The number 1 product idea of ​​the year

The jury of the 2006 Innovation Awards competition was also concluded by Business Week. Let's discover how the world is creating .

Means of transport: BRP, Sea-Doo, Challenger 180

The BRP Design Team inventor (Canada) aims to design a yacht that combines harmony between two deck standards 5.4 m and 6 m. It only holds 8 passengers, the remaining space is maximized.

The space effect is promoted by hiding cargo drills, minimizing partitions, and arranging airy seats. Challenger became the best-selling ship today.

Business products: ResQTec rescue equipment

Manufacturer: VanBerloStudio's BV Customer: Zumro BV

A device that integrates digging functions, lifting heavy objects, breaking and cutting through all materials (except diamonds). It can be managed in almost any emergency situation of accidents. Especially the compatibility with all types of terrain, all types of screws and connection with other types of rescue equipment.

 

Economical products: Carpets from waste

Manufacturer: Tricycle, Inc

Every year, carpets emit huge amounts of garbage in the United States. Moreover, the cost of producing a carpet is also very high: from 250-500 USD. Model of carpet and digital SIM fabric is laid out for manufacturers. SIM products have the same color and material as the real material. Products use less than 95% energy and water, 100% can be recycled into paper. Produced on demand and will be available in the market as soon as possible.

Strategic product: SIRIUS S-50

Inventor: ZIBA Design, Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio

This strategic product aims to create a new product line for radio media to receive satellite radio. This will be a combination of classic radio equipment with modern digital technology. Therefore, the product has a very diverse form: it can be portable like walkman, installed in a car, on a loudspeaker .) After the first launch, Sirius received a very warm approval of general public. Revenue increased to 250%.

Packaging: Pluma

Manufacturer: Brandia Central (Portugal). Customer: Galp Energia SGPS (Portugal).

Pluma is a very light and portable gas tank cover. Pluma in Latin means bird feather. It's 50% lighter than regular gas cylinders because it's made of synthetic polyethylene. The inner shell is wrapped and compressed with rolled steel with a thickness of less than 1mm. Pluma has a beautiful color and strap is very convenient for porters, very suitable for the characteristic features of household products.

School product: Tiny chair

Manufacturer: Chul Min Kang. Customer: Pratt Institute

This tiny chair made of colorful plastic looks funny, very suitable for children aged 5-8 years. With a round shape, no legs, no back support as in the photo, the tiny, hard-to-reach caller can make an impression through the first look. However, the subtle dexterity in design that uses both sides of the chair will soon conquer those who have ever seen them.

Environment: Barriers in construction

Inventor: DUCK IMAGE CO., LTD. Customer: Productivity Architect Co. LTD (Taiwan)

In areas with strong winds, safety barriers around construction sites are often easily destroyed. This design can avoid that situation by using high-strength, transparent polymer sheets that can withstand the level 16 winds that are both beautiful and elegant.

People tend to replace construction site barriers with this type of barrier because it is very durable and can be folded up for repeated use, easy-to-replace accessories.

Interior decoration: Multi-purpose chairs

Inventor: Glen Oliver Loew Industrial Design (Germany) and Steelcase Inc.

THINK is a multi-purpose chair aimed at high-class customers. People were too fed up with automatic chair seats with limited control functions and were pinned on the seat.

THINK can think for you. It adjusts, balances the movements of your body. It can help you rest your head and lean back by automatically adjusting the height and rotation of the seat. Handrails can be retracted from the front to the back so that employees can work as easily as they want.

Exploration products: Phones for visually impaired people

Inventor: Samsung.

With this phone, visually impaired people can receive and send messages to ordinary people. The content of the message will be converted from text to speech form by the operator. The screen and keyboard of this phone are in Braille for the visually impaired. With this invention, blind people can enjoy the achievements in information technology.

Consumer products: Fire alarm safety

Inventor: Bresslergroup and SignalOne Safety f / k / a Kidsmart.

The device uses a parent's voice recorder to wake up children in the event of a fire and instruct them to evacuate. Another feature of this device is that the frame is adjustable around the ceiling so that the sound can go directly to the children's bed from anywhere in the room. Easy to install and replace batteries, designed with gentle and harmonious form with children's rooms but still ensures high professionalism and reliability.

Medical equipment: Cybertech MAT Mechanical Advantage Tourniquet

Inventor: Cybertech Medical and Ewing Design Group

This is a new invention used in armed forces, coercive forces and emergency emergencies. In addition to meeting the special requirements of the Ministry of Defense (rapid blood infiltration within 1 minute, applied in case of limb disconnection and compact weight), this device must also be used. Easy, simple for all subjects in case of trouble.

This device is successfully used in antagonists, in the dark, under water and under extreme weather conditions.

Computer device: Touch card with voice

Inventor: Touch Graphics, Inc.

The voice-sensing card system helps visually impaired people to recognize graphs or charts, which they previously could not do. Instead of having to use the braille system, users can listen to a detailed description of each image on the chart.

This tool works very simply: only the moving part (the navigation frame keeps the touch pages unmoved), no keystrokes or other functions.

Even if the designers have not met the common visual impairments today, the product also carries a high sociality. Since this is an era of population explosion and the rate of blind people is increasing, the support of this system is a meaningful gift in the high-tech era.

Research: Lenovo Visioneering

Creator: ZIBA Design, Inc. and Lenovo Group Limited (China).

Lenovo is the largest computer maker in China that has been successful with low-cost computers. To strengthen the domestic market and be able to compete with foreign products, Lenovo decided to recycle its products.

Lenovo has hired ZIBA to redesign its personal computers, laptops, and mobile phones so that its product lines are perfect and have the highest use value. This project also helps Lenovo access the market and Western design trends.