Design Technology

Innovation
What is innovation? New ideas New materials New processes

Are these cars Innovative?

Is this car innovative?

Maybe innovative is more than just new.

To be innovative, a product must also serve a purpose. One the more innovative companies right now is

Do innovative ideas have to be completely new?

Mp3 Player ipod

Cellphone

iphone

Incremental Design
Designs that change slowly over time. Examples -Cars -Phones -Planes

Put them in order oldest to newest

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Technology Design Cycle

Investigate Design/Plan Create Evaluate

Investigate
Come up with a problem that needs solving. Decide who will benefit from a solution to this problem (your target audience). Find out what they want (survey). Find out how other people have approached this problem (research). Make a list of what your product will look like, or what it will do (specifications).

Design/Plan
Design possible solutions Research which one is the best solution to the the problem Plan how you will build the chosen solution

Create
Create your product or solution

Evaluation
How did you do? What did you learn? How can you do better next time?

Possible Problems
In 4 groups, come up with as many problems as you can about organization. This could be anywhere: in your bedroom, at school, in your bag, on your desk.

As a class pick one problem

In your groups come up with as many solutions as you can to that problem in 5 minutes.

Assigned Problem
Everytime I put my earphones into my bag, they get tangled and tied in knots. I want to design a solution to this problem that is made out of acrylic and has an animal theme.

Material - Acrylic

Tools

Tenon Saw Scroll Saw

Hand Files

Sandpaper

Existing Solutions

Initial Designs
Create 3 initial Designs 2 minutes per design Specification -must be made from one piece of acrylic -must be designed to hold earbuds (earphones) -must not contain any measurement less than 8 mm (so it doesnt break) -must not exceed 12 cm in total length

Template
An outline of a design used to transfer the design onto another material.

For next lesson have your templates ready to transfer to acrylic