AQUATIC UTILITY KNIFE
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If the user's arm were to simulate a clockwise circle while swimming; the design of the blades sharp edge is to be kept away from the path of the user’s body. The form of the knife has a hooked grip to place between the user’s thumb and index finger on the handle. Here the hand muscles are strong to squeeze the shape of the handle and still keep the palm open to use as a paddle while in the water. The yellow color will be quite visible in the water. The knife blade can also be embedded in the handle of the knife. The design form of the knife is under utility design application at the United States Library of Congress.
Steel tip - used for digging and clam shell breaking.
Polyethylene plastic with embedded polyurethane foam for added buoyancy. (1994)
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This device is designed for industrial control of machinery with air pressure. The mouse is easy to use with 3 programmable areas. The yellow pads are touch sensitive buttons, and the orange roller ball can turn and trigger a command of up or down- left or right. While the head of the joymouse device can turn or twist a piece of machinery on an auto assembly line or control robot arms in a micro-environment. The Joymouse interface posses a 90-degree relation of the user's elbow forearm to a tabletop. (1998)
Concept sketching can bring about loud and expressive ideas that lead to variant concerns with shape and form. When brainstorming ideas of line and color a new working drawing can show unique development stages when concept sketching is used in the process. The advent of "quick computer tools" allows for a sharper and more defined brainstorm map than a napkin sketch. (2000)
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JUICER BLENDER
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The rigid, clean design behind this polycarbonate juice machine is simple. It's designed to be easy to clean with the square geometric form, and no recessed corners or edges. The form is unique to the product line of other blenders as it is recognizable as a kitchen appliance. This machine is easy, fun, and safe to use. The blade cannot be accessed while the machine is running. The ball roller mechanism on the top of the unit controls the speed of the mixer blades inside the unit. The six-cup measuring unit allows for small or big jobs. (1999)
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The keyboard and mouse as one part means you'll never drop the button! The mouse is attached to the keyboard and is in roller-ball fashion. The form is polypropylene plastic and functions to comfort computer users who experience pain after repetitive motion.
The comfort of the hands and correct position ergonomically in relation to the other elements of the arm are taken into consideration with the design of the form. The keyboard has larger keys for people with visual acuities to look down and recognize the white text on black keys. The lettered and numbered keypads are approximately 10% bigger in size to standard keypads and circular in form, which is more relevant to the fingertips. As most keyboards have keys, which are recessed, Geopad keyboard has convexed keys.
The keyboard is a learning tool, for the keys are digitally coded. Geopad is a keyboard where you can set the tension of the keys with a twist of the dials around the buttons. (2000)
A recreational camera that is easy to hold, and simple to use is the key ingredient to this device. Basically around outdoor environments the unit is easy to recognize. Reflection of a flat screen is how the user is to interface and take the picture. Waterproof dials allow for computer system adjustments when picture taking. (1997)
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