# Designing gadgets

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Harold Thimbleby
- Year: 2002
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Computer science
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/designing-gadgets)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Why were video recorders so difficult to use? Is there any hope for new gadgets like DVD players? What can we do about gadget complexity, and what can be learnt by approaching the design of gadgets mathematically? This lecture will show how video recorders, aircraft, the world wide web and user manuals are all interconnected.

## Lectures

1. [Designing gadgets](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/designing-gadgets/a94c6a8bf746) (YouTube)