Hello everyone out there in the cyber world! It’s been awhile since anyone has touched this blog but in my latest endeavors to create a buzz about PCD and innovation I have decided to make not just Mike write again but to involve everyone at PCD in this process. I mean, shouldn’t it be everyone’s […]
This recession has everyone, and I do mean everyone, looking for answers. I have been harping, as have an increasing number of real pundits, about the role of innovation in facilitating recovery. The president has been pushing a sustainable, innovative and green technology culture to help fuel the future and beat back the recession, and […]
Dear Congressman Henserling.
I am writing to you on Memorial Day, 2009 after spending time at the grave side of Army Spc. Heath Pickard of Palestine, a fatherless young man who went to Frankston High School with three of my sons and spent much of his young life living at our home, eating dinner with us, […]
Hello, folks, For the past few months I have been really slammed working at PCDworks (http://pcdworks.com/) and writing my column for Product Design and Development magazine (http://www.pddnet.com/scripts/ShowPR~RID~23460.asp). I have neglected my TechnologyWonk blog seriously. I plan to remedy this in the very near future. If there is an area of interest that you would like me […]
Last time in this forum I was wondering about the relationship between inflammation, O (singlet oxygen), aging and death and promised to “’splain it to you” as best I can. Here goes.
Singlet oxygen has an unpaired electron. It’s like N instead of N2. O instead of O2. These atoms don’t like living alone. The want […]
http://www.eurekalert.org/bysubject/technology.php
Magnetic levitation gives computer users sense of touch
Those wily computer geeks at Carnegie Mellon (who for my money, have it all over the MIT ubergeeks) have moved us all closer to a “perfect” machine interface with the development of a maglev feedback mouse. Dr. Ralph Hollis’s affordable mouse uses 6 coils of wire and […]
Mike Rainone
PCDworks Founder and Vice President
Regarded as an expert in the field of innovation, Mike Rainone has a broad knowledge of emerging technologies and a relentless approach to problem solving. This combination makes him a catalyst for innovation, and perhaps PCDWorks greatest asset.
The former university professor is a doctor of philosophy, holds master’s degrees in […]
Founded in 1997 by Mike and Donna Rainone, PCDworks is a full-service technology development company that specializes in solving difficult problems and creating exciting new products. By identifying emerging technologies and finding creative new ways to apply them, PCDworks helps companies break down barriers and create truly breakthrough innovation.
Tucked away on a 25-acre wooded complex […]
This blog is dedicated to discussing breaking new technologies which have some use in new product development efforts. It is published by PCDworks, a science and technology firm dedicated to finding and applying technologies to create breakthrough products. We work with the military, private investors, and fortune 100 consumer/medical/industrial durable goods companies to create new […]
Welcome to our blog! Here, you will be able to read about applying technology during the new product development process to make breakthrough new products. The content ranges from interesting and useful, components, technologies, and discoveries, to editorials on how to apply technology effectively during the npd process. We hope you find […]
