09 Feb A Little Perspective
As certain as I am of death and taxes, I am certain that no matter what I believe to be true, somewhere, someone believes the opposite. ...
14 Dec Designing Parts for Injection Molding
As designers, we can improve our injection molded parts to make them perform better and require less expensive tools. Check out this design guide we came across to get you started....
30 Nov A Checklist Can Do What?
I recently watched an interesting talk given by Atul Gawande, whose book The Checklist Manifesto has reached the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list this year, talking about some interesting benefits of using a checklist and how such a seemingly insignificant and low tech idea...
10 Nov When Life Gives you Lemons, Make a Lemon Battery!
Inside most kitchens, a lemon leads a normal life, being integrated into a delicious dish or drink. But many science students have found in their classroom experiments that a lemon is no mere fruit....
19 Oct Making it all Wireless
As you've probably noticed, wireless products are extremely popular. So, what is the difference between one wireless technology and another? Here's a really rough breakdown....
28 Sep Design Snack: The Science of Color
By now we have all hopefully heard of the two different color systems: CMYK and RGB. But why are there two? If you had to choose one to use, which would you pick? I could quickly tell you the easy answer, CMYK is used for...
23 Sep The Taming of the Kernel or, If Shakespeare Needed to Cross-Compile Linux
Sing, o muse, of man and the machine the trial and err of misguided questing to bring the works of Linux to new homes....
14 Sep Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS)
What is an embedded Real Time Operating System (RTOS) and how can you best utilize it for your next development project?...
07 Sep HSA’s and Medical Devices
Has the Health Savings Account affected consumer's spending habits? Is that affecting the design specification for consumer medical devices?...
24 Aug Making Room in the ID Department
The Industrial Design Department at Key Tech is proud to announce the addition of Erik Askin. Erik is a talented designer who recently graduated from RISD....
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