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DC to DC converter design – Don’t blow your fuse (and other lessons)
Finlay Knops-Mckim shares some of the most common “gotchas” that electronics engineers contend with early in their careers.
Tag: People-Centred Design
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A novel wearable that saves lives
In an intense disaster or battlefield scenario, correctly identifying which victim to treat first can be a matter of life or death, so we created a specialised wearable monitor. The device won the prestigious ‘Best of the Best’ Red Dot award.
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Women in innovation: Science and Engineering
In this second instalment of our ‘Women in Innovation’ series, three of our STEM professionals discuss women, leadership, and their role in science and engineering.
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Using smart packaging to support consumer trials
Seeking proof that consumers would follow novel usage instructions over time, Avon turned to diialog™ - our unique miniature sensing technology - to capture quantitative data during user tests.
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High-performance heart monitor for equine sport
We helped develop a new heart monitor to allow vets and trainers to accurately assess sport horses and spot anomalies that might indicate problems. It is now used all over the world to improve welfare in both training and in international competitions.
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Multi-application sensor platform to analyze patient behaviour
Drug delivery devices can be notoriously tricky to use, so our technology enables improved studies that can distinguish use error from drug performance. This allows developers to focus investment correctly, reduce costs and accelerate a new treatment’s journey to market.
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Smart growth for soft ice cream market
Unilever identified an opportunity to trial a new business model and an innovative food service dispensing system for their leading ice cream brand. We provided end-to-end support to design, develop, and build 50 connected devices which were scaled up and pilot launched in outlets across Europe.
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Expressive beauty range steeped in Swiss provenance
Precision packaging, local ingredients, and the expressive Montreux Jazz Festival were the creative inspiration behind this new skincare collection design for VillaPhyta.
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Making it last: Why testing is vital to product sustainability
How long do we expect a product to last? Many sophisticated technology products, such as phones and tablets, are routinely replaced after a few years as specifications evolve rapidly. But what about a chair or a toaster? There are a huge range of products that we only replace when they…
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Women in innovation: Design & Research
Women play a crucial role in innovation and business success at CDP. We’re proud of the critical contribution made by our women colleagues, who lead in diverse areas of innovation including design, research, science, technology, engineering and human factors. In this first interview of Women in Innovation series, we talked…
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Six strategies that accelerated innovation in 2020
Mike Cane reveals the strategies that delivered continued growth this year, ensuring that innovation never stops.
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Crankl: from the bike shed to the operating theater, how CDP created a novel surgical tool.
It is important to start each innovation journey with the broadest possible mindset because this opens the door to all sorts of different solutions that might exist outside one team’s experiences. A great example of this philosophy in action was the design of a surgical torque wrench that we developed…