How do you close the gap between I wonder and I know? You make a prototype. A prototype is a tool that gives you a chance to investigate your ideas and explore what could, should, or would come ...

We spoke with a maker, a developer, and a designer to learn how to go from idea to prototype in one day.

The best way to create a prototype on a limited budget is to follow The Lean Startup methodology — do less, test, iterate and drop things that the market doesn’t need.

Here’s how prototypes help you make your product better and efficient with each tweak. Athar Majeed explains more ...

My prototype maker's suggestion that I make my invention out of polystyrene, and his additional advice that I might need something called an injection molder, sent me on my next research binge.

Developing your prototype definitely requires a strong knowledge of your product and it may require some elbow grease.

In this amazingly detailed part 2 of our "making-of the giant robot mech" series, Stan Winston School and Legacy Effects research and construct a working prototype exoskeleton.

Q: I live in a 100-year-old wooden house in Norway and am doing most the refurbishing and maintenance myself. I'm making floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcases for one of my living rooms and would ...

The design phase is over, and now it's time to prove that the 14-foot-tall creature can be built. As the team starts to build the prototype, challenges arise due to the creature's size and scale.

The Prototype Pattern involves cloning objects. Learn how to create both deep and shallow clones for instances in your program where creating a new object won't work.