"Chris" wrote in message ...
I am in the final year of a technology education degree course, part of
which involves designing a product and manufacturing it to prototype stage.
The product has to be original, or better designed, than any similar product
on the market. I am posting this message to a number of newsgroups in the
hope that someone will have a problem with a product they use, or can't find
a product to suit their requirements in the market place. I would appreciate
any (sensible) suggestions.

OT - general tools suitable for women-sized hands and designed to give
extra leverage where necessary to compensate for the typical
difference in strength, and particularly hand strength, between men
and women. Egs, screwdriver, electric drill.

Typical task: building shelving on a brick wall. Problems
encountered: not able to drill as far as desired into wall, especially
when on ladder (this is not me, good old Dad came and finished the job
with ease and same drill bit); then not able to fully screw in the
screws (after the holes made deep enough, and again completable by
Dad). Possible market: approx one half the population.

Bike tools equally - its a real struggle to ensure wheels are tight
enough using wrench (on wheels without quick release, with the quick
release the problem is different, but still there).

Sarennah