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\"LearnA pair of fledgling California companies have each combined modularity with ingenuity to create new consumer electronics platforms targeting makers, do-it-yourselfers and consumers of all types. Both Nascent Objects Inc. of San Carlos in Silicon Valley, and Microduino Inc. of Westlake Village, near Los Angeles, won top honors in the International Design Excellence Awards<\/a> (IDEA) \u00a0presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America this past August. <\/p>\n

Nascent Objects won Gold in the Home & Bath category, while Microduino took home Gold in the Children\u2019s Products category of the 2016 IDEAs, which attracted more than 1,700 entries worldwide. <\/p>\n

Founded in 2012 by four friends, Microduino<\/a> launched its mCookie product on the Kickstarter crowd-funding site in the summer of 2015, attracting more than 850 backers and raising nearly $170,000. It shipped its first product last November. <\/p>\n

Combining mCookie modules is a snap <\/b><\/h3>\n

mCookie takes the popular, open-source Arduino board<\/a> and transforms it into small, stackable modules that are color-coded and snap together magnetically using spring-loaded Pogo pins<\/a> to ensure a good connection, according to company cofounder Bin Feng. Each module is purpose-built to perform one core function, stacked on top of a main processor.<\/p>\n

There are modules for Bluetooth, wi-fi, USB, GPS, storage, sound, sensor readings and more, including everything necessary to build popular products such as drones, robots, GPS trackers, 3D printers<\/a>, open-source watches and smart gardening gadgets. <\/p>\n

Additionally, Feng explained, its modules are Lego\u00ae-<\/a>compatible and only fit together when the right connection is made, making them more accessible to people of all ages and eliminating the need for soldering. For projects that need reinforcement, spring pins provide rugged surface-to-surface connections between circuit boards for a longer usable lifetime, and M2 screws can securely fasten more robust designs.<\/p>\n

The plastic blocks are injection molded out of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene<\/a> (ABS) resin, Feng said in a recent email interview from Brazil, where he was traveling. The company sells Basic, Advanced and Expert kits to consumers. <\/p>\n

\u201cFirst and foremost,\u201d Microduino says, \u201cmCookie lowers the barrier to entry for potential DIY hobbyists everywhere. Yet, the implications go far beyond that. We want mCookies to be in every company as an easy-to-use prototyping<\/a> solution, every classroom as a way to bring ideas to life, and every family to bring the joys of DIY creation to everyone.\u201d <\/p>\n

Microduino has grown into a 40-person company across the U.S. and China, aiming to bring easy-to-use electronics hardware to makers, designers, engineers, students and curious tinkerers of all ages and levels. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are gradually entering the era of smart hardware and Internet of Things,\u201d Microduino has noted. \u201cMaking smart hardware easy to program as well as stimulating to use is a tremendous challenge.\u201d Feng thinks his company is succeeding at this, and the 25-person IDEA jury this year obviously agreed.<\/p>\n

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Nascent Objects<\/a>, meanwhile, describes itself as \u201cthe world\u2019s first modular consumer electronics creation platform and marketplace.\u201d The firm says it was founded in 2014 on the simple principle that product development shouldn\u2019t be hard. By pairing cutting-edge 3D printing and modular electronics with user-friendly software, Nascent is striving to create a world where anyone, anywhere can quickly make their ideas a reality. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ve developed a process to print highly conductive traces directly into your 3D object,\u201d the company explains on its website.\u00a0\u201cIn one central platform, you build your physical products, connect the product to the cloud and create apps to access\/control the product.\u201d<\/p>\n

The goal is to give consumers the choice to have the features they want\u2014when they want. By combining CAD tools, 3D printed circuitry and a library of electronic component modules, the platform helps creators take their consumer electronics ideas from concept to finish with market-ready products in a matter of days. With Nascent modules and shapes, the firm says its products can be upgraded and customized so consumers get more use and innovation out of consumer electronics products\u2014for a fraction of the cost. <\/p>\n

Its dozen or so modules include such items as a camera, microphone, speaker, LED array, altimeter and barometer sensor, infrared and visible light sensor, small battery, ambient sensor and the like. Its Nascent Shapes \u201cturn modules into products.\u201d Many of its various pilot products incorporate injection molded plastic housings, using such resins as PC\/ABS.<\/p>\n

Nascent Objects — which says it raised more than its goal of $60,000 via a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo — declares it has \u201can audacious vision for a world with less waste, cooler stuff, and lower costs for better devices.\u201d It suggests that consumers with its products aren\u2019t stuck with single-use products that go obsolete almost overnight. Rather, Nascent\u2019s modularity allows users to extend the life of their gadgets, reuse pieces to reduce waste and get more for less money.<\/p>\n

Since its initial crowdfunding campaign, Nascent Objects was\u00a0acquired by Facebook in\u00a0September 2016. According to Tech Crunch<\/a>,\u00a0Nascent will have a role in\u00a0Facebook\u2019s Building 8 lab, which works\u00a0on rapid prototyping projects that can\u00a0help move products quickly from concept to deliverable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Offering lightning-fast speed to market <\/b><\/h3>\n

For creators, Nascent says its process enables them to go from a concept to shippable product in less than a month, compared with the industry average of 12 months. In one turnkey system, they drag and drop modules onto the shape of their product, and the Nascent tool automatically creates all the mechanical, electrical and software components necessary to generate a fully functioning, cloud-connected product. The physical product is then created by the Nascent process, which combines highly conductive traces with 3D printed shapes to connect the modules together. Plug the modules in and you have a fully working product.<\/p>\n

Ammunition Group<\/a> — the San Francisco and New York design consultancy — worked alongside Nascent Objects to test and refine the system, design the library of reusable component modules, and create finished pilot products using the platform. Ammunition also created a brand identity and packaging system for the company. <\/p>\n

Droppler, the first pilot project built using the Nascent Objects platform, is a countertop water-use monitor that helps people understand and adjust their daily water-use habits. Rather than being integrated into the plumbing, Droppler has a powerful sensor and processor that uses the sound of flowing water to detect consumption. By connecting with the Droppler app, users can further analyze their water use, set goals, and track progress (hence IDEA\u2019s Home & Bath award). <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when water conservation becomes second nature,\u201d Ammunition notes, \u201cconsumers can reuse the speaker, light and processor component modules in other products created using Nascent Objects.\u201d IDSA also honored Nascent Objects with its Considered Design Award. <\/p>\n

Nascent isn\u2019t shy when outlining its vision. The company states it is \u201cambitiously rethinking the way manufacturing works and how products get sold,\u201d and suggests it is \u201crealizing a future where consumers have choice and control of their devices, and where products are reused rather than wasted.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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He has broad global experience and for more than 35 years has worked as a journalist, editor-in-chief, publishing executive and key connector of like-minded parties. He has launched successful publications and C-level events on three continents. While with Crain Communications Inc., he oversaw the relaunch of the 100-year-old European Rubber Journal in London and helped to start Urethanes Technology magazine there. \u00a0In 1988 Bob returned to Akron, Ohio, to serve as founding editor of Plastics News, an award-winning, weekly business newspaper. In 2005 he oversaw the editorial launch of the bilingual (Chinese and English) PN China e-newsletter and website. For more than a decade at PN he also held the titles of associate publisher, editorial director and conference director, and most recently served as business development director. A long-time affiliate member of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Bob has organized numerous design-focused events, earned a Personal Recognition Award from IDSA in 2013, and constantly strives to help bridge the gap between the design and manufacturing communities. In 2014 he left Crain and created RC Grace LLC in Akron, Ohio, as a consultancy that aims to help companies to enhance their branding and market presence, find business partners, connect with design resources (here or in Asia), secure funding and advance their growth initiatives. Email Bob or visit his website at www.rcgrace.com to learn more about how he can help you.","sameAs":["http:\/\/ulprospector.com"],"url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/author\/robert-grace\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":1244,"user_id":23,"is_guest":0,"slug":"robert-grace","display_name":"Bob Grace","avatar_url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2017\/10\/Robert-Grace_avatar_1508791447-96x96.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5174"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}