Focus Area: Manufacturing
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Exploring the Bay Area’s manufacturing ecosystem
A new course offered students a chance to look behind the scenes of factories, foundries, and other manufacturing spaces in their own backyard.
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Stair-climbing robots: One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
In the final post in a series of reflections by Global Product Development students, the Tenzing team discusses their research, prototyping process, and what they’ve learned along the way.
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Cuddle Cub: Making the bedtime process a little bit easier
A student team shares how they’re developing a product aimed at easing children’s bedtime and sleep routines.
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Getting Back2Bed: The story of how we are helping everyone sit up
A team from the Jacobs Institute’s Global Product Development course reflects on their project’s progress, including lessons learned during a field trip to Hong Kong and China.
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Cycle Paths: Taking the bike lane wherever your adventures may lead you
In this project update from the Jacobs Institute’s Global Product Development course, team Cycle Paths shares their work to develop a product that increases cyclists’ visibility.
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Million Hands: A prosthetic finger for everyone
Over the course of the spring semester, Global Product Development students will share updates and reflections on their projects and insights. In the second post of this series, the Million Hands team shares how they’re refining their process in response to insights from the class.
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TapSwitch: Transitioning to Global Product Development
Over the course of the spring semester, Global Product Development students will share updates and reflections on their projects and insights. In the first post of this series, the team behind TapSwitch discusses how the start of the course has helped reframe their thinking about their prototype.