Daedalus Product Development

Daedalus provides a full slate of research, design, human factors, engineering, and manufacturing transition services to medical, scientific, consumer and industrial product companies. The Daedalus team has helped bring hundreds of successful products to market for companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 50.

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Featured: Experience

Stirring Hotplate

ThermoFisher's low profile Isotemp stirring hotplate line utilized all of Daedalus' development skills. The electrical design controls the stirring speed over a range of 100 to 2000 rpms with a microprocessor using optical feedback. A balanced permanent magnet attached to the motor's rotor uses its magnetic field to agitate a Teflon coated stirring magnet in a beaker solution. Thermal management issues, encountered with the low profile design, were handled with ceramic, die casting, metal extrusion, sheet metal, and glass fabrication techniques. Exterior parts in contact with the user are made of injection molded plastic. Various hotplate models used either traditional analog information displays or newer digital displays. The aesthetically pleasing low profile housing angles the simple controls and display toward the user. Applying the distinctive color palate and graphic waveform developed by Daedalus for other product lines to the housing reinforces ThermoFisher's brand image.

News: February, 2010

Electric Trio

Craig Campbell and John Thackray have joined Al Bowers on the Daedalus electrical engineering team. Each of them brings something different, with Craig’s experience in FDA medical and telecommunications and John’s experience in miniaturization, portability and intrinsic safety augmenting Al’s experience in mechatronics, automation, and robotics. What they share is years of DFMA-driven, production and service-ready design experience. more ...

News: February, 2010

Daedalus Wins a 2009 GOOD DESIGN Award

Now in its 59th year, the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design’s GOOD DESIGN program annually recognizes excellence in design and innovation from around the world. more ...

News: February, 2010

ICEHOTEL - Designing Art

Daedalus designer Joshua Space both draws on and enhances his skill in product development through his art. In December of 2008, when many would head for warmer climes, Josh spent his vacation far above the Arctic Circle in Jukkasjärvi, creating a room for Sweden's famous ICEHOTEL. more ...