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Carlsbad کارلزباد by Travis Baldwin

Carlsbad کارلزباد by Travis Baldwin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 جایزه برنزی A' Design Award in طراحی محصولات امنیتی، ایمنی و نظارتی Competition Category.


برنزمحصولات امنیتی· 2020

Carlsbad کارلزباد

by Travis Baldwin

Client: Travis Baldwin

جایزه برنزی A' Design Award Winner in محصولات امنیتی Category

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The Design

About Carlsbad کارلزباد

کارلزباد یک رایانه تبلت همراه مقاوم است که برای استفاده پلیس و موارد اضطراری طراحی شده است. کارلزباد امکان استفاده از داده‌های همراه غنی را از طریق شبکه رادیویی تترا در بریتانیا و اروپا فراهم می‌کند و فراتر از انتقال متن و صدا عمل می‌نماید. یک رایانه تبلت، یک آنتن، یک رادیو و درگاه‌های ورودی و خروجی درون پوشش‌های پلاستیکی اورتان قالب‌گیری‌شده همراه با ضربه‌گیر لاستیکی یکپارچه جای گرفته‌اند. اندازه صفحه نمایش ۱۰.۱ اینچ است. شیارهای انگشتی و بند دستی نایلونی، استفاده راحت هنگام راه رفتن را ممکن می‌سازند و فرم پشتی طراحی‌شده متناسب با دست، در گشت‌های طولانی احساس راحتی ایجاد می‌کند.

The Recognition

About the جایزه برنزی A' Design Award

Carlsbad کارلزباد برنده جایزه برنزی A' Design Award است، شناختی بسیار معتبر که به طراحی‌های برجسته‌ای اعطا می‌شود که با خلاقیت، نبوغ و زیرکی متمایز می‌شوند. برندگان برنز مصنوعاتی بسیار ماهرانه و چشمگیر خلاق‌اند که تجربه گسترده، تخیل و ابتکار طراحان خود را تأیید می‌کنند. از Carlsbad کارلزباد انتظار می‌رود شیئی بسیار ارجمند، ستوده و دوست‌داشتنی باشد که به‌طور چشمگیری حرفه‌ای و نوآورانه است. این طراحی برنده جایزه برنزی A' Design Award بهترین رویه‌ها را در هنر، علم، طراحی و فناوری در خود جمع می‌کند و به سبب توجه به جزئیات برجسته است. Carlsbad کارلزباد نیازها را زیبا برآورده می‌کند، به خواسته‌ها دست می‌زند، احساسات را مجذوب می‌سازد و کنجکاوی را برمی‌انگیزد.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The Carlsbad tetra mobile tablet PC for the police was designed to address a specific need: Allow the rich use of mobile data over the Tetra police radio network in the UK and Europe. This is one of the first Tetra radio equipped Tablet PCs. Beeching signed had to be organic, rugged and durable, and contain all the necessary components to allow Tetra radio access.
Dimensions & Packaging
Carslsbad is 185mm x 310 mm x 60 mm in overall dimensions. The strap adds 15mm to the thickness, increasing it to 75mm thick. The screen is 10.1in. The tablet PC runs on Windows 7. The Tetra modem and antenna is based on the Cassidian TETRA LTE radio system.
Tags
Security, Police, Emergency, Tetra, TabletPC
Production Technology
The device integrates several internal components inside plastic covers: a tablet PC, antenna, radio, and io ports. Many of these are fully certified modules, allowing a more streamlined path to market since they don't need further certifications nor bespoke manufacture. Tetra Modem components were created specifically for this device. The plastic covers and buttons are rtv molded urethane plastic. The hand strap is nylon fabric.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge was creating a professional high-tech electronic device look, while maintaining fit-for-purpose functionality of a police or emergency device. Without care, the device could look overly functional and military. Carlsbad has a hand filling rear form, aided by a strap and side finger grips for comfortable in-hand use.
Research
Carlsbad is the result of several previous tetra-tablet prototypes, created and evaluated in the field to allow the iteration into this device. Thin modern tablets were not durable enough, so additionally protective housing was added as rubber integrated into the form. Long use of a device carried in the hand was found to be uncomfortable, therefore forms were sculpted in clay to determine an ergonomic shape, then re-created in SolidWorks. To further increase positive grip, a hnad strap and finger grooves were incorporated in the form.
Inspiration
The Carlsbad tablet PC is the combination of 5 to 7 Tablet PCs aimed at the specific Market. The Carlsbad is a streamlined shape, made to feel comfortable in the hand and to not catch on clothing when in Mobile use. The integrated rubber bumper feature does not add bulky bumps nor give a military or power tool feel... rather it is a sleek form that presents as a high-end technological device. The overall form was created to fit comfortably in the hand while walking.
Project Duration
The project started in December 2010, in Bristol and Swindon, UK. The project was completed in April 2011 and went into limited production in June 2011.
Operation Flow
Carlsbad was designed for mobile, on-foot use. During a police patrol, the device would be used while walking and standing, while interacting with onscreen mobile data needs. It allows use of rich data, beyond what would be available on traditional text or audio Tetra radio transmission. In emergency situations, the device works on a government network, so it would not experience the same data overload issues as a public network.
Team Members
Industrial Designer: Travis Baldwin
Engineer: Jonah Gubbay
Project Manager: Robert Lovelace
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Travis Baldwin, in hand, 2012.
Image #2: Designer Travis Baldwin, Carlsbad renderings, 2012.
Image #3: Photographer Travis Baldwin, in hand, 2012.
Image #4: Photographer Travis Baldwin, on tabel, 2012.
Image #5: Designer Travis Baldwin, Carlsbad renderings, 2012.

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