Assignment 4

Gathering Information is the second step in Product Design and Development. After defining the problem, we get to gather the information for further development in design.

The objectives of gathering information

• Establish a deep understanding of the intended users and their environment
• Identify users’ unfulfilled needs
• Specify which of those needs should be met.

Those  the example of how and where the informations of the topic are searched.

1. The services of taxidermist

Internet search engines

• Official website - TaxidermyPro.info, Taxidermy-Services.com 
• Internet search from other websites

Journal

Yellow pages

 Documentary film :

• Morgan Mathews (director) (2005). Taxidermy: Stuff the World .Century Films

2. Consultant on Carbon Reinforced composite materials

Book , journal

Plastics China: Technologies, Markets and Growth Strategies to 2008

By Donald V. Rosato

Internet search engines

http://www.compositesconsultants.com/cats/reinforcements.php

3, The price of an X3427 semiconductor chip

Example of price of X3427 semiconductor chips:

• X3427 Chip Availability & Rapid Quote Request http://www.1sourcecomponents.com/partinfo/x3427%20cHIP.htm

• Semiconductor Datasheet Parts http://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/q6/parts_q603.php

w  - Contact the supplier of the items

 -   - survey the price in Online Shop such as Alibaba, lazada , Lelong.com

4. The melting point of osmium

Example of website and book that provide the the melting point of osmium information :

•         Handbook of Inorganic Compounds, Second Edition, By Dale L. Perry
•        Journal of the Less Common Metals,Volume 2, Issue 5, October 1960, Pages 357–359
•       www.chemicool.com/elements/osmium.html
•       www.webelements.com/osmium/

5.The proper hardening treatment for AISI 4320 steel.

• Libraries
• Engineering handbooks and text books
• Journals and articles
• Search engine (Google, Yahoo, etc.)
• Engineering professional organizations.

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