The free book: https://cdn.oreillystatic.com/pdf/Proto ... roduct.pdfAlan Cohen is a software and systems engineer/manager, and a lifelong technophile who's been engaged in developing medical devices and other high-reliability products. So right now he's working with the new Massachusetts-based "Mass General Brigham Center for COVID Innovation" to refine an emergency ventilator prototype — and then mass-produce thousands of them.
"Most of what's needed is the expertise to turn prototypes into products," Alan says — and fortunately, he'd already written a book about that for O'Reilly Media. "He's asked that it be freely shared with others to help solve problems in this time of crisis," reads a new announcement at OReilly.com.
Alan is also occamboy (Slashdot reader #583,175), and shares his thoughts with Slashdot readers. He starts by saying that he's "psyched" that O'Reilly's now agreed to offer free downloads of Prototype to Product, "to help teams developing products in response to COVID-19."Alan also offers this special hint for Slashdot's quick-learning readers.It's a high-level cross-functional engineering look at how... well, how prototypes are developed into manufacturable products. Covers electronics, software, mechanicals, manufacturing, project management, regulatory, and so forth. Currently at 4.8 stars on Amazon, and only two of the reviews were by friends of mine.
"Figure 1-1 is all you really need to know, the rest is details."
Found on Slashdot: https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/04/1 ... innovators