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Product design is where engineering and art intersect—combining vision with creativity to develop a product that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Designing a product is one thing, but designing…
Five Product Development Pitfalls to Avoid
The hardware startup landscape is riddled with product development challenges and barriers, and as an entrepreneur your job is to make sure that you are well equipped to handle whatever…
Celebrating Makers During The ‘National Week of Making’
The National Week of Making (June 17-23) is a chance to celebrate and honor our nation of tinkerers, inventors and entrepreneurs. With barriers to entry diminishing and technologies becoming more…
Drones Soar Into Academia
As technology advances and expands, it is finding its way into classrooms. One such technology that has great teaching and learning potential is that of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or…
Intellectual Property: Should You Consider A Licensing Business Model?
In our Case Study blog post last week, Transitioning From Idea To Manufacturable Product, we discussed the ways in which we helped a client secure a licensing agreement. For many…
Product Design: What inspires you?
While many of our blog posts offer product design and product development insight and information, we have decided to turn the tables a bit for this post and ask our…
Top Intellectual Property Questions From Startups
Intellectual property (IP) is not exactly “fun or exciting” — however, it is the most important aspect of your startup and needs to be protected. Securing and protecting the intellectual…
Validate Your Product Idea Early-On With Quality Feedback
We are a nation of makers and find profound satisfaction when we successfully bring a product to market. Nothing brings this to light more than a quick glance at U.S.…
Product Design: An Innovation Focused Mindset
Innovation is a buzzword that is thrown around quite a bit, and especially when it comes to product development. Every new consumer product or software startup is “innovative” or pushing…
Additive Manufacturing Industry Insight From The 2016 Wohlers Report
The highly anticipated Wohlers Report 2016 has been released and is full of insightful data into the additive manufacturing (3D printing) industry. This annual state-of-the-industry report is sought-after by industry…