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Engineering vs. Trial and Error
Engineering vs. Trial and Error
When we come up with a new idea for a product or service of some kind, we frequently are motivated by a problem that is bothering us or a notion that inspires our imaginations. The Wright brothers were inspired to create a flying machine that could lift off under its own power and fly from one point to another, something never achieved before. However, the idea was only the beginning of the process of designing and building their revolutionary airplane.
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Accelerated Schedules
Accelerated Schedules
Project management is a vital part of any consulting project and incorporates many factors. This particular post focuses on projects with accelerated schedules, and the options one has in boosting successful products.
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Design and the Environment
Design and the Environment
As a product design firm, we strive to make the best and longest-lasting products possible. We aim to make successful products that fulfill the customer’s needs and requirements while maintaining some element of beauty. This, as expected, requires an extensive amount of planning, research, prototyping, foresight, and knowledge of the consumer base.
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Working With Local Machine Shops
Working With Local Machine Shops
When your design is ready for prototype or production manufacturing, selecting the right manufacturer or chain of manufacturers is critical to being successful. This blog post will hit on a few of the techniques we use when looking at a new machine shop and placing a job there.
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Selecting a Microcontroller
Selecting a Microcontroller
These days an enormous number of projects involve programmable microcontrollers. At their most basic level, microcontrollers are programmable digital integrated circuits that can perform logical operations, have memory, and interface with the outside world.
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Injection Molding: A Quick Primer
Injection Molding: A Quick Primer
If you’re reading this, I can guarantee you are either holding, using, and/or wearing something that has been injection-molded. Injection molding is the most prevalent manufacturing technique for most products manufactured at high volumes and includes everything from the very tiny, like the power button on your phone, to the very large, like the plastic storage bins in your closet or under your bed.
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