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People are now more willing to share personal health information online. What’s the responsibility of digital marketers in the health and pharmaceutical space?

To build better products, development teams need to integrate the hardware and software development processes. The design thinking mindset could provide the means to enable this reunification.

Only connected devices that connect deeply with their users will have staying power. How do you strategize interaction design for IoT products customers will love?

You’d be surprised how many startups come to us with excellent connected device concepts that have failed under routine, predictable environmental stresses.

Several years ago, someone gifted me with Twine, an Internet-connected 2.5 square box that can be “programmed” in plain English, without needing to know how to code.

Wireless updates are good for manufacturers and users who are worried about security concerns. But for product designers, they require extra planning.

Creating a connected device is a bit like making a movie: it has a beginning, middle, and end; challenges to overcome; and an ultimately victorious hero, the user.

There are an infinite number of ways to write the software for an embedded system. How do you decide which way is the right way?

Delve has long been a go-to shop for creating rugged, mission-critical products. The communications equipment required for IoT devices adds an extra twist.

Why should you invest in a usable user interface?

Where do you fall on the Usability Maturity Ladder?

A bottom-line approach drives meaningless products. Here are four guidelines for making meaningful wearable tech.

In art, an unfinished work remains unfinished. In design, an unfinished work opens up possibilities for the user.

Digital-physical workflows help us envision what needs to happen in the digital world and the physical world, as well as where the two need to work together.

Adding a sensor or touchscreen to just about any product has become cheap and straightforward. But it doesn't always make things better for the user.

The acceleration of tech, and especially the mobile revolution, has deeply impacted both the consumer and medical device industries.

These early attempts at wearable technology were innovative but flawed—and paved the way for the more advanced devices we have today.

Interaction designers have spent decades figuring out the best way to build an interface from scratch. A lot of what we know translates well to smart products.

Given the maze of use cases and associated certifications, designing an IoT medical device may take longer and cost more than you expect. Take the shortest path to a completed project by considering four factors.

Touchscreens are now tactile. This may have big implications for medical devices and vehicle infotainment systems, where safety and error-reduction are paramount.

We’ve been experimenting with a new methodology for designing medical devices with hardware/software interactions. Here’s what a new, holistic development process might look like.

Next-generation medical devices with hardware-software interactions need a new, holistic development methodology.

We opened up wearables from leading companies to see how so much was packed into something so little.

Learn about the 5 important factors to consider when deciding between an off-the-shelf or custom embedded display for your digital interface.

IoT data collection impacts data deployment, sensor selection, security, and more. It's at the core of every smart product's user experience — and success.

Teach yourself to become a multilingual digital-physical product design practitioner using five simple strategies.

Environment, ruggedization, location resolution, and update rate are the framing questions that lead to the right geolocation technology for an IoT device.

The world is changing ... are your design teams changing with the physical/digital times?

Sure you can make your product "smart." But have you really assessed the desirability of doing so for your users?

Using the Decision, Devices, Data, Design and Deployment framework, also known as the 5Ds, can help medical device companies develop connected products.

This presentation provides an overview of user experience design, its origins, some tools and processes and how the practice may evolve in the future.

The worlds of physical and digital product design are on a collision course. Interaction designers should take note.

Designing and delivering successful connected products requires a whole new set of skills. Do you know your team's blind spots?