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Product: SANYO TV

Targeted Audience: Senior Citizens

Feedback:

 Reverse engineering to me means to disassemble and analyze in detail a product or device to discover the concepts involved in manufacture usually in order to produce something similar but better. This type of engineering is practice in the industry because it’s a better an easier way to come up and brainstorm ideas to better the product and make it easier and better for the consumer to use. For industries using forward engineering I think are wasting time as far as coming up with better products. The reason why is why build the product and wait on customers’ feedback when you all ready know what the product looks like so why not use reverse engineering so you can start adding on and coming up with ideas and brainstorming how you can make the product better. Using reverse engineering helps you keep loyal customers and gain new customers because while you came out with a new and improved product you’re already making a better product the customers want and know that the next new and improved product is coming soon so you’ll eventually wind up drawing new customers.  

The criteria of the product are it must be an energy star product; the ergonomics must accommodate health conditions of consumer and must be large enough for poor vision. Also the design must accommodate the hearing-impaired. The constraints of the project are that the maximum retail price has to be $299.99, product is available in three colors also the use of economical components to manufacture new product. The criteria assisted me with developing new products by letting me know how much I was able to purchase and what needed to be added. For this product the key components that required an upgrade was the weight of the product the size of the screen the video cords and other important factors. The processes I practice for this project was taking the project apart using reverse engineering and comparing the old television to the modern television.  But instead of adding all the parts that the new and improve television had, I added the parts that were best fit to improve the old television for senior citizens.

 My personal opinion about the outcome of this new and improve product is positively strong. The reason why is because I had improve the TV to the senior citizens needs in many ways. Such as making it lighter in weight wise, video input, HDMI input and a DVD built in on the side. That way when the senior citizens have company and their company wants to watch a movie or hook up a game to the TV, it’s capable for the action to be done.

Product: (DS13980 Sanyo Television)

Targeted Audience: (Senior Citizens (Retired))

Feedback:

            Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological principles of a mechanical application through analysis of its structure, function and operation. Usually to construct a new device or program that does the same thing without actually copying anything from the original. Reverse engineering is the process of deconstructing a system in order to learn how it works and how to make it do things it wasn't designed to do while forward engineering just adds new features to the same product but making it better. It keeps the same customers by making the product the old product better so customer’s would want to buy it and new customers would want to buy it because it would be a new product and it would look different with new features and functions.

             The criteria were making the product senior citizen friendly and making it was they could enjoy their television. The new product fixed most of the constraints like adding AV jacks, adding better subtitles, making the product lighter but still adding a bigger screen. We were able to avoid having the same problems as before. The speaker, the screen, the color, and the cable all needed to be upgraded. First we took apart the product next we sketched the components of the product the we researched after that we design our own product.

             

            In conclusion I think the product was a success. I learned a lot during this process. I learned what reverse engineering was and how to use it. Reverse engineering is a great process and any company that uses it is more than likely successful. In the near future I hope to use the reverse engineering process again.

               

Reverse Engineering

Reverse Engineering

Product: Calculator

Targeted Audience: 10 year olds and older

Feedback: I thought the reversed engineering project was cool because it was very interesting to me, to see what was inside of the calculator

Reverse engineering is going backwards in the design process starting from the end to the beginning. Instead of putting something together it’s being taken apart. Reverse engineering is produced in this industry to find out what certain things are built from, and how they operate. Forward engineering is going forward in the design process from beginning to end. They are different because one starts from the beginning, and the other starts from the end. Loyal customers can have discounts while gaining new customers because they are counted on.

The criteria’s and constraints of my team’s product were to take apart a calculator, and put it back together with changes made to it. We had to better the calculator to make it from economical materials for anyone to use. It had to be in three different colors to accommodate the interests of males and females. My colors were red, green, and blue. The price range had to be $24.99. The criteria assisted me with developing the new product by showing me what I could and couldn’t do, what I had to do, and how I had to do it. The screen required an upgrade. In the process, I sketched the front, side, and back views of the calculator on to engineering grid paper. Then, I took the calculator apart, took out all of the components and identified them, and I sketched them on to engineering grid paper. And lastly, I used engineering grid paper to sketch my new product.

I thought the reversed engineering project was cool because it was very interesting to me, to see what was inside of the calculator. I learned a lot of new things out of this project that I didn’t know before. It was fun designing my own calculator, and making it better. I like reversed engineering, and I want to do another project like that again.  

Reverse Engineering

Product: Audio Logic Radio

Targeted Audience: Everyone

Feedback:

             In my own words I would say that the interpretation of reverse engineering is that you need to go deep into a product such as taking it apart to finding various problems or solutions. The manufacturing process is with that they should know how to solve the problem with a product.   IT teaches that different products have different problems with it so take your time and find the problem with the product. When using reverse engineering your products should be outstanding so customers can enjoy it and more and more people will find out based on your costumers friends or business partners.

        The criteria and constraints the product will be sold at a cheap price which will be sold for $99.99! It comes in various colors that you can choose from. The criteria’s are it being useful for business men and women to use for their needs. It also helped the product basically by making sure that all the details are correct for both genders of the human species. The key components that required an upgrade was the change in size, the power button and the CD player. IT should be slimmer and lighter so carries can obtain to hold it quiet often. Then the power button needed to be more visible, also which leads up to the CD cover which needed a more round shape so it could be better for recycled plastic. In why we use it as recycled plastic so it can be economic. What we had practiced is reverse engineering, it helped annotate understandings before we did the steps for the product. It also knows what to fix with the feedback with the customers and others.

          My personal opinion about the project is that be detailed with everything you do to try to improve the product. Also you have to know what reverse engineering is based on to do the project. Also you will have to try to please the customer’s needs when it comes to building a project. But although the project helps meet all the customers criteria’s for the product. IT helps resolve all of the problems. With the customers feedback it should be easy to detect the problem.

Calculator

Product: Calculator for K-12

Targeted Audience: Students and Parents

Feedback:

I think reverse engineering is the ability to take something apart, identify the problem and make an innovation to maintain loyal customers in addition to gaining new customers. The reason why it is practiced in the industry is that if the costumer has a problem with the product then the company should be able to find what is making this happen and fix it.  Forward engineering is that you fix it while you’re working on it but reverse engineering is where you go back to see what is wrong with it and make a better product. It helps keep loyal customers because they know that they can tell you the problem that they are having and it will be fixed in the new update. It also helps you get customers because they know that your product is getting better and better with each update that comes out.

            The criteria are that we had to make a calculator that kids could use from k-12, and it had to be at a reasonable price and be durable. The constraints were that it had to b environmental and that it didn’t have a really big budget. It helped me by telling me what I was looking for to make it better and it also kind of gave me a lay out on how I wanted the calculator to be built. The way it was built you wanted it to last longer that way the parents wouldn’t have to go out and buy one all the time. Well 1st I drew the product like it was made putting all the different components I saw. The next thing I did was I took it apart and saw how it worked and thought about what I could change to make it better. Then finally I drew my finished product that I wanted to turn in. I knew that it had to be durable and also had to be stylish for I can get my customers to buy it so I couldn’t think of a certain color so I made it were the customers had to design their own case for their calculator. I think this was a good idea because the company is making more money and also the costumers are happy because they can get any color or design they want. Then I made the calculator were it could be updated to more compacted math as their child got older. It could also share the screen on your calculator to your computer, smart board, and TV.

            Overall I think this was a good investment to the company. I think once this product get to the market then the company will make the money that they put into it and more. I also think that it will save parents money from having to buy there kid a new calculator every time they got into a harder math and need more functions on the calculator.

Reverse Engineering Nizaire

Product:   Radio

Targeted Audience:   10 and up

Feedback: The project was very useful to me and worth doing again.

           My interpretation of reverse engineering is, instead of building the object you are taking the object apart. You are finding out what you can do to make this object work even better than what it had been before. It is practiced in the industry because every day you want to make that product or that object to be able to work faster, easier to use and appeal to all audiences. Reverse engineering teaches one how the product really works, you get to look and see what is inside the radio and what makes it all happen. It also shows you what’s actually in the product that causing it to function properly.  On the other hand forward engineering is basically is how you start the project and make the project or object. It gains customers by being able to go back in to the project and figure out how can I make this better so that the customers I have can keep coming back and tell others, the customers can also give feedback or give suggestions on how they would like the product to work, making the engineers take the product apart and making it better.  

            My team’s product was the radio, the criteria of the radio was to make the radio slimmer, faster and appealing to every eye and also to make it Wi-Fi capable. Some of the constraints were that our $99.99 budget causing us to take off quality speakers, touch screen, sensors do to the budget. By having the criteria it gave us options and showed us where and what direction to with the project. The main key components of the radio were that the product was to heavy so we wanted to cut off some weight, second was the how the cd was injected in to the radio and ejected out, third was making the old buttons turn in to touch screen buttons, fourth was to make the radio come in different color ways like red white and black to appeal to all ages, fifth was to upgrade the speakers, we wanted smaller but better quality speakers. The process of this project was to fill out the packet and make a design brief and then take the object apart draw the interior and then research about our project (radio) and then draw another design brief about   how you want the project to look.

          My feedback on this project is that I liked being able to go back and being able to check out how everything worked and where it was at. It was cool how I got to choose how I thought would change the radio and make it appealing to everyone else other than me.

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.

Reverse Engineering

    Product: Audio Logic Radio

    Targeted Audience: Everyone

    Feedback:

   My interpretation of reverse engineering is that you can take apart a product and see what is wrong with the product. Reverse Engineering is practiced so that the manufacturer will know what to fix within a product.  Such engineering method teaches one to know what to improve once the product has been released to the public. Forward engineering requires the product to be manufactured first while waiting for customers’ feedback.  Reverse Engineering helps the company know what to fix for the customer to meet current demands.

    The constraints for the project related to price and color. The innovation requires the manufacturing to be economical for the company to make a profit when selling it to the public for $99.99. Producing the innovation in several colors will allow the company to solicit the innovation to several audiences, which may guarantee a profitable return. One of the criteria is to make it useful to business women and men; to make it more efficient for them while at work. The criteria helped make the new product by making sure that it can be reformed specifically for the business men and women. The key components that were changed were the size and the plastic cd cover was made. The size was made smaller instead of it being bigger. The cd cover would be a recycled plastic so that it can be economical. The process that we practiced is reverse engineering it helped better understand it before we did the project. It also helps to know what to fix by the feedback from customers and others.

      My personal opinion about the project is that you have to know what reverse engineering is and that will help you better understand the project. You have to meet the customers’ needs not just one person. The project helps meet the customers’ needs for the product. It helps fix the problem. You can easily detect the problem with a customer’s feedback.

Reverse Engeineering

Product: audio logic radio

Targeted audience: Everyone

When I heard about reverse engineering, it seemed intrusting and wanted to know more. Reverse engineering is used in industries, to make upgrades on a product and also, to fix any problem that seen in that certain product.  It teaches that all the parts need to make sure of and that taking it apart can help you fix. Then put back apart for no flaws are present. It will let them listen to radio in the small offices and be in the area so you can enjoy it.

Criteria and constraints were that it has to have a safety component with it. Another is that the maximum of $99.99 or below.  The must be provided in three different colors. Also the radio must appeal to both genders in shape. The radio had to have a remote control with it as well. The criteria helped with the design of the new product.  We upgraded the radio by reducing the size to about one-third the size of the original.  Adding a compartment for the remote control and adding a screen to see what you’re listening to. We repositioned the CD compartment that was in front of the radio to the top of the radio and make it so that you can push to open it. The screen and buttons are made out of fiber glass or thinner to reduce the plastic usage, though with this upgrade you still to press it, but very gently.  The batteries were reduced to form 8volts (6, 1.5 volts batteries) to 4.5volts (3, 1.5 volts batteries), but it stills has the plug just in case.  We decided to make those colors to be black, silver and white for theses are the most popular colors that sell.  We practiced illustration skills by drawing detailed drawings of the font, sides, back and the inside of the radio. We used our research skills to look up the components of the radio that we drew. Then we had to name them on our paper and what their function is.  We had to use interpretation to find how we were going to make the new product eye-catching.

This project was fun and also was a great experience to know how companies upgrade their product.  I didn’t know that you had to do so many things in order to upgrade a product.  Other than that everything came out pretty well. I would do more things like think again.

Rverse Engineering Feedback

Product: Radio

Targeted Audience: 12 and up

Feedback:

Reverse Engineering is more than the concept of working backwards to reduce error; it is more about seeing how something is made and analyzing individual details. Reverse Engineering should consist of analyzation, annotation, and improvement. Reverse Engineering is so heavily practiced because it is bettering a product to make more money. Companies these days and throughout history have been about making money or some type of currency.  Reverse Engineering teaches one how to analyze human error and how to correct it. With Forward Engineering, you are simply going off basic instinct, making the errors as you go along. A company is able to keep its old customers when applying Reverse Engineering because they are listening to and implementing customers’ feedback to develop an innovation. When customers feel like their opinions are being heard, they odds of them are being a loyal customer increase.  At the same time the company is able to attract new customers because they may favor the improvements designed to meet current demands.

                The new radio my team developed consists of a combination of the old radio’s foundation and concept and advanced technology. The newest features of the radio are the motion sensor start button, the IPod dock, the alarm clock, simple square frame, and sleek smooth design. The innovation was designed to meet the request of the baby boomers and the teenagers of modern society.  Criteria gave us a head start because I already knew the components of the old radio, I knew what I and my team had to work with and I built off those items. Things that I know need to be upgraded right away were the CD player, the antenna (which is no longer used), the battery feature, and the color. We made the radio more vibrant by adding colors such as red, blue and black, we added a cord for charging; removing the batteries because we know no one uses battery as much anymore, and we made the radio compatibable with satellite which made the antenna obsolete. During the project we used the universal design process. We brainstormed, identified the problem, improved it, did more research, made more improvements and asked for a lot of feedback. Feedback, to me, is the basis of reverse engineering because you and your team are bettering the item based on customer opinions.

                 This project was extremely helpful because it focused on our ability to analyze manufactured product, take it apart, and develop an innovation. Our use of detail and elaboration was emphasized. Elaboration is adding your view to what is already stated or visible. The hardest part of the project was actually taking the radio apart; the rest came natural to us a team. I think reverse engineering is essential in the businesses of today because there is always room for improvement due to customers demanding advanced technology at an exponential rate.

Product: Sanyo Model DS19380

Targeted Audience: Senior Citizens (retired)

Feedback:

                Reverse engineering is taking apart a product in order to reproduce or enhance the product. It is practiced within the industry so that they can better their products and keep their customers coming back. With forward engineering, you build the product, and then you wait for the feedback. Once you get the feedback you can begin reverse engineering. With reverse engineering, you know what your problem is, and you can enhance your product. That is the main difference between reverse and forward engineering. You don’t know that there is a problem with forward engineering until you get your feedback, but with reverse engineering you already know what is wrong. This helps to keep loyal customers while gaining new customers because it shows that the industry actually cares about the quality of their products causing others to want their products more and more.

                In order for this product to be successful for retired senior citizens, the design must provide limited features both on the device and its remote control. The design needs more speakers in order to accommodate the hearing-impaired. The design must accommodate consumers with poor vision, so the screen size should increase. The design must also accommodate closed-caption large enough for poor vision. The retail price shouldn’t exceed $299.99, and it should only be available in three colors: black, silver, and white.

                I think that this product will be a success. Retired senior citizens will love its inexpensive price. They will also love the fact that’s it lighter than before and easier to lift. The product previously had one speaker, but now that more speakers will be added to it, the sound quality will be much greater. Also, the screen will be bigger and the quality of the videos being displayed will be better as well. Customers will love it.

Product: Sanyo Television Model #: DS19380

Audience: Senior citizens (retired fixed income)

Feedback:

Reverse Engineering

 My personal interpretation on reverse engineering is that it is great with redesigning a better product to fit your target consumer. This Engineering technique is practiced throughout the industry because it brings in the people that the industry wants to buy, or lifts sales with curtain people such as senior citizens. With reverse engineering you are completely aware of the problems with the consumer, rather than with forward engineering you have to wait for feedback which can slow up sales. This technique keeps loyal consumers by keeping the same parts just making it better for everybody else, like upgrading in other words.

Our Product

                With this project we had to figure out how to redesign this Sanyo Television to fit the needs of senior citizens. We had to keep in mind of the ones who have bad eyesight, the weak, it had to be cheaper and also the fact that they have grand children that may come over and want to hook up their game or watch a movie. These criteria pretty much paved a way in this project, with the criteria we had to redesign and update some things with the Television. With the screen the old models picture was hard and difficult to see from a distance so we replaced it with an LED screen which projects brighter and gives a clearer picture, this screen is also cheaper. With this LED screen it completely replaces the screen from the old model, which is all glass and completely fills up the shell of the TV. This replacement doesn’t only give a better picture but it also make the product lighter for the senior citizens who do not have anybody in the house to move the TV around for them. We added a input plug in on the side of the TV and flattened the back so that if the consumer wanted to hang it on the wall, or wanted it against the wall; they would have more space around the TV also the plug in on the side for a game or DVD player would be easier to get to rather than having to move the TV every time the person wanted to plug in something. With this project we had to break down the old model to see what we could upgrade from it. We illustrated the design and components of the old model on our engineering grid paper and researched how the components worked and what they did to come up with better ideas for them in our new design.

Feed Back

                This project really opened my eyes on the engineering and product development industry and how they care for their consumers. They have to take countless hours to design, build, and research new ideas on building a product to fit the consumer’s needs, to just do it all over again in the end. We had fun tearing down the parts of the TV and seeing how old some the components in the TV were. This was a great experience and we all enjoyed it, Just remember to wear your goggles!

Product: Sanyo Television Model #: DS19380

Targeted Audiences: Senior Citizens/ Elderly (retired, on a fixed income)

Feedback:

                I feel that reverse engineering is when you take an already made product and work backwards by taking it apart. Instead of inventing something new, you take something that’s already made and break it apart. By doing this you are able to find out how the product really works. This helps the engineers know exactly how to fix it when something goes wrong. Instead of looking at the outside features of a product and building off of that, you actually tear apart the product, and work from the inside out. Reverse engineering gives you a better outlook on the product rather and helps you better understand the things you wouldn’t normally is on the outside of a product. Reverse engineering is probably practiced in the industries because it allows the engineers to relate to the product, as well as the consumers, on a deeper level than if they were just innovation the invention. Reverse engineering allows you to learn about the ENTIRE product, inside and out, instead of just what you see at first glance. It also gives you a chance to relate to the problems that consumers might have with the product (technical issues, weight issues, etc.). I honestly do think that you gain, as well as keep, customers through reverse engineering. By understanding the whole product, you understand your customers. And that is what keeps them coming back for more of your service.

                The biggest constraint on this project would have to be age. Because of the fact that the targeted audience was older in age, this limited a lot of things that we could do. The constraints would be the size and the weight of television. The criteria for this project would be accommodating the targeted audience’s poor vision and hearing, having closed-captions on the screen, not making it too complicated to understand, it had to come in three colors, it cost $300, and making it so that is shouldn’t be mounted on the wall. The criteria helped me design the product because it told me what I could and could not do. By accommodating poor vision and hearing it told us that we need to make the screen bigger so the targeted audience is able to see and more speakers so the sound is better. The size; weight; speakers; frame; cable outlets; air vents; and screen needed advancements done to them. The size was too bulky which led to the weight of the television being heavy. The old model only had one speaker in the frame which wouldn’t be enough for senior citizens with poor hearing to hear. The frame of the television wasn’t appealing and it might look a little complicating to the seniors at first glance. The old model didn’t contain an AVI cable plug so we installed one in for the use of DVD players, video cameras and/or game consoles. The television had way too many air vents. This probably means that the size of the television caused it to overheat a lot. The screen was too small for senior citizens to see and it also looked unappealing. The process I practiced in the project would be taking it apart, taking notes about what I saw, and drawing pictures of the different pieces in the television.

                I felt that this project was very interesting and a big learning experience for me. Through the invigorating process of taking the television apart I was taking notes of what I saw and drawing pictures as well. The whole process taught me about reverse engineering and allowed me to truly think like a real engineer. I had to take other people’s problems in consideration and make something that helped them get by in life. I saw the inside of a television which is something I’ve never done before. I actually felt like a real engineer that was making an innovation to help out senior citizens. This was a very big project that required a lot of thought.   

Product:  SANYO television, Model #: DS19380

Targeted audience: senior citizens / elderly or retires adults on a fixed income  

Feedback:

 Reverse engineering to me is instead of making a new product you take a product that already been made apart to see how it works or how you can make it better. Companies use reveres engineering to make their products batter or to fix a minor problem in the product. They do this to save time and money, instead of having to make a new product that can use reveres engineering to fix the problem in less time and with a smaller amount of money than if they had to create a new product. Companies will also use revere engineering to try to make a better product than their competitors. They take apart their competitors product and they figure out how it works and how they could create a product better than what their competitors have. Reverse engineering id easier allows you to understand the whole product and problem solve with the feedback you have already received while forward engineering you have to build the product then wait for the feedback before you can do anything with the product. Reverse engineers helps you keep loyal customer because they already love the product you built and it also helps gain new customers because engineers’ are always upgrading their products add new features that new customers want in that product .

Some constraint with this project was the size and weight of the television. The television had to be light enough for them to carry and it had to be big enough to be able to fit in a small apartment or a senior’s only condo. Another constraint would be price; the television had to be affordable for a senior citizen on a fixed income. The television also had to be available in more than one colure.  Some criteria for the television were that I had to accommodate senior citizens with poor hearing and sight and it had to have a slowed down closed caption that was easy to read. The criteria help in developing a new product because you know what you have and you know you what you need to the product to make it more profitable to your targeted audience. The keep components that required an upgrade was the size of the television. We needed to make the screens larger while reducing the length at the back so it became thinner. We had to improve on the speaker quality and add two speakers instead of one. Bigger buttons on the television that where clear and easy to read. The frame of the television needed to be upgraded to something more appealing. The process we used for this project was that we first drew a detail picture of the television before we took it apart. Then we took to television apart and drew another detail picture of all of the parts in the television. Then we went to work researching the parts used to make the television and we looked to see if we could find a better substitute for those parts. We answered question concerning the television and how we could make it better. Then we drew our an improved version of the television that met all the criteria we needed to meet

I felt that this project was fun and really hands on. We learned thing that we probably wouldn’t completely grasp if it had just been told to us. It was really fun to take the television apart and I really like it .This was a really fun project and I hope we do more like this.  

Product: SANYO Model No. DS19380 Television

Targeted Audience: Elderly Citizens

Feedback:

            Reverse engineering is an engineering method used by Engineers to take apart a product and see how it works. They practice this method to help them find the short comings and failures of the old product to make a new product better. It teaches an industry what they need to improve to make the product better instead of moving forward without knowing the problems of product. This keeps loyal customers by giving them the improvements they wanted out of the old product into a new product, convincing the customer to buy the newer one. This gains new customers by giving them the capabilities they wanted in the older product. For example, the IPad 2 lacked the Retina Display which made some people not want to buy it, but when Apple included the Retina display in the IPad 3 it made those costumers want to buy it.

            The criteria of the new product was to make an improved model of the SANYO TV that had closed captioning, light weight, and easy to use. The constraint of the new product was to make it cost less than $299.99 and come in 3 colors. The criteria helped assist me by making the newer product based off of it and improving it from there. They key components that needed to be upgraded was the weight, the supported inputs, display, and sound delivery. The first thing I did to design my product was to make the display a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) to make it more like modern television sets. Next I relocated the speakers on the sides because some elderly citizens might not hear as well if the speaker was at the bottom of the left hand corner. I made the television with a pivot at the bottom of the TV so that they can angle the TV as needed. To maintain its “old school” appeal, my innovation maintains the rounded corners that serve as a safety design for the elderly also. Then I made the buttons bigger and easier to see so the elderly won’t strain their eyes.

            I think this project is good for beginners of reverse engineering. It showed how industries used to make their TVs and how they improved it. Also I think this project helped in designing a project to accommodate a specific crowd.

Product: Sanyo Television

Targeted Audience: Senior Citizens (Retired)

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                Reverse engineering in my interpretation is taking apart an object to see how it works in order to make a replica or better the product by changing up things for that item to be bought or used. Reverse engineering is practiced within the industry to come up with better ideas so products can get out there and sale. Also by taking apart things you can learn a lot about that product in order to improve it for better quality and you can fix its mistakes. Reverse engineering teaches one in figuring out the mistakes as in forward engineering they brain storm their product, build it, and then see what it can and cannot do w/o taking it apart so they can figure out its mistakes in order to help improve the product right away. Reverse engineering helps keep loyal customers while gaining new customers because if it’s a possible problem that occurs a solution will soon to be figured out in order to keep their products at its best.

                The criteria and constraints for the new product is that it had to be a minimum of 299.99, light in weight, and etc. The criteria assisted me by giving me a set of things I had to do in order to change up the television that fitted the elderly complaints. The key components that required an upgrade were: the weight of the television, the cost that was fit for the elderly, the level of difficulty, the picture quality, closed captions, it only came in three colors, and thickness of the television. The process for the project required: breaking down the television into parts bit by bit, schematics of how it looked on the inside and out including the parts that were inside and what it was made of, and research on how to better the product and look and explore the different parts to the television.

                In conclusion, this project was a big jump in order to see what they do in the engineering business. It really shows and prepares you for what you have to do later in life, but it had its up and downs with the difficult level. The hands-on part was probably the best part in the project because you actually got to feel and look at the things that the television consisted of. Also you got to see the different components and learn about them by research and show your artistic ability by drawing the items on the grid paper. Last, it gave me an inspiration so I can work harder to become an engineer later in the future.

Product: Sanyo Television

Targeted Audience: senior citizens (retired)

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Reverse engineering is examining and perhaps disassembling another product in order to reproduce an enhanced product.  This is practiced within the industry so manufacturers could be up-to-date with the moving technology and make life easier and safer.  Reverse engineering teaches one to get to know the product before making the design.  It helps keep loyal customers and new customers because the product is developing into something that will benefit everyone.

The criteria and constraints for the reproduction of the television is that it had to be less than $299.99, comes in three colors only, use economic components.  I also had to keep in mind of the hearing impaired and health conditions. The criteria assisted me in developing a new product by reminding me of the things that could be in the new product and staying on a budget.  I had to first sketch the product as a whole and take notes.  Then, I needed to disassemble the product to see how it might work and also draw the different parts.  Research on the internet was necessary as well to look up certain parts and their functions.  The cathode ray tube required an upgrade because it was heavy and displayed an outdated image. The picture quality is especially important to the senior citizens because of their eyesight.

The project, in my opinion, was not as entertaining as I thought it would be because I had to research several things like how a television was made and how I could make it better.  Looking at the television did not give me what I needed to know about it.  However, this project made me learn more about what certain types of engineers go through to make renovations to a manufactured product.

Product: Sanyo Television

Targeted Audience: Senior Citizens (Retired)

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            My interpretation of reverse engineering is positive. I think reverse engineering is effective when you need to upgrade existing products, explore good or bad features, or when you need to improve the performance and features of a product. Reverse engineering is practiced within the industry in order to compete against other products. In order to make money within the industry, you need to develop a better product based on what you have to offer and what your competitors offer also and reverse engineering is a good way to accomplish that goal in order to compete. Compared to forward engineering, reverse engineering requires high-level thinking the whole time and you don’t have the product when started the process. So in difference, it teaches you how to create and come up with the finished product in this process. It helps keep loyal customers while gaining new customers because in this process you’re constantly finding new ways to improve the product. If the product keeps improving, then the product the customer use will always get better and possibly better than other competition. This allows for your customers to stay loyal and allows for more customers, who want a new product to come to you.

            In my team, we used reverse engineering on the Sanyo Television. The targeted audience was retired senior citizens. The criteria and constraints for new product was to make the television better for the hearing of senior citizens, to make closed-caption on the television, and to make a lighter television while building a energy-star product for no more than $299.99. The criteria assisted me when I was developing a new product because it guided and helped me know what I needed to add to the television and what I needed to look for in order to improve the television and make it better. The key components that required an upgrade was the number of speakers on the television. I believe that it should have been at least four speakers in order to produce a great amount of sound for the hearing impaired. Other key components required that required an upgrade was the size of the television and more ports on the television. I believe that if you increase the size or thickness of the television, its weight would decrease and make it better for elders. I also believe that adding a AVI port would be essential to elders for easy DVD assess and for when grandchildren come over and need somewhere to plug in a game system. I used reverse engineering as my process for the project. I took apart the television and analyzed how it looked and what components were used on the television. From there, I was able to figure out what needed to be added and what needed to be changed. Then, I searched on the internet the products that needed to be changed and products that could be better for the television. Last, once I received this information, I was able to put my information together and design my new product.

            In conclusion, I liked this project and I thought this project was helpful and essential to me. This project helped me understand the process of reverse engineering. It allowed me to learn how to use this process using time management as well. The project helped me learn how to improve a product that needed to be improved and it allowed me to improve my knowledge based on, what I needed to change and how the finished product would be better and more helpful for senior citizens.

Product: A DS19380 Sanyo Television

Targeted Audience: Senior Citizen

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             Reverse engineering is when you take a product apart to see how it works so you can improve it. It is practiced throughout the manufacturing industry because it is a cost effective way to further improve a product to better suit the consumer, and it is a good way to learn how to break a product down and create a better one with limited materials. Forward engineering, on the other hand, teaches you how to come up with your own product, take your idea, and bring it to life. Reverse engineering usually produces a better product because it takes an already successful product and makes it better while forward engineering may have major flaws in the design. Also, reverse engineering attracts new customers because the improved product will better suit global demands while still keeping loyal customers because they will still use the improved product.

            On my teams product, the constraints were that is could only come in three colors, and cost no more than three hundred dollars; while the criteria was that it must appeal to the senior citizen consumer. Things we agreed on to make it meet those demands were to make it light weight, cheap, simple, closed caption capable, and power efficient. The criteria helped me by giving me boundaries and better allowing me to understand what seniors want and how to keep the product simple and cost efficient. Immediately, we realized that our television needed to be much lighter and louder with a bigger display. The original design only had one speaker and a small screen with a space consuming frame. The elderly might have bad eyesight and hearing so this product wouldn’t suit them. In addition, their bones are fragile and they can’t do much heavy lifting. The process of reverse engineering is also simple and can be completed before a deadly. First, we looked at the original product and recorded some ideas. Next, we actually took the entire product apart and sketched a drawing of each of the components. Then, we moved on to the research stage and discovered how the product worked. After that, we thought about which parts should be upgraded to make the product more appealing to the elderly consumer. Then finally, we designed are new televisions based on the criteria, constraints, and information that we had gathered during our research.

            In conclusion, the product was a good experience overall. It allowed me to understand how to work and discuss as a team, as well as giving me knowledge on reverse engineering. It showed me how to focus on a specific consumer when designing a product and how to put my designs down on paper. It further increased my research skills and gave me new knowledge on how a television actually works. I didn’t know what was behind the screen, but now I know about a televisions circuit board, ray tube, speakers, and display process. All in all, this project has allowed me to design an improved product through reverse engineering and has caused me to further think of what type of engineering I will study in the future.