The last step in the innovation engineering process is conceptualization. In this step we will create different concepts and test them against our list of requirements. If you look online, you can find a whole host of definitions for “concept”. For the sake of clarity, let me define what I think a concept is within […]
Innovation engineering – Prototyping
Finally, we can build something. Ideation and prototyping are 2 methods from the Design Thinking process. These 2 methods are iterative, and become more powerful with each cycle. I will highlight these 2 very powerful methods, and tell you how combine them with research and use them to quickly create a viable concept or Minimum […]
Innovation engineering – Dial back the crazy
Last weeks post talked about generating ideas to tackle your challenge or solve your problem. That gave us a lot of ideas, most of which are probably crazy, impossible and beyond imagination. This week we’ll focus on filtering out the actual impossible ones and find the space between crazy and impossible, where the actual innovation […]
Innovation engineering – Be creative
One of the hardest and most effective ways to manage innovation is knowing when to stop managing. Trying to manage creativity is almost always detrimental to the process and end result. Last weeks blog talked about drafting the mission, a mostly analytical process. This week I’ll talk about the second step in the process, unleashing […]
Innovation engineering- Mission
Going to space, building a bridge, being a gamechanger, it all starts with drafting a mission. Whether you are a startup wanting to “Be the leader in tech CRM”, or you’re designing the next game changer. You will need to set the dot on the horizon you are working towards. To make sure the end […]
Innovation engineering 101
The question I get asked most as an innovator is “How do you manage the creative process without impeding true creativity?”. Innovation is perceived as divine inspiration only granted to the select few. I’m here to tell you innovation can be engineered, and I’ll tell you how. I will explain the method I use for […]
How to create inventors
There’s a shortage of skilled people in tech and this has been going on for a while. There aren’t enough young people interested in tech, and educations don’t match the needs of the fields they are educating for. I feel very strongly about this, so this is a post about initiatives I like, have contributed […]
Find EARFCN for LTE IoT devices
Just a quick post today. I was helping some students mess around with an LTE IoT device (Pycom GPY in this case). This particular chip has an easy to follow tutorial found here. There’s two aspects that are important to get right for the device to establish a connection. First the cellular network band, and […]
How to get started with with 3D printing – Printers
You’ve started researching 3D printers and you see acronyms (sorry, initialisms) like FDM, FFF, SLA, SLM, PLA, ABS, PETG. FFS! What are you going to do with all those? Let this be your guide into the wonderful world of consumer 3D printing. The basics post in this series already briefly explained some of these terms. The […]
How to get started with with 3D printing – Slicers
Following the basics of printing, this will be a post about slicers. If you want to start 3D printing, one of the most crucial programs you will need is a slicer. The slicer determines how your printer will works to create your product. I’ll explain what a slicer does, which ones I use, and explain […]