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Daedalus Excel Product Development
Daedalus Excel provides a full slate of research, design, human factors,
engineering,
and manufacturing transition services to medical, scientific, consumer
and industrial product companies. The Daedalus Excel team has helped
bring hundreds of successful products to market for companies ranging
from startups to the Fortune 50.
Contact us for more information about Daedalus Excel services.  Featured: Experience
Large Format Augmentative Communication Device
The Dynavox Systems DV4 is a touch screen computer that helps people with speech, language, learning, or physical disabilities communicate.
Using proprietary software, the DV4 presents a user with menus of words and pictograms to construct conversational messages. Once these messages are composed on the 12” touch screen, the user can have the DV4 “speak” the message for them using a state-of-the-art voice generator delivered through a high-quality 3” speaker. The on-screen system elements can be modified based on the user's preferences. The custom hardware has many features designed for users with physical disabilities including a rugged housing, splash-resistant sealed surfaces, an easy-open integrated stand and wheelchair mount components. In addition to its' core function as a voice communicator, the DV4 has extensive IR capability that provides a user with complete environmental control unit functionality when used with common X10 devices. This means that a user can turn on lights, open doors and talk to their family, friends and neighbors all through a single device. Daedalus Excel also worked with DynaVox Systems on the previous generation of this product, the MDEA award-winning DynaVox 3100.
Dynavox and Daedalus Excel collaborated closely on the project, with Dynavox leading product definition, GUI programming and electrical engineering, and Daedalus Excel leading industrial design, mechanical engineering, and human factors. Daedalus Excel also developed three other augmentative devices with Dynavox concurrently with the DV4: DynaWrite, DM4, and Ziba. |
 News: November, 2008
Daedalus Excel Welcomes Peter Sandrian
Daedalus Excel welcomed Peter Sandrian in November of 2006, and since then has valued his contributions to the firm. He came most recently from the University of Pittsburgh, where he worked in the Human Movement and Balance Laboratory while obtaining a masters degree in bioengineering. Peter’s focus on the mechanics of human movement in specific population groups at Pitt complements the ergonomic factors implemented in the designs here at Daedalus Excel.
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 News: November, 2008
Daedalus Excel Welcomes Scott Harshbarger
Scott Harshbarger was hired in the first quarter of 2007, bringing with him experience in mechanical engineering, machine design, automation, and robotics. He comes to Daedalus Excel after working as an engineer both at Goodyear, where he developed a variety of equipment used in the fabrication and maintenance of tires, and at Sony, where he played an integral part in the development of large lcd projection televisions. He is confident that his knowledge of engineering products for mass production will be invaluable to the Daedalus Excel team.
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