Design & Technology

The following links are to suggested sites in the Edexcel Foundation booklet "Finding out about products on the Internet"

• General Access Sites
• Resistant Material Products Sites
• General Information Sites
• Electronic Product Sites

General Access Sites

• Retail Info Central - a GOOD route is to SEARCH for Retailers By Country - select UK and you can get list of stores.
• biz/ed - Business and Economics information gateway.
• Warwick University - Introduction to Operations Management which links you to factory tours: e.g. M & Ms and Lenroc Plastics .
• Thompson's Directory - find contact data needed here and then go to EYP if necessary.
• Electronic Yellow Pages

Resistant Material Products Sites

• Braun - Products, company info, history etc. Visuals, features and a movie about the brand if you have the equipment to watch it.
• Sony - Electronic products - including Walkman.
• Innovations - and many other things. Easy to get information - views and feature comparisons. Prices included. Good Visuals.
• Argos - Argos on line - small range of their products listed with prices.
• Ikea - Local store section still under construction.
• Spirit Games General games index. With prices. Some visuals.
• Toys R Us - FAQs, Toy Tips market research, age appropriate guide, some visuals and product info.
• Lego - Lego products, constructive learning, Lego Dacta. Nice site but can be slow!
• Sainsbury's - Links to Savacentre, Homebase, Sainsbury's Bank, Shaws. Store design and operation information on their environment objectives and activities, indirect impact of suppliers.
• Casio Classroom
• Bissell - Sweepers and cleaner. Includes specifications, visuals and replacement parts with visuals.
• Apple Mac - Products and visuals.
• Volvo - Car safety info - eg whiplash prevention.
• BMW Rolls Royce
• Diabetes UK - Medical products. Visuals and some info.
• General history of telephones
• BT shop - Functional details and visuals of phones and other BT products. Shops lists.
• Zanussi- Products - visuals and functional details.
• Electrolux - Products and function details plus visuals plus history of firm.
• Dyson - Products plus fairly detailed function details. Small and enlarged visuals.
• Hoover - Products plus visuals plus function details.
• Philips - Domestic and Personal Care products.
• Hotpoint - Products, function details, big visuals, plus history of company/future.
• Surfing the Aether - History of radios, visuals of older radios.
• Purley Radio Ltd - Radios - Freeplay, revival (Roberts), Technics etc. some prices. Good visuals. Through this to Euronics.
• Grants Electrical Supplies - Company profile, general electrical products lists plus sizes, prices.
• Graham Mancha - Original post-war furniture and design. Including lighting. Visuals, details and bigger visuals.
• Hector Finch Lighting - Antique and classical to art deco and 1950s lights.
• BowTech - Underwater lighting, video cameras and such things. Radiation tolerant products. Visuals and function performance, details.

General Information Sites

• ICI - Chemicals, explosives, materials, safety-health-environment, paints and spa baths!
• HSS Hire Shops - Useful tools with visuals. Plus health and safety on lifting and shifting.

Electronic Product Sites

• Radiometrix Ltd. - Design and manufacture low power radio data modules. Visuals, features, function descriptions, block diagrams. FAQs, sales and links.
• GEC - Who they are. Products from Eurostar to fridges via electronic chips and nuclear power stations. Access to other product sites.
• Tandy - Links to RadioShack, ComputerCity and Tech America.
• Duracell - How batteries work. Good visuals, useful general information.
• Electronics Information - Basic, how to do it information on a wide range of tasks.