How are innovations in product design likely to pose risks or benefits for consumer product safety?
Background
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Topics
- arts, culture, entertainment and media
- design (visual arts)
- crime, law and justice
- disaster, accident and emergency incident
- economy, business and finance
- consumer goods
- manufacturing and engineering
- retail
- politics
- government policy
- environmental policy
- safety of citizens
- science and technology
- social sciences
- economics
- technology and engineering
Related UKRI funded projects
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The University of Huddersfield and Stelram Engineering Limited
To design, develop and embed new processes and working practices to standardise the approach to the design of products ....
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on designing new processes for product design, which could potentially impact consumer product safety.
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Transforming the Role of Simulation in New Product Development
This project will address key challenges in the area of deriving and reusing knowledge by improving the correlations between impact simulation and real world performance, and will help engage end users in product design ...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project directly addresses the question by discussing the role of simulation in new product development, which can impact consumer product safety.
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Cambridge Engineering Design Centre (IMRC Renewal)
Strategy=======The overall aim of the Cambridge EDC is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of engineering designers and design teams by undertaking research into the theories that will underpin the design methods...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project partially addresses the question by discussing the creation of reliable, high-quality, cost-effective products, which can impact consumer product safety.