Q&A with Peter Kaempf: The Startup within 160-Year-Old STABILO & the Making of Digipen

I recently reconnected with Peter Kaempf, a member of the innovative creator community on the HWTrek platform, who I had met at SXSW in Austin last year and who my co-workers ran into at the Intel Partner Summit at Embedded World in Nuremberg. Peter is Head of Special Product Development at STABILO International GmbH. Fortunately for [...]

By |2023-12-15T14:28:59+00:00May 11th, 2017|Feature Story, IoT Case Studies, Medical, Medical/IoMT|Comments Off on Q&A with Peter Kaempf: The Startup within 160-Year-Old STABILO & the Making of Digipen

2016 HWTrek Blog Top 25

During 2016, the HWTrek blog reached new heights in views—a total of about 60,000, which was 85% more than the previous year. We appreciate you reading what’s on our mind. Let us know what’s on your mind this year. Also, let us know what you’d like us to write about—stories of interesting hardware projects and creators, [...]

By |2017-01-08T23:11:02+00:00January 8th, 2017|Feature Story|Comments Off on 2016 HWTrek Blog Top 25

Creator Profile: Federico Rodriguez, Founder of FRETX—now on Indiegogo

We reached out to a participant in our second Asia Innovation Tour, Federico Rodriguez  (Founder of FRETX) who joined the HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour, August 2015, to learn more about his project and his insights. FRETX launched its Indiegogo campaign on November 2, 2016. Over the course of the past two and a half years, HWTrek hosted 100 [...]

By |2016-11-02T23:11:11+00:00November 2nd, 2016|A/V IoT devices, Creators, Feature Story, IoT Case Studies|Comments Off on Creator Profile: Federico Rodriguez, Founder of FRETX—now on Indiegogo

Interview with IDT—Oregon Scientific and the Oregon Air Smart Air Monitor

We interviewed a member of the HWTrek expert community, IDT, about their Oregon Air Smart Air Monitor, a product developed under their Oregon Scientific brand. IDT is an ODM/OEM provider of lifestyle products in three major product groups. They are experienced in areas of sensors, digital imaging, digital voice and music technology, smart home, and [...]

By |2016-10-18T22:01:34+00:00October 18th, 2016|Feature Story, Health and well-being, Health/Sport devices, IoT Case Studies|Comments Off on Interview with IDT—Oregon Scientific and the Oregon Air Smart Air Monitor

Interview with Narimasa Makino, CEO and Co-Founder of Makers Boot Camp

In advance of our next Asia Innovation Tour, we reached out to Narimasa Makino, CEO and Co-Founder of Makers Boot Camp based in Kyoto, Japan and a member of the expert community on the HWTrek platform. Makers Boot Camp is co-host of the Kyoto segment of the tour with HWTrek. Makino-san generously spared some time [...]

By |2016-10-11T23:59:19+00:00October 11th, 2016|Crowdfunding, Experts, Feature Story|Comments Off on Interview with Narimasa Makino, CEO and Co-Founder of Makers Boot Camp

Makuake crowdfunding platform eases Japan market entry for global hardware companies

Our friends at Business Next published an article about Ryotaro Nakayama's (CEO of Makuake) appearance at an event while he recently visited Taiwan. Tokyo-based Makuake, a subsidiary of CyberAgent, is one of the top crowdfunding platforms in Japan. Unlike other sites, Makuake specializes in physical products from IoT devices to consumer electronics, fashion to food created [...]

By |2016-10-06T17:17:53+00:00October 6th, 2016|Crowdfunding, Feature Story|Comments Off on Makuake crowdfunding platform eases Japan market entry for global hardware companies

Genius of Murata’s strategy: Norio Nakajima on wireless, sensors, batteries, IoT

Noria Nakajima - Photo courtesy of EE Times - Source   “IoT isn’t a market. It’s a phenomenon.” - Norio Nakajima, EE Times, August 8, 2016 Junko Yoshida, Chief International Correspondent for EE Times, published an excellent interview of Norio Nakajima, executive vice president of Kyoto-based Murata Manufacturing Co. responsible for the communication and [...]

By |2016-10-04T22:01:43+00:00October 4th, 2016|Experts, Feature Story, Solutions|Comments Off on Genius of Murata’s strategy: Norio Nakajima on wireless, sensors, batteries, IoT

Interview with Serge Didenko and Alireza Tahmasebzedah, Co-Founders of BLOCKS Wearables

We reached out to a participant in our first tour HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour (Spring 2014), Serge Didenko, and his fellow co-founder, Alireza  Tahmasebzedah, of BLOCKS Wearables, to learn more about their project and insights. Over the course of the past two years, HWTrek hosted 80 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen [...]

By |2016-09-26T22:01:56+00:00September 26th, 2016|Creators, Feature Story, Health/Sport devices, IoT Case Studies|Comments Off on Interview with Serge Didenko and Alireza Tahmasebzedah, Co-Founders of BLOCKS Wearables

Interview with Anton Zriaschev, CEO & Founder of Glance Clock—Now on Indiegogo

Over the course of the past two years, HWTrek hosted 80 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2016 (April), Asia Innovation Tour 2015 (August), and also on the first tour in April 2014. We’re organizing the next tour in November 2016 to Shenzhen, Osaka, and Kyoto. You can register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to [...]

By |2016-09-19T22:01:11+00:00September 19th, 2016|Creators, Feature Story, IoT Case Studies, Smart Home|Comments Off on Interview with Anton Zriaschev, CEO & Founder of Glance Clock—Now on Indiegogo

Interview with Johann Kok, Founder of SeeBox

Over the course of the past two years, HWTrek hosted 80 hardware creators and accelerators to visit Taiwan, Beijing, and Shenzhen on Asia Innovation Tour 2016 (April), Asia Innovation Tour 2015 (August), and also on the first tour in April 2014. We’re organizing the next tour in November 2016 to Shenzhen, Osaka, and Kyoto. You can register on the HWTrek platform and create a project to [...]

By |2016-09-06T22:01:22+00:00September 6th, 2016|Creators, Feature Story, IoT Case Studies, Lifestyle Technology|Comments Off on Interview with Johann Kok, Founder of SeeBox
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