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Your source for hardware insights. April 29th, 2016 Products The Hair Dryer That Costs as Much as Your Smartphone Dyson’s first-ever hairdryer, the Supersonic, is expensive, attractive, and packed with technology, like an air multiplier feature, a digital motor, and heat sensors. Plus, it’s apparently beyond the audible range for humans, so you can blow-dry […]
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While the power of a hardware product comes from its internal components, a product is typically recognized by its enclosure, the outer shell that encloses electronic products, making them appealing and user-friendly. In this post, I’m going to walk you through the steps for designing a basic enclosure, using the design of a IoT plant […]
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At Fictiv, we believe there is a right way to build a healthy company and the first step for us is to create a foundation of values that all team members share and uphold in words, thoughts and actions. By creating this shared understanding, we know how to treat each other and also everyone we […]
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The week’s top hardware news. April 15, 2016 Products Your Very Own Butler SmartAll, the first AI butler, features a camera and hub that allow it to ring a security alarm, control the temperature, and change TV channels. Based on machine learning, SmartAll personalizes its services via facial recognition and by interpreting gesture and voice […]
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On track/off track is a “get stuff done” framework shared with us by business coach Kate Purmal, to help us drive projects end-to-end and focus on sharing results-based updates. Meeting fatigue infects many companies, stealing valuable time and status meetings are especially ineffective when people spend too much time reporting activities (“Last week, I worked […]
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Light plays an important role in the design of many hardware products. Often, they are both decorative and functional. Indicator lights are the most minimal user interface: They tell you whether the device is turned on, low on battery, or “thinking” really hard. On modern electronics, the light’s source is almost always an LED. However, […]
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The week’s top hardware news. April 8th, 2016 Products A Modular Sofa An Italian architect has created the first Internet of Things Sofa. The sofa consists of a system of modular seats than can be adjusted via an app or with hand gestures. The versatile modules talk to each other and can be adjusted to […]
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Well designed toys can have a major impact on a child’s creative and intellectual development. Lots of engineers I speak with have serious nostalgia around LEGOs (some still build LEGOs today) and fondly consider that toy a launching point for their passion and love of building things today. So to inspire the littlest makers and […]
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Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of hosting Women in Hardware at our space for an inspiring panel on prototyping best practices. Women in Hardware is a fantastic organization that aims to connect the female founders, engineers, investors, manufacturers, and marketers who are building the future of connected hardware. Women in Hardware is comprised […]
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Introduction The hardware industry is growing at an exhilarating pace. More companies are developing innovative products, we have better tools for prototyping and manufacturing, and access to these tools—and the knowledge around how to use them—is becoming more universally available. But we still have a ways to go before hardware development can be truly accessible […]
