High Volume Manufacturing
I came upon this video recently, and found it utterly fascinating. Although they seem like a mundane everyday item, aluminum beverage cans are pretty much the ultimate in complex, precision…
Personal Projects – Finding your Niche
I wrote about personal projects a while back, to my great surprise it has become one of the most popular things I've ever written. I shouldn't be surprised really, so…
It’s All About The Batteries
It's a frequently unappreciated fact that the form factors of our mobile devices are largely driven by the batteries that power them. Not the shape so much, but certainly the…
The Future of 3D Printing
My recent post about 3D printing argued for the idea that it's a technology that will soon produce some, but not all of the goods we use. So if that's…
3D Printing
3D printing has been getting a lot of buzz recently, its evangelists have been cranking up the rhetoric with some pretty heady predictions of a brave new world of home…
Product Licensing Gone Wrong
– Follow-up
My post in response to Bob Parks piece for Bloomberg Businessweek, The Greatest Running Shoe Never Sold and my comment left on the article comment thread received a very thoughtful…
Personal Projects
Ideas are what creative people in any profession are all about. We can't help ourselves. We're always observing and analyzing and coming up with new and better ways to do…
Product Licensing Gone Wrong
A tale of invention, greed and bad timing: The Greatest Running Shoe Never Sold by Bob Parks for Bloomberg BusinessWeek. The story shines a light on some of the best…