Reverse Engineering

Product: Audio Logic Radio

Targeted Audience: Everyone

To me, reverse engineering really is what it says; engineering in reverse. When I first heard of it, I thought it would be cool to work backwards. It’s different to take a product apart instead of together, and much easier. It’s really interesting to see what it went in for the project. But before, I didn’t see the point. But I now understand the purpose of reverse engineering. The purpose is to redesign, improve and evolve the product. I think one could learn more from reverse engineering than forward since you actually discovered what you did wrong. When you use reverse engineering, you can learn from the mistakes you made and know what to do the next time. Therefore, if Apple, for instance, was to reverse engineer their new iPad, they could see why it was having heating issues and then fix that issue. Thus, they’re keeping their loyal customers while also gaining new ones.

In this project, we made it enjoyable for everyone. No matter the age, race, gender, etc., we know without a doubt this product would sell. We added a screen, larger buttons, larger text, the CD player at the top, and a remote for it. We even gave it a remote holder so you won’t lose your remote. The criteria helped us get the idea of what we wanted the new radio to be like. We looked at them and inferred how we would make this product. I would say the buttons needed to the upgrade the most. We we’re thinking of the elderly at the moment. To process we practiced were just using real world situations and listening to each other’s ideas.

Overall, I think my group’s project could’ve been much better if it wasn’t for the timing. All we needed were a few more days, but I think we still did pretty well. I wouldn’t mind working on this again. It really made me think about how the engineering world works.