Member News

IDSA-WI Hosts Link 'n' Drink Milwaukee - Thu, Jun 18, 2015 @ 5:30pm CDT

Join us at 5:30 on Thursday, June 18th for Link 'n' Drink Milwaukee! This year we have partnered with GE Healthcare and Trek to host a group bicycle ride starting at Miller Park then looping around the Harley Museum and back. Afterward there will be drinks, appetizers, and networking at the Miller Park TGI Friday's. 

 

In the Spotlight

From a smart faucet to a more enlightening museum experience, prototypes by IDSA members and other students in Drexel University’s Senior Showcase are envisioning innovative approaches to age-old dilemmas.

IDSA Student Member Connor White teamed up with a mechanical engineering student on the Smart Faucet, which not only would purify and conserve water, but also provide detailed information on water quality, average usage rates and efficient usage suggestions.

Wearables for Good

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is launching a “Wearables for Good Challenge” to find new technology can be used to solve problems in developing countries and drive meaningful change in the lives of women and children.

IDSA Carolina Chapter Hosting Thirsty Thursday

"It's time for another Third Thirsty Thursday for the Carolina Chapter! Join us at Tyler's Taproom in Durham this Thursday at 6:30pm. Bring yourself, your friends, and anyone who wants to know more about IDSA. 

Where: 324 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701 (in American Tobacco Campus)

Date: 5/21/2015

Time: 6:30pm

Contact: Dave Pearson
(919)923-1743
davepearson.design@gmail.com

Taking the Risk out of Innovation

“The arrival of improved sensing, processing and prototyping technologies helped usher in the smartphone era and the new DIY economy…. Three technologies in particular could transform not just how we design but how we make the decisions that tell us what to design. Properly applied, they could spell the end of failed consumer products.” —Chris Murray, IDSA, director of industrial design at Bresslergroup

Explore. Build. Lead.

“Coming together with all of these different designers and getting the experience … has really opened my mind and made me meet people that I wouldn't have come in contact with if I hadn’t come to SHiFT.” —Sydney Fowler, Savannah College of Art and Design student

"The Next Phase"

One of the most established design firms in Silicon Valley that is also an IDSA Ambassador, has unveiled the launch of what it calls its “Next Phase.”

On the Write Track

An IDSA member has come up with a glass fountain pen that can write with anything from wine to soy sauce.

Jessica Chan, IDSA, says WINKpens also can be filled with juice, tea , dark beer—just about any fluid that contains a staining property. The standard model is made of a two-sided, glass writing nib; a coupler; transparent glass housing; a twisting, refill ink system; and a barrel cap. Chan, of Portland, OR, hopes to sell her WINKpens in wineries, travel companies, art supply stores, specialty gift shops and online.

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