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Jack Ganssle writes great articles for Embedded Systems magazine. This particular one investigates exactly what effect probe selection has when using an oscilloscope. Ever wonder what justifies the $1k+ price tag of some probes, when they look like little more … Continue reading
Kickstarter, the wildly successful crowd-funding website, recently posted some new rules for projects listed under their Hardware and Product Design categories: http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarter-is-not-a-store I am a professional electrical engineer. I work for a product design company. The team here at MindTribe … Continue reading
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I spend my fair share of time helping clients understand what’s so broken about traditional product development for technology products. The more experienced the audience, the easier the task. If someone has lived through developing an innovative technology product or … Continue reading
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I can’t agree more with this advice. Debugging by thinking is as important an educational tool as it is a development tool. If you’re used to jumping into the debugger right after you compile, try something different: As soon as … Continue reading
The New York Times recently reported on A Hardware Renaissance in Silicon Valley. Indeed, hardware innovation is finally flourishing as software did, driven increasingly by a wave of small startups (presumably with colorful furniture and Costco-stocked pantries). A confluence of trends … Continue reading
If you’re reading this blog you are probably familiar with 3D printing. With home printer kits costing as little as $500, many of our children will grow up thinking that whatever CAD they dream up can simply be printed to … Continue reading
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It may very well be that people don’t know what they want until you show it to them. Unfortunately, with hardware products there can be a year of development standing between an initial idea and the final unveiling. That’s a … Continue reading
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Back in March of this year, actor and writer Alan Alda issued a challenge in an editorial for Science Magazine: explain what a flame is to an 11 year old. The winner of the challenge was announced recently as Ben … Continue reading
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Innovation is notoriously challenging within large organizations. We work closely with firms like IDEO and McKinsey who have spent years helping break down the innovation-preventing barriers. To attempt to summarize everything that’s been said about innovation would be like sweeping … Continue reading
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At MindTribe our teams meet every week to plan their work for the week. Every stakeholder—from customers to the executive team—has a chance to provide input once a week. The idea is that once all the voices are heard, the … Continue reading
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