Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Elias Kulukundis, Design Precedents



The Ulysse Nardin Chairman is a smart phone that contains both electronic and mechanical parts. My main reason for choosing it is it’s a great example of a melding of mechanical and electronic to optimize efficiency. The phone contains both an automatic watch movement and a manual winding crown. These two functions combined will greatly supplement the battery life and the phone being built to last as a watch is, gives it environmental efficiency without compromising. The exposed mechanical parts and screws give it an industrial, steampunk look to it.
Pharmajet has spent the past 12 years developing a jet injector that could be used the world over and cost the same or less that conventional syringes. The body is built with an intuitive design that anyone can see hoe to use simply from its look and feel. The injector uses a spring loaded air cylinder instead of gas cartridges and the single use syringe ends are recyclable and cheaper than needled syringes. The jet injector also provides a solution to people who have a phobia of needles. The Pharmajet needleless syringe has the potential to near eradicate needless hepatitis and aids contaminations.

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