R&D

The return on a prototype is immediate and enduring. Nearly every time I have plucked a fresh prototype out of the box, I have learned something. Usually something important. Something [...]

Developing a medical product first requires defining precisely what that product is supposed to do. Commonly, discussion among stakeholders elicits vastly divergent ideas. The challenge here is [...]

A few generations ago, a single computer filled up an entire room. The brightest engineers in the world were responsible for creating it, and either they or their highly skilled technicians were [...]

The business of introducing new medical devices requires us to address enormous technical challenges that require plenty of hard work. As we strive to meet these challenges, the FDA reminds us [...]

There is a popular misconception that design research is equivalent to market research. The truth is that these two practices are very different in terms of scope, overall approach, gathering of [...]