A friend asked me “is now a good time to be a product developer with the economy in a recession”. I answered “Yes, now is a great time”. Here’s why. As large companies reduce spending and staffing in R&D, there are fewer people to come up with new ideas. The people working in these companies [...]
The goal of innovation should be to create sustainable competitive advantage—not just create inventions with little or no market value. In order to compete, the product of service being offered must provide value to the consumer, be differentiated from competitors’ offerings, and be protected from imitation. Frequently employees and managers involved with product development are [...]
I first used onmi wheels five years ago on a prototype robot I designed while at Motorola. I was over on the Quirky Product Development website and saw an idea that could benefit from an omni wheel. What is an omni wheel? It’s an omni-directional wheel. Better than a caster, it can go in any [...]
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