Yesterday Obama pledged $5 billion toward biomedical research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next two years. Ostensibly, this is in addition to the $10.4 billion that was allocated to NIH when the American ...READ»
Many of our most promising electric cars have parts--or entire assemblies--being built in China. But when it comes to the most important (and most expensive) component, EV companies may turn to American manufacturers. One such ...READ»
Filling its own shoes as one of the world's most innovative manufacturers once again, Nike has partnered with MAS Holdings to open the new Apparel Innovation and Training Centre in Sri Lanka. The new center, operated and staffed by ...READ»
Origami and sheet metal don't seem like a natural combination, but Industrial Origami brings the two together to make products out of sheet metal cheaply and efficiently. The company, which presented this week at the Always On ...READ»
One of the most important goals of elicitation is to find out what concerns need to be solved through system boundary identification. A key development tool that can tremendously help in this “capturing good requirements” endeavor ...READ»
A critical step in Requirements Engineering is the ability to capture a new product’s features and functions. The criticality of this step is based on not creating GIGO (Garbage-In- Garbage Out) of the intended product’s ...READ»
The old computer adage “Garbage –In- Garbage Out (GIGO) is quite true when developing new consumer products. One of the key reasons new products fail in the marketplace is because of bad feature/function set requirements presented ...READ»
Intel's [INTC] announced details of its next-generation chips, fabricated using a 32nm process, due to go on sale late 2009--the chip's transistors switch 22% faster and result in processors much smaller than the current 45nm ...READ»
How prepared is your company to weather the current economic storm? Does your company have the organizational flexibility and resiliance you need to remain successful? Now is the time to consider ways to make your company more ...READ»
Personal Fabrication is what Neil Gershenfield sees as the next evoution for Digital Technology. By merging the desktop pc or notebook with automation tools such as laser printers that can etch circuits onto paper, the lone inventor ...READ»
The technique of generating New Product Ideas via Brainstorming is not new to the Creativity Industry. Brainstorming was conceived back in the 1930's when Alex Osborne of the advertising agency Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborne ...READ»
With all that is available to us today, why is it that a company's greatest asset can more often than not, be its most under-utilized?
Short-sightedness? Tunnel vision? Bravado? Strict adherence to long-standing senior ...READ»
Creating electronic products is as easy as installing software and connecting an electronic circuit board (Evaluation Board)to your desktop or notebook computer's USB port. Semiconductor manufacturers are developing and selling ...READ»
In creating the next "Big Thing", the main question asked by novice Entrepreneurs is, "How to Build a Working Prototype?" Well, the answer is by using parts from existing devices that have elements your design ...READ»
In creating a new product or modifiying an existing one, the physical attributes, function/feature sets, and ID (Industrial Design) must be contained in one document, the Product Specification. The specs I write for wireless ...READ»
According to Don Debelak in his book, How to Bring a Product To Market for Less Than $5,000, a product can be developed by "taking apart existing products and use their parts to make a new product." Well, that ...READ»
In terms of marketing and sales techniques, the vast majority of US-based industrial manufacturers continue to live in the past. And so do their agencies or in-house departments.
Sell products on features and benefits. Show ...READ»
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are nearly 50 million people currently living with disabilities in the United States. See the data here. Considering the size of the country’s disabled community, the lack of media ...READ»
Many people go through life unnoticed, and many leave misery and destruction behind. But a special few leave goodness behind.
Some people light-up the room the second they enter it, and many light-up the room when they ...READ»
Have you ever wondered why some companies are exceptional and always on the top? Have you ever thought what makes Sony, Toyota, GE, and Nokia and many others world-class companies? Is it their machines, their systems, or their ...READ»
In the US, few consumers would probably identify GM [NYSE:GM] as an eco-friendly company. But in Spain, the General is acting downright green, planning to cover the roof of its largest European factory entirely in solar panels -- ...READ»
