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All tagged Prototyping
Design Principles Learned From Minecraft
Explore how Minecraft embodies key engineering design principles, including user-centered design, the creative power of constraints, and the importance of iteration and prototyping. Examine in-game experiences alongside real-world examples like the Apollo missions, and learn how players and engineers alike learn to innovate, adapt, and improve through design challenges.
Using Engineering Intuition and Strategic Experimentation to Overcome Technical Challenges
Learn from Dr. David Parsi as he discusses his research on overcoming technical challenges in reconfigurable radio frequency instruments. He emphasizes core engineering principles such as intuition, strategic experimentation, and efficient research methodologies.
Pocket Prototyping
In engineering we frequently have questions to which we’d like practical answers to keep us moving forward. If a simple prototype will do, don’t forget to look in your pocket, your home, your lab, your hobbies, or just down the street.
A Spoonful of Paper Helps the Prototype Go Down
I’ve come to learn is that the prototyping stage can (and should) belong at the very beginning of the design process. This article will focus on the role that early prototyping – specifically paper prototyping – can play in developing strong designs.
Inspiring YouTube Channels
YouTube is a treasure trove for design-related content. Here are a few channels to consider once those Christmas presents have been opened and you’re ready to cozy up and be inspired during Christmas break.
3 Things CAD Beginners Should Do
Sure, the world we live in has three dimensions that we work and live in on a regular basis. But as soon as you face that computer screen, the mind tends to snap straight to its default 2D mode.
So You Think You Want to 3D Print Your Next Design?
Many innovations have come from Additive Manufacturing like Invisalign and companies like Shapeways. If you are ready to accept the challenge of designing for Additive Manufacturing, here are a few thoughts to keep in mind!
The Hype Cycle
The Hype Cycle is a high-level model of the trajectory many technologies experience before full adoption by a group, an organization, or society. It hasn't been demonstrated to exist scientifically but it can be useful as an abstract tool to discuss the perceived progress of technology.
Always Have a Back-up Solution
Many of the things we design are not going to work the way we thought they would at first. There are just too many unknowns until we try it. In anticipation of this, great designers always have a back-up solution.