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Portable Device Feasibility
Abstract
Chris and Fred discuss how we assess product feasibility … at the concept stage! Great topic.
Key Points
Join Chris and Fred as they discuss product feasibility when it is nothing more than a concept. There is a lot to unpack here! This comes from a question raised by a Singaporean listener who is a student looking at the feasibility of a portable device that repels mosquitoes, utilizing cutting-edge technology, including the ability to detect the unique frequencies of flying mosquitoes.
Topics include:
- Hand-held devices get abused … a lot … without being abused. Engineers are routinely amazed by how people can drop, squash, bump, heat, chill, and otherwise do challenging things to it. The fact is, this happens when people aren’t trying to abuse handheld devices. So, start by never underestimating the trials and tribulations of handheld devices!
- You can’t be organization ‘agnostic.’ What is feasible for SpaceX is not feasible for a young startup with less than $ 500 000 in working capital. So, you need to determine what your organization can do, and if you are trying to get a larger company to buy your idea after you have created a proof of concept, and so on.
- Then the technology. Does it repel mosquitoes? You don’t need to build a working prototype to replicate the ‘technological tactics’ your final product will hopefully use to repel mosquitoes.
- But if the answer is ‘yes’ … don’t stop thinking! Fred discussed an example where a wearable health device had 50,000 units (out of 70,000) returned by customers in the first month because the recharging socket was not waterproof. The product was feasible, AND it is really easy to waterproof recharging sockets. They just didn’t do it!
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Show Notes
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