Often it is helpful to your sales team if your product can be animated for web presentation some way. This may be by means of an interactive tool that allows for a 3d model of your product to be rotated … Read the rest of this entry
]]>When designing a new device a key question is what is the demographic of who will be using the device. This is particularly important if the expected user is not particularly skilled in the use of such devices. For example, … Read the rest of this entry
Thoughts on Designing Complex Devices, with a SLR Camera as an example
]]>Wow things only get better in the world of virtual design. My company, PLC Systems, has just been awarded Canadian Distribution rights for the SpaceControl 3d Mouse. For those of you who are familiar with this type of controller, you … Read the rest of this entry
]]>I recently had an opportunity to buy a camera as part of a job for one of my clients so I decided to go somewhat upscale in the quality of the camera that I would get. After doing a lot … Read the rest of this entry
]]>Well not much it seems. I am working with a client, GMR Marketing who have a contract with Telus and indirectly the Canadian Football League. During the execution of the contract I had the occasion to talk to a good … Read the rest of this entry
]]>There was an inventors show, part show and part seminar held in the bucolic town of Lindsay Ontario in 2011 The Great Canadian Inventions Show Just for review, I resurrected this old post so that you could get a flavour … Read the rest of this entry
Inventor’s show in Lindsay Ontario, resurrected post from last year
]]>Great Canadian Invention Show http://www.inventorscollege.org/pb/wp_0aa3f996/wp_0aa3f996.html This quirky yet vital show is the focul point of many small Canadian inventors who are working towards making their invention a commercial success. There was a quote by Edison who said ““Genius is one per … Read the rest of this entry
]]>Great Canadian Inventor’s Show (Part Two) Just a quick aside, Light Bulb Patent for Woodward & Evans’ Electric Light, July 24, 1874 Thought it was Edison’s bright idea? Nope. Two Canadians, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans, patented the light bulb … Read the rest of this entry
]]>I am back in the designer’s seat after a wonderful and restful vacation with my family in Mexico. I have a son, daughter in law and grand daughter in Mexico, and they warmly shared their house with us during our … Read the rest of this entry
]]>The blog has returned to normal operation. My sincere apologies to anyone who may have tried to post a comment, but I had to do something to stop the flood of spam. More on design, and the need of clients … Read the rest of this entry
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