Comments on: Redesigning Technology for Global Health http://globalhealthideas.org/2008/04/redesigning-technology-for-global-health/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:11:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Beijing Olympic Cause Marketing & Global Health Ads « Technology, Health & Development http://globalhealthideas.org/2008/04/redesigning-technology-for-global-health/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Beijing Olympic Cause Marketing & Global Health Ads « Technology, Health & Development Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:44:04 +0000 http://thdblog.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-471 [...] China I found the youtube version of this ad, which is below. In addition I have also seen GE’s portable re-designed low cost EKG machine advertised several times as well. Despite what you may think about these companies it is better [...] [...] China I found the youtube version of this ad, which is below. In addition I have also seen GE’s portable re-designed low cost EKG machine advertised several times as well. Despite what you may think about these companies it is better [...]

]]> By: Jaspal http://globalhealthideas.org/2008/04/redesigning-technology-for-global-health/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Jaspal Mon, 12 May 2008 04:04:49 +0000 http://thdblog.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-469 I'm most interested in point #4, but want to talk about #3 since it relates to an issue that has come up in 4-5 recent conversations I've had with colleagues in the design community. There are many cases of design for so-called "extreme" users or situations benefiting "everybody else". Examples include: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/13/computing.gadgets?gusrc=rss&feed=media" title="Turns out the mini-laptop revolution was just child's play - The Observer" rel="nofollow">the Asus EeePC subnotebook</a> (originally designed for kids), <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~jlminc/cases_oxo.html" title="Case Study - OXO Good grips" rel="nofollow">OXO Good Grips</a> (the elderly and disabled), and <a href="The Road to Clarity - New York Times" title="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">US highway signs</a>. Is there something systematically effective about this approach? Certainly there are people in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design" title="Universal design - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow">universal design</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_user" title="Lead user - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow">lead user</a> communities who would argue yes. Some might say that GE also ought to spend some time better understanding US clinics. I’m most interested in point #4, but want to talk about #3 since it relates to an issue that has come up in 4-5 recent conversations I’ve had with colleagues in the design community. There are many cases of design for so-called “extreme” users or situations benefiting “everybody else”.

Examples include: the Asus EeePC subnotebook (originally designed for kids), OXO Good Grips (the elderly and disabled), and US highway signs.

Is there something systematically effective about this approach? Certainly there are people in the universal design and lead user communities who would argue yes.

Some might say that GE also ought to spend some time better understanding US clinics.

]]> By: Making the Impossible Possible: GE develops portable, affordable EKG « ThinkChange India http://globalhealthideas.org/2008/04/redesigning-technology-for-global-health/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Making the Impossible Possible: GE develops portable, affordable EKG « ThinkChange India Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:36:40 +0000 http://thdblog.wordpress.com/?p=527#comment-470 [...] portable, affordable EKG Posted on April 21, 2008 by Vinay Brought to our attention by Technology, Health & Development Blog by Aman is a story of technological innovation at its finest. The challenge was to create an [...] [...] portable, affordable EKG Posted on April 21, 2008 by Vinay Brought to our attention by Technology, Health & Development Blog by Aman is a story of technological innovation at its finest. The challenge was to create an [...]

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