The startup that I am co-founder of, Mint Tek Circuits, has just emerged from the Valley of Death. We are not yet completely out of the danger zone, but we believe the worst is behind us. The valley of death refers to the period in the early stage of a startup before it is generating positive cash flows. It has been an exciting journey, though [...]
We know some of you are organised and have had your Christmas shopping finished since November, but we are also pretty sure that there are a few stragglers amongst you that are still putting your list together. This blog is for you! We’ve talked to the Mint Tek team and to our customers to try to find you the most awesome technology gift [...]
So we were challenged, I had been watching the Censis Innovation Group in Glasgow since meeting Stuart Simpson at an NMI event. I really liked what they were doing, supporting research in Scotland and helping ideas get connected into Industry. When I saw that they were running an IoT Conference, I really wanted Mint Tek Circuits to be part of it.
We interviewed Josh Elijah of Engimake to find out about the startup that is creating a robotics kit for makers, educators and hobbyists, with adaptable, Arduino-based programming.
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, [...]
Mint Tek is building a platform and a network of PCB manufacturing and hardware prototype assembly partners to make this process simple, cost-effective and easy for busy hardware developers.
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