Open Source Hardware – How to Make Money
Open source hardware has been growing in popularity over the last few years. It facilitates large-scale collaboration, which can leads superior technology. According to the Open Source Hardware Association, open source hardware is defined as “hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design”.
Hardware Development with 3rd Level Institutions
We interviewed Jean-Michel Rubillon, a Product Development Engineer with the Nimbus Centre, which is part of Cork Institute of Technology about hardware development with 3rd level institutions. He works with customers through innovation vouchers, innovation partnerships, commercialisation funds, European projects, and some direct funded projects too.
Meet Emma Dowling, CMO of MyOctopus – Smart Home Platform
MyOctopus are a hardware and software startup based in Dublin and Galway, co-founded by Larry Wawro (CEO), Sylwester Hyzynski (CTO) and Emma Dowling (CMO). Their device is a creative smart home platform, a feature-packed multi-tool, which is fully open source, affording full control of data, devices and options to the user.
Bluedrop on Medical Hardware Prototype Development
An interview with Chris Murphy of Bluedrop Medical to tell us more about they began development of their medical hardware prototypes for their medical device hardware startup.
The Importance of Hardware Prototyping
Setting up a new tech company can rarely be described as easy, but it is exciting, educational, and, at times anyway, emotional!
David Craig is the founder of the Dublin Design Studio and recently wrote a great article about his own experience in developing a new product – Scriba, a radical new stylus design for mobile devices – which went into great detail about the importance of prototyping.
ExerWise on Using a Microcontroller, the Ideation Process, and more!
Here’s the second part of the interview we did with Nicola O’Sullivan of ExerWise, a wearable tech startup. Nicola and her team have come up with a product to encourage young children to take 60 mins of exercise a day.
Today I ask Nicola to tell us more about ExerWise’s journey from beginning with an arduino to moving towards a smaller microcontroller.
Wearable Tech Startup Interview – ExerWise
Here’s an interview we did with Nicola O’Sullivan of ExerWise. Nicola and her team have come up with a product to encourage young children to take 60 mins of exercise a day.
The History of Printed Circuit Boards
Before printed circuits became the common component used in electronics, point to point construction was used. This meant some extremely bulky and unreliable designs that required large sockets and regular replacement. Most of these issues were directly addressed when PCBs went into regular production.
Tech needs More women!
Mint Tek Circuits was born in the summer of 2014. The founder, Siobhán ní Chofaigh, had worked in electronics for many years and had identified an under-served niche in supplying printed circuit board and prototype product assembly to hardware developers. She spent that summer talking to prospective customers and users to understand their pain points. […]
Prototype Hardware Design and Manufacturing
This blog is an interview with John O’Connell of CW Applied Technology on the prototype hardware design and manufacturing process. His company support hardware startups in making prototypes and in beginning to scale. People have described them as a PCH for slow starters! They specialise in automotive, telecommunications and agri-tech sectors, with a core focus on hardware design.
