Posts Tagged ‘prototype’

Five Questions With … Val Valgardson

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Val Valgardson is the technical director at Suburban Artworks, which specializes in 3D product imaging. The company has built a reputation producing top-notch virtual prototypes, 3D illustrations, architectural renderings, 3D floor plans, animations, product images, sell sheets, webpages and logos. Suburban Artworks can turn your cocktail napkin sketch into a professional 3D drawing. We talked with Val [...]

How to Price Your Product

Friday, September 30th, 2011

One Part Art, Two Parts Science By Jack Lander Whether you plan to license or manufacture and sell your invention yourself, at some point you’ll need to determine the cost of your final product. If you plan to go the manufacturing route, you’ll need to know in advance whether you can produce at a cost [...]

Do-It-Yourself Prototyping | Saving Money

Monday, July 11th, 2011

By Joe Gross You have a moment of inspiration for a new product. You do a quick sketch of your idea. It all looks like it might work and could make some money. You conduct a patent search on uspto.gov or freepatentsonline.com or Google. So far, so good – it appears no one has thought [...]

Did King Tut Beat You to It?

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
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Being Original Ain’t Easy By Jack Lander Before my friend Paul retired he was a book producer. He spent much of his workday analyzing the kinds of books that were selling well. His objective was to find a gap among them — an opportunity for another book. When he identified a gap he would evaluate [...]