DT Unit 1.5 New and emerging Technologies

If you are designing a new product, Which of the following will you NOT need to gather opinions and facts relating to...

• The size of the market

• Available technology

• Successes and shortfalls of similar available products

• The distance of materials needed to make the product

Is the idea legal and free from copyright or patent protection?

• Legal feasibility

• Technical feasibility

• Economic feasibility-

• Operational feasibility

Can the product be manufactured within budget and sold at a reasonable price for a profit?

• Legal feasibility

• Technical feasibility

• Economic feasibility-

• Operational feasibility

can the product be manufactured using the available technology?

• Legal feasibility

• Technical feasibility

• Economic feasibility-

• Operational feasibility

Whichof the following is NOT a consequences of over- or under-engineering products

• increased production costs

• waste of materials and energy

• Perceived poor quality, an increase in customer complaints, and a reputation that suffers

• A rise in profits

This is used to describe the way designers and companies deliberately create a end point for products eg Ipad 1 was 6 years)

• Planned Obsolescence

• Design for maintenance

• Product Life cycle

• Reductive design

Responsible end of life design should NOT include

• as few materials as possible

• recycled and recyclable materials

  where possible

• easy-to-separate materials avoiding

  permanent bonding methods

• Removed reusability

Companies are increasingly aware of the need for social responsibility; Which of these are NOT a consideration:

• sustainably sourcing components and materials

• ethical production methods

• increasing waste

• recycling and considerate end-of-life disposal