Solid State Startups - Mike Kuniavsky (Lean Hardware Startups)
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Lean Hardware Startups: the elements of a ubiquitous computing innovation ecosystem.
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Abstract: The pieces that fell together to create the ecosystem of tools and business models that lead to the creation of Eric Ries' Lean Startup model for online products are now falling into place in the hardware sector. We're about to see an explosion of hardware startups based on the same ideas. Technological, social and financial changes are coming together to allow entrepreneurs to rapidly iterate new digital devices focused on customer needs. These core elements create a new way to conceptualize the development of digital hardware products. This talk will examine the components that are creating this change and suggest some directions we can expect things to go, and how we can take advantage of it.
Bio: Mike Kuniavsky is a designer focused on ubiquitous computing user experience design. He co-founded Adaptive Path, an influential design firm, and ThingM, a micro-OEM. His books on user experience design research ("Observing the User Experience") and the design of novel computing devices ("Smart Things") are widely used as university textbooks. He founded and hosts the annual Sketching in Hardware summit on the design of digital hardware toolkits for agile hardware development, interaction design, and art.
About Solid State Startups:
Solid State Startups make physical things. Things that hurt if you drop them on your foot. SSS is a place to share experience and wisdom that only comes from building stuff in the real world.