Prototype Development

To fight startup failure, practice product testing early and often.

Entrepreneurs going into hardware face a hefty learning curve, and missteps can end up costing them later in development.

Prototyping for user research is a major consideration of product development and one that often confuses, because it’s not an exact science. There’s always a question of what to test and when, and there’s no one “right answer.”

We will test a part, remove material, then test it again, and iterate that process until it eventually breaks. At that point, we know just how thin, light, or inexpensive a part can be.

A couple of weeks ago I did a shop presentation to share techniques I’ve developed for making models come together in a more professional way.

While a final product may appear to stand on its own, it’s actually buoyed by tiers of development. These include rounds of prototyping and testing.

Today we have the ability to set up and interact with a VR-simulated prototype. As the technology continues to grow more accessible, can leverage it for product design, easily translating to faster turnaround and cheaper development costs.

You've grasped the basic anatomy of an IoT device, identified how you’ll connect with and begin to communicate with the cloud, and selected a cloud service provider. It’s time to get prototyping.

When you’re designing a connected device, there’s a lot of testing you can do before you get to the production-grade prototype. Here are a few examples of different fidelity levels of prototypes you can use to test early on in your IoT product development.

In art, an unfinished work remains unfinished. In design, an unfinished work opens up possibilities for the user.

When done well, DFM prevents quality issues and eliminates manufacturing waste. It de-risks new product development by preventing the costly scenario of learning about manufacturability issues when you’re about to launch.

We are happy to publish all our design files for the project.

The goal: To outfit every health care worker with PAPRs – an amazing piece of equipment used to filter air and inflate a bubble around the wearer’s head to reject any contaminants.

The scope of the Advanced Design workshop was to walk students through the research, ideation, and early prototyping phases of creating a backpack.

From a '90s novelty to an exciting design tool, virtual reality offers client-facing opportunities for design immersion.

“Do you know a place to get this made?” That’s a question we hear a lot from entrepreneurs looking for a manufacturing solution. It’s actually a very complex question.

Delve's Model Shop creates a wide variety of models for concept validation and user testing. Learn more about the types of models we create.

When you have to make something where failure isn’t an option, you better make sure that it will work.

As part of a global weekend service experience challenge, we took the concept of quantified self to new intestinal territory.

Smart startups spend on prototypes. Different levels offer different benefits along the process journey — here are six of the most important to make.