gcit group9

04/10/2023

Print BrushGroup No. 9SIN Yin Yan 12212458NI Yuan 12250155SUEN Wing Yin 12208760

OutlineObjectives

Background

Collected Information

Mind Map

Survey Questions

Survey Results & Analysis

Job Division

Objectives To find out more information of the Print

Brush To introduce the Print Brush to people To understand the strengths and

weaknesses of the Print Brush

Background Due to technological advancement

→rising no. of interesting inventions have been developed

A groundbreaking tool – the Print Brush was invented and awarded the Best of What’s New 2011 prize

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPhLFxRgfQ8

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Collected Information (Web)

Keywords Link

inurl:Printbrush materials http://printbrush.com/printbrush.php

Printbrush http://www.dcfever.com/news/readnews.php?id=5254

Printbrush * innovation http://www.inventions-handbook.com/printbrush.html

Printbrush *life http://www.instantfundas.com/2009/11/printbrush-portable-printer-that-prints.html

Collected Information (Library)Keywords Link

Printbrush inkjets http://0-Search.proquest.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/docview/867420570

Printbrush material http://0-search.proquest.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/docview/919077778

Printbrush application http://0-search.proquest.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/docview/444898799

Printbrush technique http://0-dl.acm.org.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/citation.cfm?id=1358680

Mind Map

Information on Print Brush - Invention Inventor : Alex Breton Research and Development duration :

11years Project Cost : $10 million Awards : Best of What's New 2011

A Magic Wand For Printing

Information on Print Brush - Components

a built-in 5-megapixel camera

Cartridge

Lexmark ink jet print head 600 dpi

Color LCD 1.4”TFT display USB Mass

StorageDevice

Information on Print Brush - Technology

Light sensor—emits infrared to track the movement of the printer, sense it’s location.

Ink box—combine ink colors to create full colors

RMPT™(random movement printing technology)—translates random motion (hand movements) into high quality text or image print outs.

Information on Print Brush - Application Potential RMPT applications include scheduling,

bar codes, prescriptions and more Could print almost anything you can imagine on

almost any printable surface

SurveyObjectives To investigate people's habit of using

painting tools To introduce an invention called the

Print Brush

Number of Responds: 34

Survey Questions Do you have your own printer? How often do you print out materials? What type of materials do you usually print? What kind of printers do you usually use? To what extend of importance do you think printers to daily life? Have you ever heard of Print Brush? Would you like to buy the product? How much do you think the product cost? (in HKD) Would you be interested to find out more information on Print

Brush? Can you suggest how to improve the product? Why you would/would not like to buy the product? How much do you usually spend on IT products per month? (in

HKD)

Survey Results & Analysis – Chart 1

76

24

Percentage of respondents who have heard of Printbrush

Yes

No

Chart 1 Analysis ~ 80 % have never heard of

“printbrush” ~ 25% have heard of it

The Printbrush is new to the market The popularity of Printbrush is quite low

Survey Results & Analysis – Chart 2

19%

78%

3%

Types of materials usually printed by re-spondents

Photos/Graphics/Pictures/Image

Documents/Newspaper

Others

the majority printed documents or newspaper most frequently

19% of the respondents use printer to print images/photos most

The main function of the printer is for academic use

Chart 2 Analysis

Survey Results & Analysis – Chart 3

may be expensive

not environmentally friendly

Other

do not print very often

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The reason why the respondent don’t like to buy the product?

Chart 3 Analysis Drawbacks of Printbrush:

not necessary – already had printers Not useful not environmental friendly - wasting ink Costly – frequently replacing inkjets

Survey Results & Analysis – Chart 4

portable31%

easy to use33%

high resolution9%

interesting24%

other2%

The reason why the respondent like to buy the product

Chart 4 Analysis Advantages of Printbrush:

User-friendly Portable – enable printing anywhere Interesting – new to people Contain high resolution – satisfy

people’s demand nowadays

Job Division SIN Yin Yan – visual editing ,

research (information of Printbrush)

NI Yuan – research (from library), doing mindmap

SUEN Wing Yin – research(from Web), data analysis

Thank you!