Last month Hardi spoke at the Boston Hardware Workshop. He gave sage advice from his perspective as a successful startup founder. The event sounded interesting and extremely useful to hardware entrepreneurs. I decided to call up the founder of Hardware Workshop, Marc Barros, to find out more. (more…)
Apr
23
Apr
21
Microsoft Excel is no doubt one of the most beloved of all engineering tools, it's easy to use, almost infinitely adaptable, and yet extremely accessible. With 1 billion licenses of Office now in the wild, chances are Excel is lurking somewhere nearby. Unsurprisingly, Excel spreadsheets often become the default choice for bill of... read more →
Apr
17
Miselu needed better CAD file organization and revision control for product development. The many tools their hardware startup used left engineers wasting lots of time and injecting human errors into simple data management tasks. It also left non-CAD users and partners out of the loop. We spoke to VP of Design... read more →
Apr
16
DesignNews spoke to GrabCAD founder and CEO Hardi Meybaum about his new book and how he thinks product design is evolving with open engineering. (more…)
Apr
14
We all know that communicating early and often with your manufacturing partner can pay big dividends. It’s not easy, but here are a few suggestions for smoothing the way. (more…)
Apr
14
The 'Get Radical' Razor PowerWing Scooter Design Challenge is over and the winners have been announced. Read what the winners said about their entries and what they learned from participating in this Challenge. (more…)
Apr
11
Today Wired posted How GE Plans to Act Like a Startup and Crowdsource Breakthrough Ideas. The piece highlights the hugely successful Open Engineering initiative GE launched with GrabCAD. (more…)
Apr
10
As you’ve probably heard, researchers recently discovered a security vulnerability in the technology that secures websites like GrabCAD (if you haven’t heard, here’s the story in the New York Times). (more…)
Apr
09
With the BionicKangaroo, German industrial control and automation company Festo, has technologically reproduced the unique way a kangaroo moves. We talked to Dr. Heinrich Frontzek, Head of Bionic Learning Network at Festo to learn more about this cutting edge technology. (more…)
