Future Technological Developments

Potential future developments with our speaker concepts will better their sustainability and make the product more suited to our outdoor camping and travelling market.

Send music through Bluetooth Technology

Bluetooth technology works by using a “technique called frequency hopping” of information and data from one device to another. This data is “divided into small pieces called packets”. The two devices, a “transmitter” and a “receiver” are able to “exchange” a single “data packet at one frequency”. They then “hop to another frequency to exchange another packet”. This process is repeated until all information has been “transmitted” and transferred. Devices can “hop between frequencies up to 1600 times per second”.

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P, . (2004). Bluetooth wireless technology basics Retreived from http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00186949.pdf
Examples of existing speakers that use Bluetooth technology can be seen her in the images. Music on “MP3 players”, IPods and laptops can be transmitted to these “wireless speakers” to give “high-fidelity sound”. Bluetooth gives “flexibility” for the use of the speaker as no wires are needed, meaning that no plug-in power source will be needed, making the speakers suitable for the outdoor camping and travelling market.

Bluetooth (2013). Bluetooth wireless technology basics. Retrieved from http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Surrounded.aspx.

This newly developed project pairs our chosen material of paper and the idea of development through Bluetooth technology. A “flying paper airplane” is “smart phone controlled” via “Bluetooth” technology. The “battery-powered” plane still successfully flies due to the paper electronics remaining lightweight and therefore displays that it is possible to link the technology with a space saving device suitable for camping and travelling.

Prospero, M. (2014). LAPTOP. Retrieved from http://blog.laptopmag.com/bluetooth-paper-airplane-kit-is-ridiculously-awesome.

Solar Powered Paper Speakers

To use this Bluetooth technology, a battery would need to be incorporated into the speaker, however through solar powered technology, our speakers could become more sustainable, environmentally friendly and longer lasting without the need for additional cables and wires.

A company named Konarka has “developed a range of organic thin-film solar cell modules”. These films are “flexible” and can be attached to a number of materials to give an electronic “power source”. Such films could therefore be used on our speaker, pop-up designs. The solar cells are also available as a “translucent” film, meaning that our developed aesthetics of our speakers would not be compromised by this possible development.

JOHAN, . (2009). techfrsh.net. Retrieved from http://www.techfresh.net/thin-film-solar-cell-modules/.

Light Emitting Speakers

Light emitting paper and inks could allow the product to easy to use even when natural light is not available. Luminous paints that glow in the dark could be integrated into the paper pulp produced or mixed with the conductive powdered when making new conductive paint. The inclusion of LED lights into the speaker circuits produced could also offer another potential development, giving the product its own light source and therefore making it easier to use.