Creative Design Engineering

Sometimes I have a project that I want to invest my time in. But it's a wild idea. A new way to solve a problem. There's a lot of...

When prototyping to test assembly process, you may not need to build it at 1:1 scale. For small devices like wearable electronics, maybe...

I was going to make Cilantro-Lime Shrimp Tacos. But I needed hot sauce. So I went to the grocery store. How do you find hot sauce at a...

I​​n design and development, our time is our most valuable asset. We want to get concepts into real world as fast as possible to validate...

When I only have one precious prototype of my idea, I find myself very protective of it. ​ I avoid doing anything risky that might break...

​ If you search for “​3d print prototypes” Google will return more than ​17 million results. ​If you sort by videos, there's​ some 3​50k+...

In early-stage prototypes, I find it faster to buy things, rather than starting from scratch. I recently bought a $50 electronic bill...

Quick tip: build multiple variations at once to shorten your development cycle. If you have several options to test of the same base...

A prototype is an idea made real. A few lines of code to test a bit of logic. A pencil sketch to explore a mold parting line. A cardboard...

Just wanted to share 11 quick Prototyping Tips to help in your next project.

Product Development Often Takes 3x Longer Than Planned Speed to market is a critical competitive advantage. But product development is a...

If you're not slightly embarrassed to show your first prototype build, then you waited too long to build it. Show it early. Figure out...

I generally recommend the following: What if you sold a product and someone 'ripped it off' It might be Amazon ripping off the Everyday...

Image credit Everyday Astronaut Elon Musk explains his engineering philosophy, and I love it. "Make the requirements less dumb." The...

When products are under development, they have a lot of issues. The best way to eliminate the issues is to build a lot of prototypes,...

Q: Should I use Steel or Aluminum tooling? A: It depends....have you thought about 3D printing for production? Or how about urethane...

I regularly get emails from startups with grand ambitions but no real budget for design services. The pitch is always the same. I have...

I'm thinking of filing a patent application for a surveillance drone that's powered by children's laughter. Assuming it's approved, the...

Remember the 80-20 rule in designing first-generation products. 80% of the ______ comes from 20% of the ______. Fill in the blanks: 1....

In product development, our devices have many tests that they have to pass.

Don't dilute your product's true value by stuffing too many creative ideas into one release.

Some startup companies are running with a blindfold on. They have found a little white space (freedom to operate) in a certain field....

Focus on the customer and usability.

Don't 'build an app'. Create a solution. Then use technology to scale it. Knowing this in my 20s would have saved me 5+ years of wasted work