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The medical industry faces the constant challenge of attempting to improve the compliance of personal medical device users to their medical regime for their own safety. In this book the authors examine emotional responses to medical devices and its application in increasing medical device compliance whilst at home. It underlines the importance of taking a number of considerations into account when new devices are designed including colour, aes...

Existing automotive system is not sustainable, in terms of environment and global economic balance. The End of Life Vehicle Legislation introduced by the European Union is a producer responsibility directive that aims to ensure vehicle manufacturers take responsibility for both the disposal and, more importantly, the recovery of their vehicles. The book is concerned with investigating and concluding the following question: To What Extent Will ...

Previous pedagogical models have failed to take into account new contextual and mobile methods of learning with the advances in technology-mediated learning. This book puts forward a pedagogical approach, namely, future innovative in-service teacher education in Europe. It is concerned with the educational use of information and communication technologies, specifically with the development and dissemination of a new pedagogical strategy for op...

This book demonstrates an investigation to distinguish what factors make premium packaging more premium than that of the mass products. The following questions were used to lead the work: 1. How much influence does packaging have on a consumer''s decision? 2. What specific techniques are used by the premium packaging products? 3. Which of the techniques are most effective in making the packaging premium? 4. How can these techniques be measured...

Prior pedagogical models have failed to take into account new contextual and mobile methods of learning with the advances in technology-mediated learning. This book puts forward a pedagogical approach, namely, future innovative in-service teacher education in Europe. It is concerned with the educational use of information and communication technologies, specifically with the development and dissemination of a new pedagogical strategy for open ...

This work investigated if there was any correlation between the symmetrical aspects of a product and their impact on the desirability of it. From this it was possible to deduce examples of desirable products that were popular in culture today such as Sony''s PlayStation 3 games console and the iconic Apple iPhone. By understanding how the products are manufactured and how processes have changed over recent years, helped to indicate the impact ...

Most research on the bottled water industry only addresses environmental or quality issues. This research, however, examines how tap water can be made more appealing to consumers. It, furthermore, explores in detail why consumers favour bottled water over tap water and why consumers choose certain brands of bottled water over others? Finding answers to these questions enables strategies to be formulated to make tap water more appealing through...

Design strategy allows many companies to develop a plan for what they need to make and do, affecting both their immediate and long-term prospects. In this study, a specific approach has been taken to understand and analyse the role that it plays in the garden power tool market. The study focused on design and marketing of garden power tools. Findings provided the foundations for the development of a generic design strategy framework appropriat...

Rowing has been around since the time of the Ancient Greeks. However, the sport has undergone much innovation in the last 40 years alone and it is exciting to think what the future still has in store for the sport. Nevertheless, the art of wooden boat building is unfortunately dying out. Rowing is a sport where stiffness and lightness is everything. A stiff boat with stiff oars will ultimately give the best performance in water and the equipme...

The research reviewed the history and content of technical related subjects in order to assess the areas that have caused scepticism and the formation of stigma. This literary research was accompanied by the questioning of firstly the general public in order to assess their perceptions, and secondly students, in order to attain their academic ability and personal experiences of stigma. The stigma was found to be based around the acquisition of...

Existing automotive system is not sustainable, in terms of environment and global economic balance. The End of Life Vehicle Legislation introduced by the European Union is a producer responsibility directive that aims to ensure vehicle manufacturers take responsibility for both the disposal and, more importantly, the recovery of their vehicles. The book is concerned with investigating and concluding the following question: To What Extent Will ...

Advances in sport shoe design, materials, technology, and their impact on athletes from the early 20th Century are discussed in detail. Research discusses that the involvement of podiatrists (foot scientists) initially sparked the introduction of the first technologically enhanced features. Secondary research consists of a comparison between classic shoes of old and the innovative shoes of today. Touching on the effects they have had on perfor...

The practice of toy design and the theory behind it is studied with particular interest in the ways in which these areas contribute, if at all, to child development. The assessment of the ways in which we play and the toys we have as children with respect to its influence on adulthood will be studied. As well as literary research an interview with a senior designer is carried out. This concludes that the role of the toy designer is complex and...

This book will identify how the development of modern technology has had an effect on sports. Sport is part of a multi faceted society which constantly evolves. It is only natural therefore that sports will need to develop in order to be able to keep up with other aspects of society. The authors look for answears to the question: Why do we need to develop sports technology? They look at sports on an elite level, but also consider how any chang...

From new research and increased public awareness into the affects of lighting in the workplace, an investigation was undertaken to discover whether Photobiologists or Light Design Engineers were correct in their perception of necessary light for the healthfulness of office workers. Results from objective and subjective investigations proved inconclusive as they showed that elements of thinking from both parties had some truth. This implied tha...

There are many research reports regarding packaging and its guidelines of design and development being well designed to maximise consumer interest, but premium and mass brands with their split in the market is not a well explored subject matter. This book examines packaging techniques and methods, moreover on psychological reasoning behind user and consumer decisions. It also uncovered strong links to standard pack design within both industrie...