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I just got a case study thing through to wire that I thought you guys might find interesting. Apparently, this show is big news in the US, but has yet to make it over to UK TV, but the story is interesting either way.
"The ABC TV series 'American Inventor' has gripped many people by reintroducing the idea that everyday people can invent a successful product. For inventor Francisco Patino, who developed his idea for the 'Double Traction Bike,' he is seeing his dream become a reality. His invention is a bike that holds an additional seat on the front of the bicycle, so that a second rider can sit and also power the bike with a extra set of pedals."
Apparently, as Patino progressed through the TV competition, he was given funds to enable him to get expert product development on his idea. So he turned to Huntington Beach-based ID Group (www.idgroup-inc.com) for the help he needed. With just 3 and a half weeks to develop the invention into a working, manufacturable product, ID Group used OneSpace Designer Modeling (www.cocreate.com), to make it happen.
At the end of 3.5 weeks, ID Group and Francisco Patino delivered a fully-working, manufacturable prototype--right on deadline. Patino won his round in the American Inventor competition, and moved forward to the final round.
Strange to think how design and to some degree manfuacturing has become a hot commodity on the oggle box these days.. can't be enough of it...
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to tell you the truth, "American Inventor" was far from big news in the US. the show sucked. it was more of a "tug on heartstrings" show than a design show. the contestants were people who "had a dream" and pretty much sacrificed a lot of time and money, and were banking on this one shot to be successful. the judges were a couple ad execs, a tv producer, and an eccentric "inventor".
i think what bothered me the most is that most of the inventions that were presented (besides the final winner), the ideas were not based on any "need".
here is the official website for the show:
http://abc.go.com/primetime/americaninventor/
i suggest you look search for "american inventor" on youtube. the clips on there are very indicative of the type of show this was.
for a (slightly) better show, check out "Made in the USA", starring our favorite super-star blobby designer, Karim Rashid. you can watch episodes of the series online.
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/madeintheusa/