The central question about Apple these days is what it will become without Steve Jobs’s passionate conviction and daily direction in the design of the company’s products and services. (more…)
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A new model for medical device development
July 5th, 2011
LUNAR’s contributions to a new collaborative-development model that reaches across cultures is bringing a low-cost medical device to developing countries where the human need is great and traditional health care products are unaffordable. (more…)
Jay Leno gets charged about AeroVironment
June 27th, 2011
Car enthusiast Jay Leno — a huge fan of the Chevy Volt electric vehicle — praises the easy-to-use AeroVironment home charging dock in a new video episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage”. (more…)
7 Years In: Lessons Learned as a Product Design Engineer
May 16th, 2011
I’ve been a mechanical engineer at Lunar for almost 7 years, as well as a project manager and the ME intern coordinator for a good portion of that time. I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of interesting clients, coworkers, and products. They range from large corporations to small startups, hot-heads to introverts, consumer to medical to unclassifiable, parts as big as a monster truck wheel to those you can barely see. And since that magical summer of 2004, some things have continued to ring true. (more…)
Failure is always an option
March 21st, 2011
At LUNAR we solve difficult problems every single day. Nobody ever comes to us saying, “Hi, we have this really easy thing for you to do. It is totally straight forward and should be really simple.” As a result, we are constantly faced with challenges that nobody anywhere has ever surmounted. We often solve problems like these with prototyping, which in my opinion is by far the most important thing we do at LUNAR. (more…)
The Windowfarms Project
March 7th, 2011
When I was living in Brooklyn, I had a neighbor with a crazy idea – to grow her own food in her apartment year round. I could see the vertical water bottles she used in her early attempt in her courtyard facing window whenever I took out the garbage. I thought to myself “Britta is crazy. That’s just not going to work.”
Shortly later, I realized that you should never underestimate Britta. (more…)
An ode to simple product design
March 3rd, 2011
As a product engineer, I often find myself delighted by the little things–an ingenious locking mechanism, a cleverly designed component, a silky smooth hinge – which is why the simplest of designs are sometimes the most fascinating. One everyday object that I find to be particularly (and deliciously) nifty is the McFlurry spoon.
Sustainability Design 2.0
January 13th, 2011
Sustainable design is entering a new phase as it moves from environmental activism to an approach based around a range of improved business processes that make a difference. (more…)
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iPad Teardown: An Engineering Design Perspective
January 3rd, 2011
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
By now you’ve seen technology-focused teardowns of the Apple iPad, but have you seen the insides through the eyes of a product design engineer? (more…)
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Demystifying Medical Devices
September 23rd, 2010
A Solutions Icon-o-Cast
In this new era of health care reform and rapidly advancing medical technology, how do devices—from band aids to robotic surgical equipment—get developed? (more…)
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No Touching – Icon-o-Cast video
July 20th, 2010
A Connections Icon-o-Cast
Our devices know which way we’re moving and how dark it is outside. They look us in the face with cameras while we’re tweeting away. (more…)
Design and the future of health care
May 11th, 2010
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Health expert, entrepreneur and educator Dr. Bern Shen joins LUNAR’s Robert Howard for a discussion about the future of health care and the implications and opportunities for the practice of design. (more…)
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Solving social needs with design
February 25th, 2010
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While most of us follow our interests into careers and try to carve out time to help the world, some of us shape our whole lives around doing good with the skills that we have while empowering others to do the same. (more…)
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LUNAR at MD&M West Feb 9-11
February 9th, 2010
Gesture Cube—No need to touch
February 9th, 2010
As designers at LUNAR Europe, part of our job is to question and re-think existing product concepts. This daily routine becomes imperative when the product uses break-through technology.
Our most recent project involved creating a new product and interaction concept based on 3D gestural control. (more…)
