By Chaise Conn

Beginning to work on an existing codebase can be daunting, but it can be even more time-consuming if the team hasn’t taken time to automate the creation of their development environment. When you start working on an existing project, you’ll likely follow similar steps to the ones below to run the code on your machine: … Continued

By Marcelino Alvarez

The Problem: Not enough ventilators at a time of global crisis As part of our COVID-19 response, we decided to look at ways that our engineering team might be able to contribute to the shortage of ventilators. We discovered a design from a 1968 US Army field manual for a mechanical ventilator and asked ourselves … Continued

By Aravind Ravi

Working in an Agile environment as a designer is a delicate balancing act. You are constantly required to think ahead, backtrack, justify your design decisions, think of alternatives mid-sprint, and make compromises on your designs in the best interest of the product you are trying to ship. But amidst all the chaos, it’s the designer’s … Continued

By Jeff Dance

Fresh’s COVID-19 response includes open-source emergency ventilator design, free access to innovation platform Invent Value, and coordination of local PPE suppliers via the Oregon Protective Manufacturing Collective. We’re in unprecedented times, and dealing with broad changes to business as usual. But while we navigate distance and disruption, Fresh is using its strengths in design, engineering, … Continued

By Marco Micheletti

To enable success in achieving your design for automated manufacturing (DFAM) objectives and goals, we recommend creating thoughtful business and product requirements to inform your automation design processes. If you create a product that is suited for automation, you set yourself up for success down the line during the design of the automation equipment, product … Continued