A product prototype is the initial or simulated version of an item, created to test and validate ideas with stakeholders such as customers and users, which can be planned in a flowchart maker. In ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Working on a new product is always an exciting and risky process, even when you have all the data suggesting that the product is a win.

Gavin Fabian is Chief Product Officer for HST Pathways, a leading provider of cloud-based end-to-end solutions for outpatient surgery. A common urban legend in the world of product development is that ...

Ryan Gray is Co-Founder and CEO of SGW Designworks, a product engineering and design firm featured in The Lean Startup. It’s very common for a prospective client to come to our product development ...

Sony Electronics is announcing that it will create its first Future Lab Program in San Francisco, where it will share product concept prototypes with users so that it can get feedback and co-create ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Amazon Fire Phone, Google Glass, New Coke and Nintendo’s Virtual Boy: What do all these products have in common? They didn’t sell.

So you have a hot new hardware device that you’d like to develop and sell? Well, your first step is to create a working prototype. But where should you begin? There is no doubt that developing ...

Prototyping can prove -- or disprove -- the value of your design ideas. This Engineering Essentials article covers the basic concepts behind early software development, virtual platforms for hardware ...

The Dimension (above) from Stratasys creates prototypes in ABS. The Dimension is used primarily in the design stage, while the FDM Maxum?also by Stratasys?is used to create higher-resolution ...

PlayStation VR2 is a slick piece of hardware, especially when compared to its predecessor. It’s got multiple cameras, one wire, and more ergonomic controllers that were made for the headset (and weren ...