Every product development effort begins with a plan—traditionally, in the form of diagrams such as Leonardo da Vinci’s ornithopter flying-machine drawings, but today, in the form of software ...

Every week, we work with teams from startups to global brands to build custom hardware for them. Some bring clear plans, others just a sketch. Many haven’t defined key features or how the product will ...

Most tech projects fail because they rush to build the final product before testing the basics or drowning the team in too many people and rigid IT rules. Hardware and software together form one of ...

Engineers can use testing data to uncover design insights, improve products, and make better decisions by staying curious and ...

Business moves technology forward, and a financial crisis is not an insurmountable obstacle when you know how to use resources efficiently. When it comes to innovation—particularly in hardware ...

The use of simulation for product development a virtual test environment is becoming increasingly common. Punch Powertrain applies a range of simulation tools which can augment traditional physical ...

If you’re in the business of product development, here’s one thing that is important to remember: The odds are against you. A study from late last year by a Harvard Business School professor starkly ...

To software developers, the process of creating a hardware product can seem distinctly 1980s. Even in the most high-tech of work flows, there are tons of error-prone and potentially expensive manual, ...

Emerson has expanded its NI USB data acquisition (DAQ) product line with the NI mioDAQ device. Designed to reduce time-to-market when developing advanced electronic technologies, the product offers ...