It’s not unusual to hear Tony Fadell talk about the iPod, but the 20-minute video gives a new perspective as it’s illustrated with CT scans of three different iPod models.
Fadell talks about a number of design considerations. For example, the team was very nervous about the reliability of the hard drive, as consumers unaccustomed to the delicacy of such devices in such a portable product might treat an iPod more casually than a laptop…
For this reason, the design of the “bumpers” designed to protect the drive from accidental dropping onto the table was key.
Likewise with the steering wheel. For the original model, they needed bearings to allow for free rotation without “rocking” from side to side. When they moved to the scroll wheel, the team actively wanted this rocking motion.
Fadell speaks with Lumafield, a company that leases CT scanners to companies and researchers who don’t have the need or budget to buy expensive machines but need them for a limited time. The company also offers software that allows you to remotely (or later) examine scans without access to the CT scanner itself.
Affordable CT for engineers. Make x-ray vision part of your team’s everyday toolbox. Lumafield’s easy-to-use hardware and powerful cloud-based software solve complex problems throughout the entire product development process, from initial design to mass production.
The Lumafield X-ray CT platform gives you the ability to look inside objects to see features that have never been seen before.
Lumafield’s Neptune CT Scanner is designed to be part of your team’s core engineering toolkit. It sits at home in an office or workshop and offers an easy-to-use AI-based interface that allows anyone to run a scan.
Lumafield takes the hassle out of checking with Neptune, a revolutionary easy-to-use CT scanner, paired with Voyager, powerful cloud-based software that solves problems from initial design to mass production.
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As a promotional event, the company is offering a “scan of the month” microsite where they share scans of everything from gadgets to Lego figures.
Lumafield is also a company that, while in stealth mode, decided the technology they were building was too damn cool to keep quiet.
Scan of the month began with a few scans of LEGO minifigures and the fulfillment of a deep desire to share the magic of CT scans. […]
This month, we explore the evolution of the iPod from the inside out with our Lumafield Neptune CT scanner, led by none other than Tony Fadell, inventor of the iPod and founder of Nest. […]
Because the iPod engineering team had only eight months to develop a design, early prototypes left a lot of room for optimization. Our CT scan shows how much free space is left inside the case. Steve Jobs famously dipped one into the aquarium, pointing out air bubbles rising from the device to show that it could get smaller.
The scan examines the original iPod, iPod Classic 6th generation, and iPod Nano 1st generation. You can watch the video here.
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