What type of prototype is designed to collect quantitative data to help inform development?

Figure 3 shows people in a museum. By interacting with the exhibit they are able to understand how the image displayed on the screen feels.

Figure 3: People interacting with an exhibit in a museum

[Source: image provided with kind permission from Christopher Dean]

Which technology enables the people to understand what the image feels like through their sense of touch?

Which of the following rapid prototyping techniques does not require structural supports during the build?

Which type of analysis would you use to simulate unknown factors, such as stresses within a joint, in products?

Which of the following describes a conceptual model?

I. A model that is used to help us develop and understand ideas

II. A scale or full-size representation of a product used to gain feedback from users

III. Photorealistic computer-aided design (CAD)-based interactive models

Zuperzozial is a Dutch company that manufactures a range of kitchenware (plates, cups, servingutensils, and vessels) from biodegradable bioplastic that is made from renewable resources (suchas, corn, sugar cane and grain), see Figure 14.

The environmentally conscious kitchenware is stylish and durable. It also has a similar weight,feel, performance and dimensions to existing ceramic products. Zuperzozial are distributingtheir product through specialist kitchen stores, where they are displayed alongside conventionalkitchenware. Zuperzozial needs to sell the kitchenware at a slightly higher cost than conventionalkitchenware to recover the cost of the new technology used to manufacture using bioplastics.

The design of a car is a process that has many stages. As a result, there can be a large numberof prototypes and drawings used.

Some car designers are still using clay to make their first prototype of a new model of car,see Figure 3.

Some villages near Siem Reap in Cambodia have problems with waste, in this case plastic bags,polluting the landscape.

Salin and Michael of the Treak Community Centre near Siem Reap have developed an innovativeway of dealing with the issue of plastic bag waste.

Plastic bags collected by the Treak community are placed on a bed of sand that is heated by afire. This shrinks the bags and makes them stiffer. The bags are then shredded into small chunkswith scissors, see Figure 10. The shredded plastic is then used as a substitute for aggregate inconcrete which is mixed by hand, see Figure 11. This concrete is then moulded into bricks, seeFigure 12 and Figure 13, that can be used for construction.

40 % of the bricks used for the Treak Community Centre were made using this method. Theremaining 60 % of bricks are standard clay construction bricks.

What is an advantage of rapid prototyping for the designer?

Drones have become more widespread and can be used for leisure, business or militarypurposes. A drone is operated using a handset, see Figure 7.

Figure 7: A drone and its handset