Design Technology

INNOVATION & DESIGN

Invention

Lone Inventor

Shelved Technology

Stakeholders in Invention & Innovation

Innovation

Intellectual Property

Strategies for Innovation

Product Life Cycle

Roger's Characteristics of Innovation

Social Roots of Consumerism

Specifications


USER-CENTERED DESIGN

User-Centered Design

Iterative Process

Inclusive Design

Usability

Designing for Pleasure and Emotion

Population Stereotypes

Strategies for User Research

Strategies for UCD


HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS
Anthropometric Data

Anthropometric Design

Psychological Factors

Human Information Processing Systems


COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION

JIT versus JIC

Lean Production

Lead Time

Computer Integrated Manufacturing


MODELLING

Conceptual Modelling

Graphical Modelling

Physical Modelling

Virtual Prototyping and CAD

Rapid Prototyping