'Smart' Consumer Goods

摘要

The 'Smart' structures concept is attractive and entirely transferable to the consumer goods market providing that simpler technological solutions are sought which best match the requirements of the sector. The adaptivity of 'Smart' products offers a new design paradigm enhancing user/product interaction through greater emotional engagement and the use of dynamic visual and physical affordances. We have only just begun to explore the potential of 'Smart' consumer products which offer the potential of breakthrough products in a wide range of consumer goods markets. Successful development of 'Smart' consumer products clearly depends on a clear understanding of product design, user/object interaction and a deep knowledge of appropriate adaptive technologies.