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Launching nine to 12 months late can cost a project up to 50 percent of its potential revenues. Here’s how we reduce technical risks to keep connected device development on track.

A click is a universally recognized cue that an action is complete. Here's how to get the right sound and feel.

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.

Today we have the ability to set up and interact with a VR-simulated prototype. As the technology continues to grow more accessible, can leverage it for product design, easily translating to faster turnaround and cheaper development costs.

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?

In a world of “ubiquitous computing,” how might technology communicate information without hijacking a person’s attention?

You've grasped the basic anatomy of an IoT device, identified how you’ll connect with and begin to communicate with the cloud, and selected a cloud service provider. It’s time to get prototyping.

Make sure your provider uses a well-known and secure method for communicating.

When you’re designing a connected device, there’s a lot of testing you can do before you get to the production-grade prototype. Here are a few examples of different fidelity levels of prototypes you can use to test early on in your IoT product development.

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?

Connecting a device to the Internet adds layers of complexity.

Today’s users of medical devices expect a consumer-level experience. How can medtech firms make the shift?

Few inventions have had as significant an impact on our daily lives as the safety razor.

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

It’s not uncommon for a new client to want to see 20 or 30 concepts during the initial design phase, believing this represents better value.

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.

Regardless of what you're designing, the options you present to users should be simple and straightforward.

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.

If Delve were a product to be opened up and analyzed, you’d find a lot of creative, dedicated, skillful people inside.

The ballpoint pen eliminated the need for messy fountain pens and all the problems that came with them. This breakthrough invention forever changed the way we write.

The Pareto Principle is a great tool for project teams when they’re trying to decide where to focus their energy and efforts.

Convincing discerning consumers to buy a home robot isn't easy. To earn a spot in our homes and our lives, “home bots” (and those designing them) must answer four important questions.

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

Design efforts to maximize battery run time typically focus on minimizing standby power, but an equal emphasis should be placed on designing for peak power.

Users often go rogue, using products in ways they weren’t designed to be used. Design for misuse is a way to counteract this.

In order to meet the needs of future users, companies must anticipate disruptive technologies and develop a path to innovation.

These four steps for repeatable technical innovation have proven trustworthy for us on project after project.