Content preview from Deconstructing Product Design
DEKA Research and Development, 2001
- On rare occasion, a product comes along that addresses deep user needs — needs that users themselves would be unable to articulate if asked — and in so doing radically redefines the norms and expectations for a product category. The iBOT, ancestor to the Segway, is one such product. With its ability to raise occupants to standing eye level, climb stairs, and traverse rough terrain, the iBOT redefined what a wheelchair can and should be. How did iBOT designers attain such a deep understanding of the needs of the wheelchair bound? Dean Kamen comments: “I try to understand the basic laws of nature. Beyond this, I do very little research as to what the product should be. You would never ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.Mark W.
Publisher Resources
ISBN: 9781592533459