be cornering the market on it as well, we don't have many um.

Yeah.

I appear to have lost my microphone. Mm. Right um we don't have many people or there's not very many competitors out there that do that so cool. Um right. I guess we've c we've touched on most of this. The idea of a paging function, a touch screen, and face plates. Um. The thing with I see would there not be a we'd have to maybe sacrifice the face plates for a touch screen?

Um I'm not sure that's sincerely correct,

Okay.

I think if you kind of take the example of a mobile phone that uh trying to pass a portion of the device is not interchangeable whereas the surrounding portions are interchangeable.

Mm. Just the casing.

Okay.

We could have the casing, the the face plates.

Okay.

Back to the uh the cost the material. We have to ask whether we're going to include a certain number of face plates with the package? That's something I w for say we're including three or four face plates, it's gonna drive the cost up.

Mm.

Mm.

And the other question is, if we do include them are we really in a position to evaluate that market?

Yeah.

We haven't done any tests on face plates and whether.

Right.

Okay.

See if there if there's even interest out there.

Okay. Right.

Off the top of my head it sounds kind of like a gimmick that wouldn't really go anywhere.

Yeah'cause then ha you would have to who all

Mm. Right.

it's not like with cell phones like where you have a you know Nokia model X_ and then ten people make face plates for it, we'd be just our model of pho of t remote control..

Yeah.

Well in the publicity of a face plate on a phone is you have it out and around, it is sort of emblematic whereas you're just sit at home,

Mm-hmm.

so unless somebody comes over to watch T_V_.

Mm. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Well hopefully some people have people coming t over to w to hang out at your house

True. True. True.

and most people have their televisions in the living room. Uh..

Alright well we can we can discuss that one further when we think about um whether th when we do costs and so forth, um.

Yeah. Oh yeah.

Sure.

True, if plastic is dead cheap and if we're making the whole thing out of plastic anyway um yeah we'll cross that bridge later um but yeah we will have to evaluate what's most important. Um I think we've had a bit of discussion already on this thing, n s there any other questions comments that came up in these presentations?

Well have we confirmed that we're gonna go ahead with a uh touch screen um.

Yeah yeah okay. Um.

Interface?

Yeah I think that would be best. Let's based on what sh on what you guys have all said to me let's go for a plastic built or uh b plastic cased'cause tha tha that's easy on the cost, try to look for some kind of high quality recycled plastic as you recommended and I think that's a great idea. With a touch screen for the basic functions. Um And we'll yeah tha let's provisionally let's go for a touch screen one with several submenus um for possible extra stuff that one basically put the channel and the on and off switch on the touch screen. Um do we have Mm wait a minute it occurs to me that if we have a touch screen people are going to have to recharge their remote controls. Yet at the same time that might help for this whole complaint of it being lost.

True.'Cause it would have a docking base?

Mm-hmm. But then again that costs as well.

Yeah.

Hmm.

So these new lithium batteries they last twenty years even with the touch screen?

Do they? Okay.

Those new ones.

Can we afford to include one of those?

Can we afford that?

And will somebody buy it if we don't?.

Well I I don't think yeah I can't see anybody buying a lap a remote control that they have to plug in so we'd have to see some kind of new battery technology.

Right.

Okay so let's go with a um touch screen with um some kind of you know with with some kind of cutting edge battery technology.

For twelve Euros?.

Yeah well hey you know well it's it's worth looking into, if not we can always default to just doing a a well presented plastic simple

It is. Fair enough.

you know so you know. Well yeah I mean

The basics.

you can put the we could I I dunno I mean I suppose we could put the the basics on the centre easiest you know, you know people know the channel and volume function make them large and easy to get at and then the the other the other bits and bobs you know go through menu um w we'll do the aesthetics.

Mm.

Okay so we'll touch screen and the battery, focus on um uh presentation.

'Kay.

Um it's th uh with this voice recognition option as well um just as for the simple functions the um the on off, channels, volume, um

Right.

and um a small paging function. Even if you can't do voice recognition for the paging you know just some kind of simple button that's just a I guess another infrared signal to the remote control and while to emit some kind of paging. Just a beep.

Okay.

Um right so any comments? Thoughts before we break into go into the next round of individual work on this.

Since we're doing uh touch screen, do we wanna look into the possibility of people being able to input different types of skins for the you know the actual interface part of it and things like that? Or is it just gonna be one touch screen for everybody.

Be interesting.

Mm.

What what would be on that touch screen?'Cause you said earlier that we have to think about company colours and um

And oh.

logo or something or motto, I can't remember exactly what you said.

Yeah the the fashion

We put fashion into electronics.

do. Yeah.

W it's my understanding that if you were going to do a skin you'd need to have some way for people to download or import skins into the remote control.

Right, and then you're dealing with ports and cords and.

Yeah I think perhaps.

'S too much.

good idea but yeah

Yeah.

I think that that one m might just be um and they just yeah I think that one might just be out of the range for this particular.

For now.

a P_D_A_ would they would makes a lot of sense for a P_D_A_'cause you're gonna be using it to connect up to things anyway but I dunno, what do you guys think?

Think we just need to come up with a nice black and red interface on the touch screen.

Yeah. Nice.

That'd be okay.

Yeah. Uh I I'm I'm in agreement with that, I'm wondering how we're gonna get uh we put fashion into electronics onto this device.

Um. Well but if we're gonna use a touch screen where it's gonna come on like on your cell phone it'll have your your carrier provider name come up first like while it's loading

Hmm.

and then it goes away, perhaps it could be like a temporary.

Mm.

Comes on every time you turn it on and then that's it'cause it is a bit much to have it like engraved on the back or something I think.

Mm. True.

Yeah. Yeah.

I'm hoping for a subliminal maybe half a millisecond as it turns on..

Yeah.

Y.

Yeah. Yeah I know I d it seems like it would suffice to have just the R_R_ on there.

Mm-hmm.

Jus

Yeah you would think.

But apparently not.

But.

So.

People aren't gonna want their remote to boot up and to see flashing things come on.

If it comes from above.

They just want it to be on and ready to go.

Yeah.

Yeah..

Well fair enough. Um and yeah that would help the battery life too and if it the remote they do have to press a button for the remote to turn on. But then again who wants to turn on a remote control. Kind of if i

Well all you have to do is touch the screen and it automatically goes on.

Oh

Mm.

to wake up okay or go into like a dormant mode.

Yep. Goes into a sleep mode.

Okay. Oh yeah I like that I like the idea of um putting the logo in the boot up screen, nice. Um. Um cool so any last things before we break? Alright. Fair enough. Sounds good.

We're good?

I'm gonna save th a copy of this in case you guys need any reminders. I'm gonna save a copy of this and the minutes that I'll do it in a second and put them in the shared folder for later reference.

I've put my files in the shared folder as well.

Brilliant.

Yeah.

That's fab guys. Cool.

Question: Was there a discussion about whether or not to meet remotely or in person?

Response: The provided information does not include any discussion about whether to meet remotely or in person. Therefore, I cannot answer the question.

Question: What did User Interface recommend doing when discussing touch screen control?

Response: User Interface recommended to do is touch the screen and it automatically goes on.

Question: Did anyone disagree with Industrial Designer's suggestion to use primarily plastic construction?

Response: The transcript of the meeting does not contain any information about whether people agreed or disagreed with the Industrial Designer's suggestion to use primarily plastic construction. Therefore, I cannot answer the question.

Question: Why was it decided to go with a plastic casing for the product?

Response:
The decision to use a plastic casing was based on several factors:
* Metal was deemed unsuitable due to potential interference with remote control signals, the possibility of catching fire, and the resulting high cost of lawsuits.
* Plastic was considered a more affordable option.
* The company wanted to avoid lawsuits.

Question: What was decided regarding the use of a pager function?

Response: The participants decided to incorporate a paging function that would emit a beep when activated. The paging function would be activated either through a voice command or by pressing a button.

Question: Was there any discussion on the meeting agenda about the feasibility of creating skins that consumers could import into the remote control interface?

Response: The transcript of the meeting does not include any discussion about the feasibility of creating skins for the remote control interface. Therefore, I cannot answer the question.

Question: What was decided regarding including interchangeable face plates?

Response: The meeting participants decided not to include interchangeable face plates with the product. They were concerned that including face plates would increase the product's cost and that there was no guarantee that consumers would be interested in them.

Question: What was User Interface's opinion regarding interchangeable faceplates for the device?

Response: The user interface was not sure about the interchangeable faceplates, so he stated that, kind of taking the example of a mobile phone, trying to pass a portion of the device is not interchangeable whereas the surrounding portions are interchangeable. So they could have the casing and the face plates.

Question: Besides the concern about cost, were there other reasons why the participants decided against including interchangeable face plates?

Response: The main reason for not including interchangeable face plates was the concern about the cost and the uncertainty whether consumers would actually be interested in them.

Question: It was mentioned that the slogan "We put fashion in electronics" needed to be included in the product design. How did they decide to do this?

Response: The participants decided to include the company logo in the boot-up screen of the device. They believed this would be a subtle way to incorporate the slogan without being too intrusive.


So

So.

I hope you're ready for this uh functional design meeting.

Of course..

Um so I will take the minutes you mm you three are going to do presentation. Um uh we want to know to at the end to know the new project's requirement so we need uh to know the the user uh needs that we want to fulfil to fulfil the from the technical part we want to know how it going to work and um third part uh I don't remember.

which is not very good. Ah of course, how to to design this uh this.

Nice stuff.

yeah. So um let's go for the three presentations, so first um Marketing Expert.

Who starts? Oh. Ha. okay.

So wait a minute. Mm.

So I dunno if I can do that like this? Yeah? So it's being modified. Do you want yeah, open. Read only. I hope I saved it..

So, um

Sammy Benjo. I know this name uh.

yeah, this is my name..

Sounds uh.

We met before.

So as you know, you I think you already know me, Sammy Benjo. I am the expert in marketing and I want to tell you about what people uh s want and uh like and dislike in remote controls, and I hope this is going to help you to to design it correctly. So next please. Uh-oh..

Mm uh.

Yeah, it is put F_ five.

Hmm.

Hmm.

The full page presentation, yep.

Yeah maybe in the full page

Okay.

F_ F_ five.

because i I spent lots of time doing this presentation, so.

Yeah. Yep.

F_ five.

Yeah.

Uh-huh hmm okay.

Mm-hmm. Mm.

So basically uh what I suggest is that uh instead of deciding ourself what what could be and what should be a good uh remote control, let's ask people who are users of remote controls how they feel about w the current remote controls, what they like, what they don't like and um and what they do with them by the way.

because they are supposed to be useful. Don't forget about that. So we've we've conducted a a survey on on the use of uh remote controls and I'd like to show you some of the results we found on this survey. And next please. Yeah, so basically what we found was that uh there are several things that the user don't like in remote controls. First of all, they find it very ugly. Current remote controls as you know they're the same as this one uh they're not nice colour, not nice shape, I mean they're all the same, and they're not l good looking. Um what is interesting is that in fact it seems that they were people are ready to pay for nice and look and fancy looking uh remote control, so I think we should probably spend lots of time in and effort in that um. And the other thing is that uh the the current remote controls are not so easy to use and it it the the current uh facilities that they offer do not match what people really want to use their remote controls. For instance uh we see that uh they zap very often so I think this is a very uh important uh functionality that it should be easy for them to to zap uh in one way or another. And most of the buttons uh on uh current remote controls are not used, so I think we should design something where some of the buttons which are those that are used should be easier to see and use than others that only a couple of people are using. Um next please. Now people are very frustrated w with their remote controls

and they for instance uh they don't even find it.

it's it's often lost somewhere in the in the in your home and nobody knows where it is.

Yeah.

Agree.

Maybe if we have something where we could ask the remote control please, where are you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Like uh something to to like t I think phones. Some of the phones have some of this kind of s functionality. Uh of course phone you can always phone your phone

but you can't phone your your remote control.

You can you are.

Why not?.

But why not? Yeah.

And because of the fact that there are so many buttons in these remote controls that nobody use,

Hmm.

in fact they don't even know how to use them, so most of the the people say they they don't know how to they to use properly their r remote controls. And uh they are bad for R_S_I_ but uh I don't remember what is R_S_I_.

Okay uh tha that's look great.

So I think they are bad..

R_S_I_ mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Mm nobody has any idea about that? Well I'll check uh with my

Yeah, it's electromagnetic waves or something kind of maybe uh effect.

Oh, okay,

No, I don't think so.

I think it's a technical thing

Yeah,

which our.

because infrared uses some electromagnetic technology,

Mm-hmm. Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

and those waves have high.

So, it seems that it's a lot of people for a concept that we don't know.

But twenty six percent, do you know.

Or something we don't know. Mm-hmm..

Uh.

Twenty five..

Uh.

but we have to take this into account.

Every fourth, you know. Every four some of us knows.

Yeah it's People really.

Okay.

So anyway

One of us.

that's for what the biggest frustration uh of the user and um

Yeah. Yeah.

what else do I have? Next slide? Ah yeah.

Mm-hmm.

So we've listed a couple of uh

Functions.

s uh functions that may be uh used by u the user in the current uh available uh remote controls and uh well the tables look very nice to read but what is important is to understand that the power button is not used often because in general you use it only once per session, but it is very relevant..

People want to have a power button. Channel selection is uh o often used very often used and indeed uh very relevant.

Ah now I remember what is R_S_I_.

it's repetitivity stress injury. We have to be careful with that word but uh anyway

Uh.

I continue my presentation so yeah,

channel selection is um very important, very often used. Volume is not often used but people uh want to have control on volume and that makes sense of course. And n then you have things which are very much less often used like the settings. Audio settings, screen settings, even teletext and channel settings. All of them. they're not often used and they are s more or less relevant. It seems that people find teletext teletext uh relevant, even if I personally never use it but seems that it's average relevant at least, so.

I have been told that we uh don't consider teletext, that it's out of date now because of internet.

I can tell you that uh in a l in a scale between one and ten relevant uh not relevant to relevant people scored a six on this, which is not as uh these these two one were had I think ten I think.

Mm-hmm.

But but if you compare with these ones, uh I think they scored a one or two.

Hmm.

Not very relevant, so if if there are good reason not to put teletext it's okay but just know that people find it somehow relevant.

Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm.

That's for the main functions I think and uh then we can ask uh ourself uh what people don't have that may be useful. For instance I think net next slide. One of the thing the trend uh that uh you are probably aware of is the possibility the eventual possibility of having speech recognition in your remote control, so you wouldn't have to tap tap in your buttons but just tell your remote control or whatever you need you have what you want. So we've conducted a survey about uh whether people would like or not to have uh this kind of uh functionality in their remote control and as we can see it really depends on the age. Young people, probably because it's a buzz word, find it very relevant. And uh as the age goes up the the relevance goes down.

Yeah.

So now it really depends on the kind of uh targeting uh wha who are we targeting with this remote control?

'Cause.

I think if we are targeting young people then uh it's probably something we have to consider. If we are targeting you very old people this is something they really don't know why they this should be so now

Mm-mm. Okay.

this is of course, depends on that. And um I don't have any conclusion, I didn't have time the meeting was very tight, so that's basically my findings. And uh, if you have any question?

Mm I think it's good, okay. You done a good review.

I got one question,

I can go back.

Thank you.

Yeah one question,

uh you are a Market Expert

yeah?

so

I am..

should we aim at the young people or not?

I think we should aim at the young people. But uh I think they are they are those uh who might be more interested in a in a new device.

Mm.

In general the the early adopters of a new device are young people, less than more than.

Okay, then teletext is used less.

Mm.

Mm-hmm.

Then teletext is useless for them I think,

Okay.

yeah. Because they they have other means of finding their information. Yeah.

Mm-hmm mm mm. Okay.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

That's good point.

But yeah. Nope.

Mm, yep.

Mm. Okay.

Okay.

'Kay?

Thank you.

So um now I think it's the turn of the the I'm not sure um.

Of the technical function, so uh

So I think it's you, huh?

Uh it's

No?.

That's me.

what effect.

techni function of.

No, user requiremen

Yeah.

Okay. Wait a second.

Argh.

I have to do working design so uh

So you're.

That's but this but number three, yes. Mm-hmm. So, my name is Mark Dwight, and um I am responsible for User Interface Design.

However, uh mm Project Manager asked me to give you some presentation about technical functions design. Uh, as I'm a more an artist

that's gonna be less technical functions but more User Interface and current intentions and everything which is linked with this.

Okay. Let's go.

So next slide please. And uh a general method which is seems to be very useful for our task

Mm.

is not to forget about uh Occam razor. We should never complicate things too much. We should only make a remote control, nothing more. Nothing more than this, just a remote control.

'Cause current remote controls they are never easy enough to use.

Makes sense..

So, make a click, please. So here is this remote control.

It's quite a standard one, but it's not from a T_V_, it's from a much easier device like air conditioning or something. But you know, we can use it for a T_V_ easily. Only buttons we need is on off, volume, channels and maybe some options or something else, and please make a click, compared to this one

It's.

which one would you prefer? I guess this.

Yeah, yeah.

I would say the simplest one as long as there are the uh I find the buttons that I need every time I need a button.

Sure, sure.

Yeah.

Maybe it can be yeah middle of like, between those two

Yeah, and our method is going to be, provide simple

li

Oh sorry..

simple desires into simple actions.

Nice. Nice sentence.

Findings.

Okay.

Oh sorry.

Our question of the style, we should remember that our company

puts fashion into electronics and we should never forget about it.

Concept.

S you should yeah.

Be simple. Be simple and you'll lean on this market.

Market is a of remote controls you know it better,

Mm.

it's very well, it's it's not an easy field to to play, you know? So be simple.

For personal preferences I think that to make a baby-proof remote control it got to be a titanium.

It's a really good style, it going to be look like like this. It is unbreakable and it is very universal. W we'll have a screen with a back light which can change colours,

Mm-hmm.

and we can put all the options into this screen. We'll need only few buttons. All the other things can be controlled through the screen. And all these buttons should be easy to find and to click,'cause when you watch a movie and you want to change something, you always try to find a good button and click it, but you should do it by touching it and finding it easily just by touch. So Press.

I would propose this concept for design, just few buttons, a screen with a back light which can change colours, titanium

Mm.

I think, and uh what else? I got just very few and good ideas. We need power and volume. And let us include two nice features into this device, first, power on and off can be made fully automatic. When you go to the sofa, take your control and point it to the T_V_,

It's off.

Hmm.

It's on.

the T_V_ turns on.

And when does it turn off?

When you don't touch the control but you go out of the For for enough time

Oh so you have a

like uh you.

sensing sensor machine that uh knows.

It's a question to our technical design, our two engineers.

Tech.

And another nice feature that I would like to implement is uh volume control. Suppose you set u you set up some volume and then you move out or you move to the other corner of the room and take your control with you. Like, you want to to change the chair or you want to move to the armchair from the sofa or something, and then the volume changes.

Or you want to go to the kitchen..

It's easy to do,

Mm-hmm.

you just control the.

According to your distance to and the angle maybe, if you have a stereo system.

Distance.

According to the distance. Yeah yeah yeah. So.

Uh I'm not sure about the screen, wha what is the use usefulness of the screen? Uh is it a touch screen by the way?

I think it can be just a menu which can be controlled with a left, right, up, down and enter.

Yeah.

So it gives instructions but uh it has to be with an back light somehow..

So, its main purpose in fact is a back light,

Mm-hmm.

which change colours,

Okay.

which makes it easier to find, and each can it can respond for your voice, like it can turn on the light for you just to f find it easily, yeah?

Mm.

Okay.

So basically that's it.

Um I see that you target uh several s application not only T_V_ but i like we talk about um universal uh remote control.

Can be easily done,

Yeah.

'cause you got simple designs, y we should put it to simple actions.

Hmm.

Let it be universal, so you want to use it for your hi-fi system. You want to change tracks and you want to adjust volume.

Mm-hmm..

Just few actions, a few actions for everything.

Mm.

Hmm. S

All the rest, we sh we'll put it into this menu on the screen.

Mm. Since we were targeting a really soon uh uh date for the the the um i issuing of this uh remote control I think we will only concentrate on T_V_ for the moment and then maybe m make it more generalised yeah.

Okay, okay.

Mm. Yeah and it mm.

Okay, but it's quite universal you know.

Mm.

We can just extend it to any device.

Mm.

So for instance if I want to go to directly to channel twenty five, how would I do can I do that with this?

Uh twenty five.

Yeah mm let's say I am uh on channel eight now. You know these days we have hundreds of channels,

Mm-hmm.

that's not so easy to go just next next next when you have hundreds of channels.

In fact I would propose another solution.

Or is it?

Basically you use just four or five channels, right?

Most people.

Yeah.

yeah.

So uh set up your T_V_ set like channels that you use they're one, two, three and five, and you will never have to go to a twenty fives channel.

In fact in in one uh remote control that I've seen, instead of doing that d you could just say these are the cha ch channel three, twenty eight, forty eight and uh sixty four are those that I want to by cycled with my next button.

Yeah it's it's the same solution, I think. Hmm.

I uh.

Yeah.

B yeah.

But even we can have some uh L_C_D_ display, like you can uh de you can just button the number

Go to channel twenty five.

and then it go

One thing is that as I said in my presentation people really do like to z zap.

t because Yeah.

So even if they are only watching four or five channels, I think they want to zap out of the one hundred channels,

Mm-hmm.

But still Yeah.

just because this is one kind of thing they do, zapping.

Yeah uh on zap it's only next next next next next, yeah.

Yeah.

And it's only next.

Yeah.

Yeah

Mm. We got these buttons here. Next next.

so but you have to.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Yeah..

Or say this can be back.

Yeah. But otherwise like we can put some display on numbers and then they can just press suppose two five they just press two and five

So it would be.

and then.

Okay.

Maybe we can make uh different modes for each button

Yeah.

and you can change mode zapping mode or

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Mm-hmm. Alright.

uh current chan

Yeah, yeah. Yeah but since we are focusing only on T_V_ remote controls

Listening more.

Yeah.

so we can have more functions for T_V_

Mm-hmm.

uh if you want to go for a universal then we ought to limit for functions for each of our devices.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Could we carry out some research if we w really need this, like how many people really need to go to channel number twenty five and then to sixty four?

Well I could could uh have a look at that maybe.

Okay.

Yeah. Yeah.

I'll check in my department if there's someone specialist in that..

Okay.

Okay.

Although I don't know..

Alright? Thanks for your attention.

Uh you're finish? Okay. So now the technical aspects of this new device. Mm.

Two. Yeah, if Sorry.

You prefer it..

Yeah. Uh as you know, I am mister Ramaro. I am an expert in uh industrial design of all electronic devices and I previously devised many uh like digital calculators and electronic calculators. So now I'll briefly describe the working design of our remote control. Well, as you know the basic function of remote control is sending some message to the the device, like T_V_ or V_C_R_ or D_V_D_ player etcetera. So we will have a p portable device which will send message to the the main device like T_V_. So we need to have some energy source to do what to do the functions, what we want on this portable device. And usually this so to do these functions we need an interface, which basically some kind of pressing buttons or keys or like moving jack or something like that. And then these messages these key buttons can be transferred into some kind of message and then it will process by the chip and then it will generate some information to the main device. It's generally in the form of infrared or some kind of s sensor information. Then we will have the main control in the main device to do the particular action what we want. So, basically we need uh since we are focusing on our interface device remote control mainly the energy source like the battery and then we have user interface like uh the keypad and you know buttons we want, and then we have some chip, it's mainly digital signal processing chip because since we are I am one doing mostly digital uh devices we ought to have some kind of processor which take care of all these functions and put it in some digital format. And then we'll have the infrared L_E_D_ source which sends the information to the main device. Then we'll have switch in our main uh um device to do particular operations, and we ought to do different codes for different T_V_s,

Mm-hmm.

so some T_V_s will have different encryption codes for doing s s uh channel changing and these things.

Okay. To make it quite uh an universal uh device uh.

Yeah yeah, because the people don't use one particular brand so

Mm.

or at least we have more more than five brands, which are really good.

Okay.

So we need to check their specifications and do their uh encryption that's passing information to the T_V_ device. So we need to have particular encryption codes.

Okay.

Then, components, so we have the main uh energy source and then we will have some buttons and then we will have infrared uh source and then we have some inside some chip in in the device. Uh since I don't have much time so I'll input the connections to all this components. And since I also want to know feedback from our Marketing Expert and User Interface,

Mm-hmm.

so if you want to add some more components we can incorporate them.

Mm-hmm. And from from the discussion we had do you can you make it on the whiteboard, or mm.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure, because since our User Interface speech recognition and also Marketing Expert for the speech recognition is really handy,

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

so

Mm-hmm.

we can have another, like uh s simple speech recogniser on our D_S_B_ chip.

Mm.

Since we have some kind of uh energy this is our this normal battery, so this battery, once you s switch on it will take power and we can have some speech recognition and in our g generally small digital signal processing chip so that and we will put uh the small uh simple speech recogniser

On.

and we can also train the speech recogniser for particular user so you just.

Uh train it, okay. Mm-hmm.

yeah, so that we just use simple recog

Mm-hmm.

Too complex.

no but but.

But uh very very good to sell..

Yeah. No, even in you can find even simple mobile device like any mobile brand you can have these voice dialers or these things, yeah.

Think of a all these young people who would love to say that this remote control only works for them,

Okay. Okay.

Yeah.

and ha ha you cannot use my remote control,

Mm..

because it's targeted to me. Whatever..

Yeah.

And what about the price of this component?

So Uh maybe we can make uh it in five Euros and even less than that,

It mm okay.

Hmm. Cheap.

because we want to have uh millions and in bulk,

Millions..

Mm..

so we can make really simp

Okay.

and we want to make really simple device

Cheap.

because we have only very few words like like power, switch on or some like

Mm-hmm.

then we'll have something like this um we'll have volume and then we will have s particular channel, so users can listen.

The user uh will just be able to say uh please can you uh pump up the vo pump up the volume

Mm-hmm.

or or it will be something like volume, up, down.

Ye No, yeah, a user can use any kind of sender but they should have this prompt volume and then.

Okay.

With a keywords and yeah.

yeah volume and decrease or increase, so we try to only recognise those words

Okay.

Mm-hmm mm.

and and because we can't really say user to say same wording

Couple of words.

then it become more mechanical and yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Okay.

Um.

And then we can have channel they can say, okay I want eight, because we don't know like users have different programmes, I mean they don't really follow same channels strict uh so we just want channel number,

Okay.

Okay..

we don't want like B_B_C_ or C_N_N_ or something else

Of course uh it has to be.

because it will be complicated so we'll have only these three uh main basic uh anyway volume is not really speech recognition problem,

Okay.

it's it it will be take care of our main mm.

No you know it's a conceptual question,'cause now I see th this the picture in front of my eyes like a user taking his remote control and shouting into it, volume up, volume up,

But then I think you you.

and and he's coming you know, he's really annoyed with this, down, up, down..

First of all I I think this is not uh functionality that it is going to be instead of using the buttons.

No, in no not only speech, yeah.

It's on top of using the button.

I it's an option.

Okay, for this budget like twelve Euros.

Well, I dunno..

Yeah actually we we can have one switch to like uh switch on, on and off, this processor and This really, suppose like here we have our main chip which controls power, volume and this part and this D_S_P_s.

Mm-hmm.

Again, this to have some interaction like suppose people use D_S_P_ then it particularly sends some information to the chip like in some form, like volume and like this key.

Okay..

So it may not be like very expensive, because since we are only focusing on T_V_ remote control

Okay.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

so and we have only few things here.

Sho to to train, okay.

Did you consider the r gest uh gesture recognition?

Yeah.

Like, if I want to put volume up I like do mm I take my remote control do like something like

roll'em up

Um uh uh this point we didn't consider

or roll'em down.

Mm.

Very expensive,

because it's it's very expensive

no?

because v our target is only like twelve point five Euros

And well, what about the idea of automatic on off on the button, yeah.

Mm why?

and.

That's just.

Yeah,

And volume control.

even automatic on off is also a bit problematic, because it different criteria for different people like so suppose people are really uh they just uh they don't touch the remote and mm y you don't know how much time you need to switch on or switch off

So but uh.

and.

Sh should we target a a user personalised uh uh remote control? So in in a given room there might be more than one remote control. We would uh have each one and uh with our own personal uh settings.

Yay yeah. Yeah that can be possible, especially for power settings, so user can say okay, suppose they're watching a tennis match or something then they can say okay uh after one hour I.

Hmm.

Wouldn't that make uh arguments?

They can make.

Yeah, of course.

I want uh.

Yeah we can have.

That's no problem, we will sell more..

And we can increase this the strength

We got a really good Market Expert.

Yeah exactly.

y you can buy one with.

Let's send more, let's sell more.

Yeah..

Okay.

Mm-hmm. Okay. You have mm something else to say? Uh.

Uh, not very much,

No.

like yeah.

Okay. Thanks.

Okay, thanks.

Thank you. Yep. Thank you.

So

Can you just yeah.

mm

mm I think, okay, we're just on time. Um mm mm. So, we're now going to l have the lunch break.

Mm great..

Then we will work again for thirty minutes individual work, and um we will uh meet again for the next meeting, and uh in this one want to to be more focused on the individual actions the um on the components so uh you will focus on the component concept um

Yeah yeah.

uh of course the U_I_D_ Mark will be uh focused on the user interface concept

Mark will.

and uh our m Market Expert Sammy Benjo uh on the trend watching. So um of course like before specific instruction will be sent to you by your personal personal coach. Well I think that's all. And we have um maybe we have to we say, only for T_V_, not teletext?

Uh I think automatic on off control uh it's not possible.

Uh it's in current price, yeah.

Difficult.

Yeah, maybe in the next uh step if we make it work um.

Yeah. But speech recogniser can be possible.

Yeah, implemented. O okay, we can think about that.

Mm-hmm.

And um do you see something else?

No.

Uh, should it be equipped with the uh, with uh speakers?

Speakers in the remote cont

Like, you want to find it, you shout

Oh yeah.

Uh yeah

control,

that's.

and it answers is I'm here? Or.

It just beeps.

Just beeps?

That would be enough.

Or maybe you want to phone him.

Something very cheap.

Since now all.

Yeah yeah yeah.

But that's ex that's expensive. Uh.

yeah? Think

Yeah, especially the power, it really consumes

Uh-huh.

because it should be all the time on and.

And uh.

Well I I heard of devices where you just uh whistle them and and they.

And it's answered.

Yeah.

because of the the frequency they they just answer to that.

Yeah.

I can't whistle. No, no, I can't.

You can't whistle. Uh-huh.

Or a clap. You can clap. Can you?

Clap clap clap it's a good.

Mm.

Yeah.

Clap is good.

I I think it's universal.

Yeah.

Tak

What about people without hand?

Okay.

Just a suggestion.

Yeah I think it's good.

Yeah..

With only one hand? These are not our target people..

Mm uh okay.

But it's a good feature I guess yeah we need to think about more how to incorporate it.

Mm-hmm. Okay.

Just don't interfere with other devices like'cause like all these people do that their lights are turning on with clapping.

Mm-hmm.

Oh.

Oh that's e that already exists

Yeah, I got it at my home, like.

okay okay.

Mm-hmm.

Oh yeah, you do have.

Oops.

Ah it's.

Wow. You're trendy..

Mm-hmm, so let's to think s so that.

Think about it.

yeah. I think that could be in the component uh concept uh.

Yeah, okay.

Yeah.

It yes. Okay.

Okay. Good

So,

we're done?

yeah,

Yeah.

let's go to lunch.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Right, thanks.

Question: What were the key outcomes and action items from the recent functional design meeting?

Response:
Here are the key outcomes and action items from the meeting:

* The participants agreed to focus on a T_V_ remote control first, and then explore making it universal.
* The remote control should be simple and user-friendly, with a focus on the most commonly used functions, such as power, volume, and channel selection.
* The participants considered adding features like automatic power on/off and volume control based on the user's distance from the T_V_, but these were deemed to be too expensive or complex for the current budget and timeline.
* The participants agreed to explore the possibility of incorporating speech recognition into the remote control, as this was seen as a potential way to make the device more user-friendly.
* The participants agreed to conduct further research on user preferences, such as how many people actually need to access channels above 100, and whether or not users would be interested in a remote control that could only be used by them.

Question: What was decided in the meeting regarding the addition of teletext functionality to the remote control?

Response: In the meeting, the participants decided to not include teletext functionality in the remote control. They considered it to be outdated and of low relevance to users, based on a survey conducted by the Marketing Expert.

Question: What was the general consensus in the meeting regarding the overall appearance and design aesthetic of the remote control?

Response: In the meeting, the participants emphasized the importance of the remote control's design and aesthetics. They agreed that it should be simple, user-friendly, and visually appealing, with a focus on fashion and style. They also discussed the possibility of using a titanium material for the remote control, as it is both durable and stylish.

Question: Were there any specific questions or concerns brought up during the meeting that remained unresolved or require further discussion?

Response:
The participants raised a few concerns and questions during the meeting that require further discussion:

* Whether or not to include a screen on the remote control, and if so, what its purpose would be.
* How to address the issue of users wanting to access channels above 100, while keeping the remote control simple and user-friendly.
* How to make the speech recognition feature as user-friendly and effective as possible.

Question: What were the advantages of incorporating speech recognition into the remote control?

Response:
* The participants agreed that speech recognition could make the remote control more user-friendly, especially for young people who may be more likely to use it.
* It could also potentially allow users to control the remote control with their voice, making it more accessible for people with disabilities.

Question: Was there a consensus in the meeting to include a touchscreen display on the remote control?

Response: There was no consensus reached in the meeting regarding the inclusion of a touchscreen display on the remote control. The participants discussed the pros and cons of a touchscreen display, but ultimately decided to table the decision for further consideration.

Question: To summarize, what were the final decisions or agreements made at the end of the meeting?

Response: At the end of the meeting, the participants agreed to focus on designing a T_V_ remote control first, with a focus on simplicity, user-friendliness, and aesthetics. They also agreed to explore the possibility of incorporating speech recognition into the remote control, as they believe it could make the device more user-friendly, especially for younger users. Additionally, they agreed to conduct further research on user preferences and needs, such as how many people actually need to access channels above 100.

Question: In other words, what was the main objective of this meeting?

Response: The main objective of the meeting was to discuss the design and functionality of a new T_V_ remote control. The participants aimed to create a device that is simple, user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, and incorporates the latest technology, such as speech recognition.

Question: In summary, what were the main points brought up by <Speaker> in the meeting?

Response:
The main points brought up by User Interface were:

* Remote controls should be simple and easy to use, with a focus on the most commonly used functions.
* The current remote controls are not user-friendly and have many buttons that are not used.
* Users want a remote control that is nice looking and stylish.
* Teletext is outdated and not relevant to users, so it should not be included in the new remote control.
* The new remote control should have a screen with a backlight that can change colors, and it should be made of titanium.
* The new remote control should have automatic power on/off and volume control based on the user's distance from the T_V_.

Question: What were the potential benefits of including speech recognition as a feature?

Response:
* Speech recognition could make the remote control more user-friendly, especially for younger users.
* It could also potentially allow users to control the remote control with their voice, making it more accessible for people with disabilities.