Dwellwell Analytics – Dan Simpkins – Ep 144 Dan Simpkins is the Chief Executive Officer and one of the two founding partners of Dwellwell Analytics, Inc. The company has developed an IoT SaaS product that helps protect residential real estate assets by identifying maintenance issues before they become costly and disruptive. Dan’s company Hillcrest…
The pros: 3D printing can make any object that you can draw up in CAD. There are very few design restrictions but here are some recommendations. For example, I try to design with 45 degree angles under overhangs, so that no support material is needed. See figure 1 for an example of this. The purple…
Reverse Engineering Blog post From Quora question Reverse Engineering (RE) is the reproduction of another manufacturer’s product following detailed examination of its construction or composition. This could apply to physical products or digital (like software), but this article is going to focus on the physical products side. Why would someone want to reverse engineer…
How to Make a Custom Phone Case How to Make a Custom Phone Case As someone who has made dozens of different phone cases, I feel qualified to answer this question. The summary of the steps are: Decide what phone you want to make a case for Create a CAD design of the case…
Life Science Inventions and Patent LawKevin Buckley and Neil Thompson – Ep 119 Kevin Buckley(right) is the founders of Torrey Pines Law Group and Neil Thompson(left) is a patent agent with the firm. The firm focuses on life science inventions that often have an AI component. We discuss the differences between patent agents and patent attorneys.…
Youngest Person to Fly a Rocket to Space – Jordan Noone – Ep 118 Jordan Noone is the Co-Founder and General Partner of Embedded Ventures. He has had a lifelong interest in aerospace, including designing and building spaceflight hardware at age 18 while at the University of Southern California. He is also the first student…
Draft.Dev – Karl Hughes – Ep 117 Karl Hughes studied mechanical engineering in college but in his last year got into coding. His first job was building a blog for his college campus. From that, he worked in programming and managing writers. During the pandemic, he started his business, Draft.dev. His company writes technical posts…
Making a More Efficient Hot Water Heater – Tiago Bandeira – Ep 116 Tiago Bandeira is the founder of KLUGIT Energy. His first product is an electric hot water heater. The problem is that a regular hot water heater does a constant on-off cycle due to heat loss. This cycling wastes a lot of energy.…
Sunny is the CEO and Founder of Fulcrum. We talked mostly about ERP systems (which stands for enterprise resource planning). Most companies these days have ERP systems but many of them are not good. For example, many are not connected to the internet and therefore you would need to be at the factory to have…
DPX Orion Underwater Tablet – Ali Keskin – Ep 114 Ali Keskin is the Business Manager of the company, Innovasub. Innovasub is an underwater innovative technology firm founded by the ‘Design with Divers’ perception 15 years ago. They have a new product called DPX Orion that just finished a Kickstarter Campaign. The DPX Orion is…