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- [CS NPD 004] Types of crowds in crowdsourcing for NPD
- [CS NPD 002] Motivations for Crowdsourcing for NPD
- [CS NPD 001] Crowdsourcing and its application to new product development
Aquatina – Collapsible Water Bottle Made in England
Aquatina offer a cool collapsible design of a 500ml water bottle. This product is said “Made in England”. I want to buy this, too ^^
For more details, visit: www.aquatina.com
Thanks to Ms. Eule for her referral.
Bonus Videos:
Success Story: Guy Jeremiah, Aquatina Ltd
On TV – Aquatina Collapsible Pocket – Bottle
In Action – ... Continue Reading →
Dornob.com – Daily Design & Image Galleries – Ideas Collection
Dornob.com is a website for daily product ideas located at www.dornob.com.
Screenshot of the website:
This website shows dozens of cool daily product ideas with detailed explanations. Graphics are well-prepared and the layout of the homepage as well as single post page is clearly arranged.
So far, Dornob has design & image galleries for Homes, Interiors, ... Continue Reading →
Toothpaste pack design to save the last paste
Have you ever been in a case of waking up in the morning, trying to get the toothpaste, finding that it was almost empty? And, if you are too lazy to go out to the store & no scissors are in your hand then this toothpaste design is for your case:
Cool design.
My comment: Some considerable amount of the paste lay at the head of the tube, near its cap. ... Continue Reading →
Supply Chain Management – Series of Lectures – Fun & Easy to Understand
Let me link you to the series of 12 introductory videos to introduce Supply Chain Management from Supply Chain Management Department, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. Explained in an easy way with fun & body language, the videos helped audiences to reveal the myths of Supply Chain Management.
Thanks to the Team from ASU.
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[CS NPD 004] Types of crowds in crowdsourcing for NPD
List of References for this Article
According to Blackwell [8], there are some possible types of crowds:
Non qualified crowds
Solution providers are vetted only superficially before they are added to the network. Examples include Innocentive and NineSigma [www.ninesigma.com]. One advantage of non-qualified crowd is size, they tend to be large with many participants.
Pre-qualified ... Continue Reading →
[CS NPD 003] Web 2.0 – Technical prerequisites for crowdsourcing
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Web 2.0 – Technical prerequisites for crowdsourcing
Technically and mostly, it is the Web 2.0 which allows the crowd to participate in a crowdsourcing project. Web 2.0, differs from Web 1.0, has interactive forms that allow people from the crowd easily to participate in the project by submitting contents such as: ideas, suggestions, ... Continue Reading →
[CS NPD 002] Motivations for Crowdsourcing for NPD
List of References for this Article
Motivations for crowdsourcing
There are some reasons that can explain why people are willing to join a crowdsourcing project.
Most important reasons could be the following:
Financial rewards
In most crowdsourcing projects, people from the crowd are encouraged to join the project to gain financial rewards. For example, in Mechanical ... Continue Reading →
[CS NPD 001] Crowdsourcing and its application to new product development
List of References for this article
New product development
According to Ulrich [1], new product design and development (NPD) is defined generally as “the set of activities beginning with the perception of a market opportunity and ending in the production, sale and delivery of a product”. There are two parallel paths involved in the NPD process: one involves ... Continue Reading →
[CS NPD 000] – List of References
This is the list of References to be used for the series of [CS NPD] which are posts for applying Crowdsourcing for New Product Development.
The series is extracted (with editing) from Tuan Tran’s Thesis at Dongguk University, Korea ~~
REFERENCES
1. Karl Ulrich & Steven Eppinger, “Product Design and Development” 4th edition, Mc Graw – Hill, 2007
2. ... Continue Reading →
CAD Power – SolidWorks Bee Model
This is the re-modeling from a previously existing Bee concept.
The re-modeling was made by MES SolidWorks Group @ MES Lab. Forum.
Source files are available to download for SolidWorks 2011
Source file:
http://www.mediafire.com/?n0vji7mywxhjtwx
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Introduction to Heat Treat (or Heat Treatment)
What is Heat Treat and its objectives?
Heat Treatment/Heat Treat/Heat Treating is the controlled heating and cooling of metals to alter their physical and mechanical properties without changing the product shape. Heat treatment is sometimes done inadvertently due to manufacturing processes that either heat or cool the metal such as welding or forming.
Heat Treatment ... Continue Reading →
[Lecture][NPD001] – Introduction to Product Design & Development
Note for this lecture: This lecture was made by MSLAB and uploaded for free on Enzinea.
The following are based on the book “Product Design and Development” by K. T. Ulrich and S. D. Eppinger
Contents of this presentation
Definition of Product and Product Development (PD)
Characteristics of a Successful Product Development
Who design and develops products
Duration ... Continue Reading →
CAD Power – 3D Hummer H3 Model
After the Helmet Concept with SolidWorks, Enzinea.com would like to introduce another model with CAD systems – the Hummer H3 Model.
In fact, this model was uploaded for sale on www.3dexport.com and the source files were made for various CAD systems, such as: Maya, 3DS Max, Autodesk,…The price for source files was 99 US$.
Below are some shots of the ... Continue Reading →
Another Bad Design – Computer Mouse & Keyboard PS2 Ports
This is another bad design, collected by Darnell @ www.baddesigns.com
The below picture shows two round connectors on the back of a computer. One of the connectors is for a mouse and the other is for a keyboard.
The connectors look exactly the same. Below the connectors are two labels, a green mouse label and a red keyboard label, but it is not clear into which ... Continue Reading →
Raw Materials for Beverage Cans
Ninety-five percent of all beer and soft drink cans in the United States are made of aluminum.
American can makers produce about 100 billion aluminum beverage cans a year, equivalent to one can per American per day. While almost all food cans are made of steel, aluminum’s unique properties make it ideal for holding carbonated beverages.
The typical aluminum ... Continue Reading →
Funny & Stupid Design for Relax
This one is the case I saw on FunnyZone.
How can 2 people use these 2 positions at the same time?
Or they’ll have to queue up ? ^^
Or this construction is designed only for thin (S-line) people ? )
Really funny case. We can see the infeasibility even while the design is on the drawing.
Enjoy
Source: www.funnyzone.org
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For Designers – Is It Always Good to Make All Product Functions Easy to Use?
The post on Enzinea, named “What can you learn from bad designs?” today lead me to Michael J. Darnell’s www.baddesigns.com and the website inspired me to write this article.
As a designer, you usually think that, while designing a product, it’s good to make all the future product’s functions easy to use. Some functions which are ... Continue Reading →
CAD Power – Helmet Concept by SolidWorks
This series of posts will show models created by CAD Systems such as: CATIA, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, Unigraphics | NX, Pro Engineer | Creo, Mastercam, Artcam, Delcam,…
The first one to show here is the Helmet Concept made with SolidWorks.
The concept was made by MES Lab. Solidworks Group as nomination for the CSC02 Contest on MES Forum.
Source files ... Continue Reading →
Articles on “Fashion Design & Color”
Today, a friend asked me for help to search papers and articles on “Fashion Design & Color”. I tried ScienceDirect.com and found these:
1. Application of interactive genetic algorithm to fashion design
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 13, Issue 6, December 2000, Pages 635-644
Hee-Su Kim, Sung-Bae Cho
2. Interactive ... Continue Reading →
GrabCAD.com – 2.0 CAD Freelancing Marketplace
I just passed by Grabcad.com, a nice idea of combining CAD CAM – Freelancing & Social Network.
This website’s main aim is connecting Buyers, who need their CAD drawings and models done, and Freelance CAD Operators, who has ability of working on CAD Systems and, of course, need a part time job.
The Buyers can post their orders onto Grabcad.com ... Continue Reading →
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