Ergonomics ice cream scoop

i) Describe the product. (Appearance, Color, Function, etc)
Ice cream scooper. it is turquoise in colour and it has a gear linked to a lever, and the gear is also linked to the handle. When the handle is pressed down the blade will solde down the inside of the scoop and it will separate the ice cream from the scoop.
ii) What are the design considerations when designing this product?
Usability and durability.
iii) Would an elderly faced difficulty using this product? If yes, what are the difficulties that the elderly would face?
Yes. As the handle is made of rubber, when it is pressed down it will hurt the elderly's hand.
iv) What do you think can be done to improve on the design of the product to suit the elderly? (Sketch the improved design in your sketchbook and take a picture of it. Post the improved sketch at the end of your post.)
Place a rubber grip on the handle.

T3WK3 - Ergonomics I

The above shows 2 different setup of a workplace.
1. Compare the 2 different workplaces, state your observations.
2. Which workplace is preferred? State with reasons why one workplace is preferred over the other.
3. What are the considerations that should be taken into account when designing a workplace that is suitable for the user?
4. Why do you think that Ergonomics is important when designing?
 
1.) Workplace 2 has better ergonomics and the desktop is more tidy.
2.) Workplace 2 is preferred as the desktop lamp is not too bright and does not produce too much heat. The chair is better in workplace 2 as it has a good back support and the person can lean back and the chair will tilt back. The screen can has a stand which can allow the screen to be moved forward, upwards, down and in almost any direction. so the screen can be moved into a comfortable position. The chair has an armrest which can be folded back in and folded out when needed.
3.) The ventilation of the workplace, the work place must be user friendly and a good work space.
4.) Ergonomics of the workplace will determine the effectiveness of the user as if the work desk is too messy items and folders will be easily lost and the worker will be under a lot of stress and the drinks will topple over.

Holiday work - Part 1: Understanding the ‘The Elderly Challenge’

• 1)Explain in your own words, the FOUR key recommendations of the report.
• 2)State ONE way that the CAI report is recommending to make our public housing more elderly-friendly
• 3)State TWO ways on how we can ensure that the quality of elderly care here in Singapore is affordable
• 4)After reading the CAI report, what do you are the THREE things that you can do, as an SST student, to help overcome these elderly challenges

Q1.)the four key recommendations:

Have the elderly to live like every one else by having different type of houses to suit the needs of each elderly.

Q2.)They will allow the elderly to have accessible lifts, walkways and transport pick-up points which are elderly-friendly

Q3.) Have Health care services and elderly services that are managed by volunteers which can help the elderly for free or at a low cost. Better educate the young so that they know how to take care of the elderly.

Q4.) Visit the old folks home, do charity work, and go to the houses of the elderly to help them clean their houses.

Holiday work - Part 3: Tools to be learnt in Semester 2

CCTV camera

front door

the stairs is automated. Once the elderly steps on to the stairs, the elderly will open a cap and press the start button. Before reaching the top, the will be sensors by the side and untill the elderly reaches a certain point, it will slow down and come to a halt.

Photography (people)

 

This is me saying that i like SST.

Difference between Isometric, Oblique and Orthographic Drawing.

 Orthographic projection
Orthographic projection (or orthogonal projection) is a means of representing a three-dimensional object in two dimensions. It is a form of parallel projection, where the view direction is orthogonal to the projection plane,^[1] resulting in every plane of the scene appearing in affine transformation on the viewing surface. It is further divided into multiview orthographic projections and axonometric pictorials.
The term orthographic is also sometimes reserved specifically for depictions of objects where the axis or plane of the object is also parallel with the projection plane,^[1] as in multiview orthographic projections.
 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthographic_projection)











Isometric projection
Isometric projection is a form of graphical projection, more specifically, a form of axonometric projection. It is a method of visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which the three coordinate axes appear equally foreshortened and the angles between any two of them are 120 degrees.
Isometric projection is one of the projections used in technical and engineering drawings.
 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isometric_projection)
 






Oblique projection
Oblique projection is a simple type of graphical projection used for producing pictorial, two-dimensional images of three-dimensional objects.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_projection)

Definition of theme - Environment

1) A place where people live and work in, including the physical conditions or which can affect them
2) the natural world, land, water, air, plants and animals, especially some thing that is affected by human activities (construction of buildings, factories, clearing of forests).

source (http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/environment)

1) The circumstances of conditions, surounding
2) The totality (the whole thing) of circumstances which surrounds an organism or group of organisms,

source (http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/environment)


My definition: An environment is our surroundings where we live in, where we work in and where we play in.