Kids’ toothbrush
- 3D-Printed Toothbrush Cleans All Your Teeth in 6 Seconds (video 1:28) – new 3D-printed toothbrush, looks like a mouthguard lined with 600 bristles. You bite down into the 3D replication of your mouth and grind your teeth on the bristles, which cleans all of your teeth simultaneously.
A better kids toothbrush design
Your design engineering company has been asked by a client to design a new toothbrush for kids. For many years, kids toothbrushes have been just small versions of adult toothbrushes. Your job is to watch kids use the existing toothbrushes and come up with something better.
Show and Tell
Now it is your turn. Here are some challenges for you to work on…
- Draw some new designs
Learn more…
- IDEO’s approach to the problem – video, Tom Kelly describes the importance of observation to identifying design improvements
- toothbrush design patents
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