Tecnologia Assistiva é o termo atualmente utilizado para definir uma enorme variedade de produtos e serviços destinados a pessoas com deficiências. O design de produto de equipamentos de tecnologias assistivas segue diferentes rotas tecnológicas, com produtos fabricados em série ou personalizados. Tais equipamentos objetivam otimizar e potencializar as funções corporais alteradas e, com isso, reconduzir essas pessoas às mais variadas atividades sociais. Neste sentido, esta pesquisa teve como proposta contribuir na construção de novas rotas tecnológicas para a fabricação de assentos e encostos personalizados para pessoas deficientes e usuários cadeira de rodas. A metodologia conceitual incluiu nesta pesquisa as ferramentas de digitalização tridimensional, usinagem CNC e termografia para realizar medidas e analisar os assentos e encostos personalizados fabricados a partir de dados antropométricos individualizados. Os protótipos projetados, fabricados e sistematicamente testados geraram resultados indicativos de que os modelos personalizados propostos são válidos, visto que agregam diferenciais como; uma maior distribuição das cargas, e também pela distribuição das temperaturas corporais obtidas pelas superfícies e contornos reproduzidos pelos equipamentos segundo a anatomia de cada pessoa estudada. Assim, as principais contribuições deste estudo estão na otimização e simplificação do processo de fabricação, e no baixo custo das matérias primas utilizadas na pesquisa. Finalmente, os resultados indicam que os produtos obtidos, assentos personalizados, podem beneficiar inúmeras pessoas deficientes, mesmo que apresentem uma anatomia diferenciada, sobretudo os cadeirantes por passarem vários períodos sentados, e esta tecnologia assistiva possibilita a redução dos riscos de lesões teciduais por aumentarem a área de contato, e assim distribui com eficácia a temperatura e peso corporal. / Assistive technology is the currently used term to define a wide range of services and products aimed at disabled persons. Design for assistive technology devices is seen in two different technology pathways, with serial and personalized products. These devices seek to optimize impaired body functions and, thus, reinsert these persons in various social activities. This study aims to contribute to the construction of new technology ruts for the production of personalized seats and backrests for wheelchairs. The methodology includes the application of the concepts of three-dimensional digitalization, CNC Machining, and thermography in order to create and analyze personalized seats and backrests produced from individualized anthropometric data. The results obtained show that the proposed models are valid, because they permit a wider distribution of bodily weight and temperature through the outlines inserted in the equipments according to each person’s anatomy. The greatest contribution of this study is its simplicity of production and the low cost of materials used in the research, which may benefit numerous wheelchair users who present unique anatomies, reducing the risks of tissue lesions by enlarging the area of contact, which results in a more effective distribution of bodily temperature and weight.

As disciplinas de projeto requerem uma grande variedade de conhecimentos para sua realização. Para atender às necessidades didático-pedagógicas do ensino de projeto de produto, o processo de ensino-aprendizagem deve contar com material educacional capaz de fornecer ao aluno todas as informações necessárias para o seu desenvolvimento. A utilização de objetos de aprendizagem pode facilitar o processo de produção e entrega de materiais educacionais, assim como sua reutilização e recontextualização em diferentes cenários. Tal processo é possibilitado pelo atual estágio de desenvolvimento das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs), que permitem fácil acesso a produtos e serviços a elas relacionados. As TICs, aliadas às teorias de design instrucional, proporcionam o surgimento de novas gerações de Ensino a Distância (EaD), que agregam conteúdos educacionais a serviços baseados na web. Tal combinação dá origem a uma modalidade híbrida de ensino, unindo ferramentas de ensino presencial e a distância (Blended Learning). Este trabalho propõe uma ferramenta para a elaboração e a disponibilização de objetos de aprendizagem generativos integrada ao sistema HyperCAL online (sistema de comunicação e distribuição de conteúdo, baseado na web, desenvolvido e utilizado pelo Departamento de Design e Expressão Gráfica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul — DEG-UFRGS). Desta forma, estes objetos podem ser reutilizados e recontextualizados para a elaboração de materiais educacionais. Nesta ferramenta, os objetos de aprendizagem generativos são estruturas construídas em XML, baseados no conceito learning design, funcionando como uma camada de interação entre os outros tipos de objeto de aprendizagem, organizando o conteúdo a ser disponibilizado. Para fins de validação da ferramenta criada, foi proposto um protótipo de unidade de aprendizagem de Projeto de Produto. Este protótipo teve como base um leaming design elaborado a partir de Padrões Pedagógicos levantados na fundamentação teórica do presente trabalho. Estes Padrões foram analisados, selecionados e organizados dentro de uma Linguagem de Padrões construída por um grupo de professores que atuam em disciplina do DEG-UFRGS, ligadas às linguagens e práticas de projeto, através das técnicas de cardsorting e grupo focal. / Design courses require a wide range of knowledge for its realization. To meet the needs of the didactic and pedagogical teaching of industrial design, the teaching-learning process must have educational material able to provide the student with all the information necessary for their development. The use of learning objects can facilitate the process of production and delivery of educational materials and their reuse and recontextualization in different scenarios. Such process is due to the current development stage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), which allow easy access to products and services related to them. ICTs, combined with instructional design theories, lead to the emergence of new generations of distance learning, which add educational content to web based services. From this combination rises a hybrid mode of education, which combines tools for face-toface and distance learning (Blended Learning). This research proposes a tool for the development and provision of generative learning objects integrated into HyperCAL online (a web-based system of communication and content distribution, developed and used by the Departamento de Design e Expressão Gráfica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - DEG-UFRGS). Thus, these objects can be reused and recontextualized for the development of educational materials. In this tool, the generative learning objects are structures built on XML, based on the learning design concept, running as an interaction layer between the other types of learning object, organizing the content to be available. For the validation of the tool set, a prototype unit of learning of industrial design was proposed. This prototype was based on a learning design made upon pedagogical patterns raised in the theoretical foundation of this work. These patterns were analyzed, selected and arranged in a pattern language, built by a group of teachers who work in the disciplines of the DEG-UFRGS linked to the industrial design activity, through the card sorting and focus group techniques.

The developed research sought to achieve an interdisciplinary approach to counterfeiting of the Brazilian Real ballots, identifying its possible innovations and socio-economic impacts, aiming in their considerations propose possible solutions to minimize the possible losses arising from the issue to the Company. The method was characterized by case study applied to Real ballots of the Brazilian currency, using bibliographic and documentary resources complemented by field studies through an interdisciplinary approach involving disciplines such as history, law, economics and Technological Innovation. For elements of history, there was a brief overview of the emergence of money in Brazil and the various denominations modified until the appearance of the second family of the real, still pointing the first counterfeit registration in Brazil, as the law of the aspects was mainly aimed the elements that make up the legal framework protecting the rights related to intellectual property. With regard to the economy was still drawn a macroeconomic analysis of counterfeit depending on income and the number of inhabitants. In aspects of technological innovation were accounted for the various innovations occurring in the manufacture of Real ballots since its existence to the present day. The results showed by basic principles of Applied Statistics that 100 people at least 4 possibly handled a false ballot and to minimize the increasing falsification of ballots, one should invest in technological safety innovations and conscious orientation to society. / A pesquisa desenvolvida buscou realizar uma abordagem interdisciplinar da contrafação das cédulas do Real Brasileiro, identificando suas possíveis inovações e impactos sócio-econômicos, objetivando em suas considerações propor possíveis soluções que minimizem as possíveis perdas ocasionadas pela temática à Sociedade. O método caracterizou-se por Estudo de Caso aplicado às cédulas do Real da moeda brasileira, utilizando-se de recursos bibliográfico-documental complementado por estudo de campo por meio de uma abordagem interdisciplinar envolvendo disciplinas como História, Direito, Economia e Inovação Tecnológica. Para elementos da História, fez-se um breve apanhado do surgimento do dinheiro no Brasil e as diversas denominações modificadas até o surgimento da segunda família do Real, apontando ainda o primeiro registro de contrafação do Brasil; quanto aos aspectos do Direito foram apontados principalmente os elementos que compõem o arcabouço legal que protegem os direitos relacionados à propriedade intelectual. Tratando-se da Economia foi traçado uma análise macroeconômica da contrafação em função da renda e o contingente populacional. Nos aspectos da inovação tecnológica foram contabilizadas as diversas inovações ocorridas no fabrico das cédulas do Real desde sua existência aos dias atuais. Os resultados apontaram, com base nos princípios básicos da Estatística Aplicada, que a cada 100 pessoas, pelo menos 4 possivelmente manusearam uma cédula falsa e que para minimizar o aumento crescente da falsificação de cédulas, deve-se investir em inovações tecnológicas de segurança e orientação consciente para a sociedade.

O sucesso na indústria automobilística está intrinsecamente associado à sua capacidade de apresentar rapidamente novos produtos ao mercado. Foram fundamentais para reduzir o tempo de desenvolvimento de novos veículos a utilização de sistemas de projeto auxiliado por computador, ou CAD, para substituir o modelamento tridimensional físico pelo digital. Buscamos inicialmente apresentar os aspectos históricos da produção industrial do automóvel no início do século XX para compor um panorama com os personagens e os fatos relevantes que influenciaram o processo de projeto de veículos. Destacamos a criação do Art & Color Section da GM porque foi neste estúdio que modelos de projeto representando a carroceria de automóveis foram construídos pela primeira vez utilizando clay industrial. Descrevemos o fluxo de trabalho do processo de projeto no design automotivo e investigamos adicionalmente as possíveis interferências dos programas de modelamento digital no desenvolvimento criativo de projetos de design de automóveis. Complementarmente, analisamos a influência das ferramentas digitais na formação dos futuros designers de automóveis, os futuros desenvolvimentos de interface dos programas CAD/CAS e o panorama atual dos principais programas utilizados no design industrial de automóveis. / The ability to offer new products to the market is the key to success in auto industry. New vehicles are developed with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) programs, resulting in great development time reduction where digital models replaced traditional clay models. By researching historical facts about the auto industry production in early 20th century, this research focused on building a background where the design processes were developed, including relevant biography and facts about the people who created the modern car. We highlighted the creation of GM Art & Color Section due to its relation with the first use of car body models modeled with industrial clay. To find possible interferences caused by the use of digital modeling within the creative phase of car design processes, we described and analyzed the car design process workflow. Furthermore, we analyzed how digital tools can influence new designers education, looked for future CAD/CAS software interface development and an overview on the main high-end software for car design.

We consume more and more which also have led to an increase in the waste we most handle. In public environment, common solution have been to increase the size of the waste bin, but that’s not always an option. To big and it may interfere with the environment it placed in. Another approach is to compress the disposed waste and so increase the waste bins capacity without increasing the volume of the wastebin itself. BigBelly is one product which have embraced this apprach. It is a solar driven compressing waste bin commonly seen in big cities around the world. The problem is that some miner municipalities and private companies still are in need of a solution but don’t have the resources to obtain BigBellys or other similar solutions. One way to approach this market is to develop a waste bin without the electric usually expensive components and develop a less expensive compressible waste bin that’s still an effective choice. To understand the needs, both of those who dispose of waste publicly but also those who manage the waste bins, have interviews, observations, questionaries and focus groups been used to gather valuable data. This data have then been remade in terms of user needs and ranked according to importance by the users themselves and the project manager. Some highly ranked needs are: the waste bin is steady and robust, the waste bin can only be opened by those who handle/empty the waste bins, a manual compression can be performed by those who throw the waste, and a manual compression can be performed without any major effort.  By the method Design by analogies and a workshop held at Luleå University of Technology was ideas created. The three concepts with the highest potential were selected via Pugh’s selection matrix and tested according to efficiency and effectivity. The concept with the highest result was developed in Simens NX a CAD-program and then used as a template for the construction of a functional prototype. By testing and analyzing the prototype a product specification could be created. The final result, which is based on the prototype and the specification, consist of two rendered waste bins, developed towards compression in public environment. The compactor is based on a scissor-lift design modified to expand and so compress waste by gravity and contract by the energy of the users. Both models are estimated to enhance the capacity of 170-200% compared with a waste bin none-compressing waste bin of the same size. Model 1 requires a force of 196N from the user during use while model 2 requires force of 123N.

Investigating the Indian society, culture and truck market to develop a list of criteria (design brief) for an optimal truck for these markets. These criteria will be used as a starting point for the design process of designing the truck. Investigations in Sweden (at Volvo) and in India (at Eicher). Research conducted through design methods and interviews with stakeholders.   It is the goal of this thesis to create two examples of what a domestically built truck for the Indian market could be.

I rapporten beskrivs process och genomförande av designprocess med utgångspunkt i en problemställning gällande hur man kan underlätta för konsumenter i en fysisk mataffär att få samt förstå information gällande hälsa och miljö om varor. Genom nära samarbete med användare, relevanta marknadsaktörer och med stöd från aktiva designers och strateger har projektet resulterat i ett uppdaterat interaktivt system i redan befintliga scanners i matbutik. Detta med framförallt miljö och användare i huvudfokus. / The report describes the process and implementation of a design process based on a problem concerning how one can make it easier for consumers in a physical grocerystore to obtain and understand information regarding health and the environment for individual goods. Through close collaboration with users, relevant market acteurs and with the support from active designers and strategists, the project has resulted in an updated interactive system placed in already existing scanners at the grocery store. This is primarily with the environment and users in the main focus.

Fashion law Abstract The main task of this thesis is to acquaint the reader with a relatively new cross-sectional field of law, which is the law of the fashion industry or fashion law. Although it is already established in the Anglo-American legal culture, in our country is still looking for its path. In addition to focusing directly on this field of law, the thesis also deals with certain aspects of intellectual property law that are associated with fashion law, and in the end, the various influences of fashion industry are briefly mentioned. The first chapter focuses on the definition of the concept of fashion law, how this field of law developed and what is its position in the United States, where it is taught at universities and was given some importance. The situation in the Czech Republic is also evaluated, where its development is mainly taken care of by the Institute of Fashion Industry Law. In order to provide a sufficient framework for other topics, the second chapter is devoted to the conceptual and legal specification of design and its protection. We will also get acquainted with its types with focus on fashion design. The third chapter is already fully focused on the first type of design protection, namely copyright. For the sake of completeness, this chapter discusses both the historical...

The theme of this diploma thesis is the design of a scanning electron microscope with a focused ion beam. Specifically, the thesis is focused on the design of the microscope covers and the adjacent workplace of the operator for Tescan Orsay Holding a.s.. Design is solved as the first proposal aimed at future innovation of the design of the entire product line.

The theme of this diploma thesis is design of walking excavator. Specifially, the thesis is focused on inovative possibility of remote controll and describe structural, technological and ergonomic aspects of this solution in respect of current trends.