Did My Tablet Give Me Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
I’ve been gradually developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) for a number of years. For anyone not familiar with CTS, when it starts you often wake up with your thumb and …
NTSB Cell Phone Ban
Automobiles are arguably the iconic products of the 20th century. At this moment, if I had to pick, I would say that smartphones and portable computers will be the iconic …
The Value of a Bad Idea
Imagine that a car manufacturer has created a car that will drive itself during most routine driving situations; the driver only needs to control the car during unusual circumstances. They …
Differences To Consider Between Clinical And Home Environments – Industrial Design
Several of our group recently presented at the 2011 Plastics in Medical Devices Conference, in Huron, Ohio. Here’s what Chris Connors had to say on the importance of considering the …
Motivation
Our entire office recently attended a talk by author and speaker Dan Pink. The session was an interesting take on operant conditioning in the business world, taken from his bestselling …
Driving by Touch
The other afternoon it was quite warm out for the drive home, and once again my husband pointed out that I had my car’s airflow directed only onto the windshield …
Design Thinking: Designers Don’t Get It
Okay, the title is a gross generalization and should more likely be “Design Thinking – Some Designers Get It and Some Don’t.” In May of last year I spoke on …
A Question of Intimacy
The remote was somewhere in the hotel room, maybe buried in the sheets? What I really wanted was that blaring TV off. It was a sleek flat-screen model, with a …
Imminent Threat of Confusion … or Was That Elevated?
This week the Department of Homeland Security is replacing the much-lampooned color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System with a new system, the National Terrorism Advisory System. When introducing the new system, …
Differences to Consider Between Clinical and Home Environments: User Research
Several of our group recently presented at the 2011 Plastics in Medical Devices Conference, in Huron, Ohio. Here’s what Carolynn Johnson had to say on the importance of conducting Design …