After being approached by channel five television programme 'The Gadget Show', I was asked to help design and build a USB badge alongside presenter, Jason Bradbury. The badge, designed for children, would be able to clip onto belts, bags etc. The time scale I had for this project was one week. Feel free to watch the streamed video of the episode below and browse through the photos of the different stages I had to go through to the finished working model.
Watch it here:
Series 8 Episode 4, Channel 5. Design and development of a digital camera and a USB Badge from initial sketch through to appearance model. Part 1 of 2.
Series 8 Episode 4, Channel 5. Design and development of a digital camera and a USB Badge from initial sketch through to appearance model. Part 2 of 2
University Press Release
connected - The University of Derby Magazine
http://www.derby.ac.uk/files/connected_issue_23_may_2008.pdf
The Gadget Show - with thanks to…
http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/5gsmain.jsp?lnk=401&featureid=739&show=s8e4§ion=Links
Broadcasting Date & Time
Monday 21st April @ 20:00hrs, Channel Five
Monday 14th April @ 08:25hrs, BBC Radio Derby
Collection of photos
The day of filming with Jason Bradbury
Stage 1: remove head from toy
Stage 2: fitting replica USB pen inside head and mounting badge pin
Stage 3: rapid prototyped housing to protect and contain USB board
Stage 4: finished working model
Stage 5 : plug & play
A BIG thank you
I would just like to thank Terry Watson who put me forward to the task. Dan Garner for helping me with the rapid prototyping and channel five's 'The Gadget Show' for an unforgetable and challenging experiance.
