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RISDeveloping World Users as Lead Users: A Case Study in Engineering Reverse Innovation
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper examines the “reverse innovation†of the leveraged freedom chair (LFC), a highperformance, lowcost, offroad wheelchair originally designed for developing countries. A needs study of 71 developed world ...
System Architecture, Level of Decomposition, and Structural Complexity: Analysis and Observations
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: As a result of technological advance and everincreasing stakeholder expectations, today’s engineering systems are becoming entities of a complex nature. Therefore, understanding and managing the complexity of such systems ...
An Experimental Investigation of the Effectiveness of Empathic Experience Design for Innovative Concept Generation
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: An important part of designing successful products is building empathy for the people for whom the product is intended. Despite recent interest in empathic design techniques, they remain confined primarily to customer needs ...
Global Views on Modular Design Research: Linking Alternative Methods to Support Modular Product Family Concept Development
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Modular product platforms have been shown to provide substantial cost and time savings while still allowing companies to offer a variety of products. As a result, a multitude of product platform methods have been developed ...