Mechanical Design


  • Composite Lattice Patent Published

    Composite Lattice Patent Published

    Our composites company Brigand Arms created a new process for manufacturing structural composite lattice material using cost-effective equipment. This patent application teaches: “Methods and systems of making a composite open lattice are provided. The method comprises the following: (i) providing a mandrel having a plurality of studs extending outwardly from an outer surface of the…


  • DB Technologies Acquires Brigand Arms

    DB Technologies Acquires Brigand Arms

    Brigand Arms has been acquired by DB Technologies LLC for an undisclosed amount. Jeremy Wootten, CEO of DB Technologies, sees the Brigand Arms technology acquisition as a way to accelerate the growth of their advanced textiles business: “We see an opportunity to build on the intellectual property developed at Brigand Arms, leveraging our experience with…


  • APEX Pro Gen II – a Racing Coach in Your Pocket

    APEX Pro Gen II – a Racing Coach in Your Pocket

    APEX Pro is a tool for competitive drivers. From Track Days and Road Racing to Auto-cross and Hill-Climb, APEX Pro is a tool that helps improve lap times while on track and simplifies post-session data review with the most intuitive software interface available. We designed this second generation hardware device to provide a thinner outline…


  • BluLateral Wireless EMDR

    BluLateral Wireless EMDR

    The BluLateral wireless tapper stones allows therapists to perform EMDR sessions remotely using the bi-lateral stimulation approach. What is EMDR? A physical stimulation of touch or vision, alternating left and right, which helps promote memory recall and release and which has shown strong results for many people. Traditional EMDR uses tappers that are physically wired…


  • Tocaro Blue Yacht Security and Monitoring

    Tocaro Blue Yacht Security and Monitoring

    The Tocaro Blue Master Chief system is a suite of sensors used to monitor important metrics for boat owners, boat manufacturers, and marinas. The system is designed to empower vessel owners with real time information including GPS position, Battery Voltage, Bilge Level, Climate monitoring, Entry sensors, and NMEA 2000. With this information at their fingertips…


  • Godspeed Team Athletic Performance Timing Gates

    Godspeed Team Athletic Performance Timing Gates

    Godspeed has a breakthrough business method for team athletic training: prescribing athletes the best exercises to help them develop strength and skills in their sport. Not satisfied with existing solutions, they have developed a timing gate hardware for athletic performance tests. This hardware is built on the philosophy that simple and reliable hardware can improve…


  • Pixel-to-Pose Estimator for Robot Control

    Pixel-to-Pose Estimator for Robot Control

    Robotic manipulation in unstructured environments relies heavily on visual information for context. Images from color (RGB) cameras provide rich environmental data at low cost. Recently, deep learning has proven to be a powerful tool for extracting features from images and using these features to estimate the class and location of objects in the image. However,…


  • Gentle Machine Company

    Gentle Machine Company

    Gentle Machine Company was founded as a vehicle to pursue dexterous household robotics using the Deft Dexapod platform. When “robots” become ubiquitous household appliances, no one is going to call them robots anymore, and thanks to Hollywood “robot” implies a hazardous machine to many people – we’re getting ahead of that problem by accurately calling…


  • Moxie World Indoor Asset Tracking

    Moxie World Indoor Asset Tracking

    MoxieWORLD is a comprehensive solution for tracking the movement and activity of assets – from overhead cranes, to human assets, MoxieWORLD collects, stores, analyzes and displays this data in both real-time and over trailing periods, with an overhead mapped view of your floor layout. The app shows color traces by speed, hours of usage, direction…


  • LED Aircraft Navigation Lights

    LED Aircraft Navigation Lights

    How many discrete PCB components does it take to turn on a light bulb? If that bulb is an LED on a modern aircraft, it turns out the answer is dozens! Meeting the stringent DO-160G standards requires operating under a wide range of inputs, protection against reverse polarity and pulses, and careful EMI consideration. Deft…

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