In this video, YouTuber, engineer, and educator, Jeremy Fielding talks about prototyping and how essential it can be in the design process.

In the video, Jeremy also reveals a new venture he’s working on with some fellow engineers. They’re starting a research and development business where they can take some of their more successful projects to market and act as an out-of-house R&D department for other small companies that might not be able to have their own in-house team. This is something that I’m surprised more talented makers don’t do. Back in the 1990s, when I ran a hardware review website, called Street Tech, we dabbled in hiring our brain pool out to do product testing and consulting. We worked with companies from iRobot to Brenthaven (computer bag makers) to Wizards of the Coast (makers of D&D). I’ve always regretted that we didn’t take this further. Glad to see that Jeremy and company are rolling with something similar.