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Lost in Design: The Case of the Missing Power Button

Several weeks ago, the remote for the monitor I use for my home computer died. Just the remote; not the monitor.  Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be a story worth telling. It …

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product development / Products & Culture

Using Synthetic Data to Drive Machine Learning

What is Machine Learning?  Over the past few years, data scientists have been making remarkable breakthroughs in the field of machine learning, a process that allows humans to quite literally …

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design thinking / product development

My Personal Alarm Fatigue

As a human factors specialist frequently involved with the design of medical equipment, I am very familiar with the concept of alarm fatigue. For those not familiar, it refers to …

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product development / Products & Culture

Putting Housing Within Reach Through Engineering

Globally, there are nearly 1 billion people, or 1 out of every 8 of us, who do not have access to adequate permanent shelter. It’s a problem that feels overwhelming, …

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Daedalus’ Expanded 3D Printing Capabilities

Daedalus recently acquired a new Stratasys J850 Pro 3D printer that dramatically expands our 3D print capabilities. Our new printer is capable of printing up to seven (7) different materials …

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design thinking / product development

Why Technical Writing is Essential

This week, I voted by mail for the first time for the Pennsylvania Primary Election. I’ve always enjoyed voting in person for a variety of reasons, but as a type …

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design thinking / Ergonomics & Cognition / product development

The Road to UX Hell…

Recently, I’ve begun to see articles and blog posts suggesting that UX, as a discipline, should be retired. Code and Theory CEO Dan Gardner, believes that UX has “moved from …

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design thinking / product development

UX Design and Abusability Testing

As a part of this year’s World Interaction Design Day, the Daedalus UX team attended an Abusability Testing Workshop, organized by our local IxDA Chapter. World Interaction Design Day is …

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product development / Products & Culture

Don’t Count Out the Lefties — The Importance of Considering Every User in UX/UI Counts

Recently, I was using an animation app on my iPad when my design suddenly vanished! It didn’t take long for me to identify the culprit — there was an undo …

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Ergonomics & Cognition / product development

Pittsburgh’s World IA Day 2019

Earlier this year members of our design team attended World Information Architecture Day 2019 in Pittsburgh, a day-long event of thought-provoking workshops and presentations given by remarkable speakers. World IA …

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