[nfb-talk] Senior Thesis Design Survey

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Mike and everyone,

    This sounds like something straight from the American Foundation for the 
Blind as it used to be.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Senior Thesis Design Survey


O MY LORD!!!!!

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone


On Mar 14, 2011, at 23:28, "Kubas, Amy" <kubasa at my.uwstout.edu> (by way of 
David Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>) wrote:

> I have been asked, by one of our members, to circulate the following:
>
> David Andrews
>
> Hello All!
> My name is Amy Kubas and I am a senior majoring in Industrial Design at 
> the University of Wisconsin-Stout. I will be presenting my Senior Thesis 
> Project at the end of May and will be creating a design for people with 
> visual impairments. I just presented 50 concepts to my professors and 
> advisors who have in turn narrowed it down to 3 to move forward with. 
> Though I value my professors opinions, I was critiqued by a panel of 
> sighted individuals and wish to hear specifically from those whom I am 
> designing for. I feel as though my design will have much more merit in the 
> end if I am able to create it based on the responses I get from those who 
> perform daily tasks without sight.
>
> Below you will find my Senior Thesis Survey. The survey is entirely 
> voluntary and may take about 15 minutes to complete. Please feel free to 
> leave any comments or suggestions to better design for those with visual 
> impairments.
>
> When you are finished with the survey, please send it back to my email 
> address at: kubasa at my.uwstout.edu
>
> Thank you for your time. Your input is GREATLY appreciated!
> Amy Kubas
> Industrial Design - University of Wisconsin - Stout
>
> Senior Thesis Design Survey
>
>
>
> Below is a list of 6 concept designs followed by a brief description of 
> each. I would like to know which 3 products you would be most interested 
> in purchasing if they were to be put on the market. At the end of the 
> survey there is room for you to provide feedback for 
> improvements/adjustments about the individual designs as well as write any 
> suggestions about products you are interested in that I might not have 
> considered for designing.  Thank you for your interest and helping me with 
> my Senior Project!
>
>
>
> 1.     Electrical Outlet: This outlet would have recessed grooves that 
> serve as guides to direct the user towards safely inserting prongs into 
> the power source.
>
> 2.     Salt and Pepper Shakers: Shakers would have raised tactile marks to 
> determine which is the salt and which is the pepper without having to 
> sample the contents of the shaker beforehand.
>
> 3.     Measuring Cups: Cups would be marked with tactile indicators to 
> inform the user which one is ¼ cup, ½ cup, 1/3 cup, etc.
>
> 4.     Silverware: Utensils would be weighted and designed in such a way 
> that the user would instinctively grab them in the appropriate direction 
> (in other words, when someone picks up the knife for example, he or she 
> automatically knows which way is blade side down by how the handle feels 
> in his or her hand).
>
> 5.     Storage Containers: Canisters would be marked with different 
> amounts of grooves to allow the user to associate contents with how the 
> canister feels (for example, flour is in the container with two grooves 
> and sugar is stored in the container with one groove, etc.) thus 
> eliminating the need for the user to open and test the contents of each 
> canister before finding the ingredient he or she needs.
>
> 6.     Cutting board: Board has evenly spaced ridges at the top that serve 
> as a guide for cutting ¼ inch slices of tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, etc. 
> It also has a small section recessed on the right to separate the scraps 
> from portions you wish to consume and there is a ribbed surface that helps 
> stabilize round items from rolling when you are slicing them into 
> sections.
>
>
>
> Please list which 3 items you wish to see come into production.
>
>
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>
>
> Please provide suggestions below on how I can design my products for best 
> usability. Feel free to mention any other frustrations you run into when 
> performing everyday tasks that you would like to see addressed with new 
> product designs.
>
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>
>
> Once again, thank you for your interest in helping me with my Senior 
> Thesis. Your input is GREATLY appreciated!
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