Category: Prototyping
See How They Run
In this two-part series on electric motors, I will discuss the history and fundamentals of electric motor technology before exploring practical applications and prototyping techniques in Part 2.
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Get Feedback, in Stages
You can answer many questions about the product by prototyping it in isolation but also gain important insights by showing it to other people and letting them see the concept or use a prototype.
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Happy 100!
Learn more about how prototyping and engineering has changed since the first Protyping article in 2013.
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‘Anti-typing’ Joys
Prototyping is discovery though doing. It requires seemingly endless cycles of building and testing in pursuit of making a new technology work. Weeks, months, and sometimes years of building prototypes can be frustrating and lead to innovator burnout. When I find this happening, I turn to activities I call “anti-typing.”
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Putting Lice on Ice
Sheila and her team at Pediatric Hair Solutions own a number of lice clinics in the Southeast and have developed a two-step solution that has been proven to kill both active adult lice and their eggs.
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You Were Wondering …
Although 2020 was a year to forget for many, the tragedy and upheaval of COVID-19 resulted in a great year for innovation. As more people use the pandemic to take the ideas that have been rolling around in their heads and finally make them real, I have heard a lot of great questions about the product development process.
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Fast Times at IoT
Particle is electronic hardware that can be programmed and wired into prototypes and products, allowing those devices to be monitored and controlled via the cloud.
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Moving Experience
We had this great new technology while our shop was shutting down. As we game-planned, we had one of those “so-crazy-it-just-might-work” ideas.
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Crash Course
A bootcamp in the Dominican Republic provided students impactful innovation training; 10 teams developed an interesting solution for motor vehicle accidents.
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Let’s Get Small
What do you do when you need to make really small devices or tiny parts that go into a bigger device? Consider these tools and techniques you can use to build tiny parts for your next prototype.
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Can’t Prototype? Sure, You Can.
There are plenty of tools available to the masses that are easy to use, even by the most inexperienced prototyper. Here are some prototyping tools and techniques that can be used to help develop ideas and answer key questions about a product—even for those who have never set foot inside a prototyping shop.
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Similarities Run Together
Training for and finishing a marathon are much like the product development process. In product development, prototyping is the currency of training.
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