Ian Culverhouse
ABSTRACT
This paper presents the results of work in progress aimed at answering the challenges faced by industrial designers creating information appliance prototypes at a very early stage in the design process. A new system centred on a hardware unit called an IE5 is described in detail. The authors argue that the new method offers a potential solution that will allow prototyping in the critical 1--2 hour timeframe which would allow genuinely iterative hardware prototyping integration in the design process' early stages. The system utilises passive RFiD embedded controls that can be attached to a sketch model without the need for any wiring or soldering. It solves the problems encountered by previous RFiD based toolkits in flexibility, footprint size, and range / connection reliability. While the system is still in development, the concept has been proved by a basic prototype. The paper identifies the system's strengths and weaknesses before discussing areas for further development.
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