A proof of concept prototype, sometimes referred to as PoC, is a preliminary, usually aesthetically rough, version of a product that is created to test whether a product idea is feasible as it has been envisioned. IDP will suggest this path when approached by clients with mechanically and/or electronically complex products. It’s not meant to…
DetailsAfter being in the new product development and invention development business for nearly 4 decades, we have sadly heard it all in terms of somewhat predatory practices that take advantage of well-meaning and bright-eyed inventors and entrepreneurs. It’s the optimism, inexperience, vision for the future and hope that makes inventors a potentially easy target. Many…
DetailsA formal feasibility analysis opens doors and opportunities, saves money and reduces risk. Yet it is often passed over or neglected in new product development. For highly complex ideas and expensive high budget concepts a formal feasibility study can be the most important and most valuable analysis to start with. Feasibility answers big business questions:…
DetailsElectronic product development is typically more complicated and involves more steps than developing a non-electronic product. You will still need industrial design, mechanical engineering, CAD development and physical prototyping expertise. However, with an electronic product, additional engineering is needed and must be strategically integrated. Electronic product design and engineering involves hardware, firmware, software, programming and…
DetailsOur company’s goal is to turn our clients’ ideas into engineered, manufacturable products. We are often approached with ideas that are interesting and innovative, with unique challenges. We then get to work with our product development team turning those ideas into real products. Recently, we had a client who owns dogs, who was frustrated with his…
DetailsAminCheck is an at home water break detection test. Our client, who is also a mom, came to IDP with the idea to create a medical device prototype. The product is simple testing system for pregnant women that would save them extra trips to the doctor or hospital at the end of pregnancy. If you…
DetailsProduct Design or Product Engineering? Chicken or Egg? Developing any new product from an “idea state” requires design and engineering. It’s a blend for sure. It can get blurry as the terms -technical design- and -innovative engineering- are commonly used in this industry. But which is most important and what should be done first? In…
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DetailsDFM is Design for Manufacturability or Design for Manufacturing.
DetailsIt has been Crazy! Literally Nuts! 2021 could be the worst year in recent history for China manufacturing and those who use China manufacturers.
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