Technology
How tooling improved the quality of our IoT product development on Raspberry Pi
Many developers vastly prefer writing code for Raspberry Pi’s over writing code for microcontrollers. The operating system stack on the Pi facilitates man...
Technology
I ❤️ systemd: Running a splash screen, shutting down screens and an IoT product service with Python on Raspberry Pi
Systemd is fun! No really. Let me talk you through our process of running services for an IoT product on Raspberry Pi.
IoT
In Google Home we trust?
In a post-truth world where to ‘Confirm Humanity’ is to tick a check-box that says, ‘I am not a robot’, the machine interpretation of ‘humanity’, ‘truth’,...
IoT
Hackaball: Hardware Lessons
15 Lessons learned from the first 18 months in hardware manufacturing
IoT
Diabolical fun and chat about IOT
What’s not to love about pumpkins, cobwebs, tricks, molecular gastronomy and chat about the Internet of Things? This week we found out at our inaugural ma...
Health
Can we revolutionise Telehealth?
At Made by Many we passionately believe that design and technology can make a huge difference to people’s lives – especially in the sphere of health and w...
Business Strategy
On Designing For Complexity, Emergence, Collaboration, Adaptivity and Joy
A conversation between Tim Malbon of Made by Many, Oliver Marlow of architectural practice Studio Tilt, and Jon Marshall of industrial designers Map Proje...
IoT
A Visitor From Shenzhen
Last week here in the Made by Many offices, we received a special guest all the way from the Shenzhen region of China: Mr Victor Chen.Victor and his compa...
IoT
Hackaball named by TIME as one of the best inventions of 2015
What a thrilling end to the week – Hackaball has been recognised by TIME as one of the best inventions of 2015 alongside Google Cardboard and the Tesla Mo...
IoT
How (and why) we designed Hackaball to be Gender Neutral
This blog post has been adapted from presentations at GGMUK and Hyper Heat earlier this month. Following some recent Lovie Award wins in the Connected Pro...
IoT
7 things we learnt taking Hackaball to Kickstarter
Following some amazing coverage in The Economist and Creative Review this month, we're also very excited to be featured in the next issue of Offscreen Mag...
IoT
It happened! Hackaball is funded!
Hackaball is a computer you can throw. It's designed for six to ten year old kids and introduces them to basic ideas of coding, while keeping them active....
IoT
Unbillable Hours: Behind the scenes with Hackaball
Unbillable Hours is our weekly round-up of what we’re doing when we’re not working on client projects, plus our most-talked-about Slack links.
IoT
Hackaball is now on Kickstarter!
We finally pressed that big green button on Kickstarter and launched Hackaball!
Hackaball is like a computer you can throw. It's designed for six to ten ...
IoT
Want to see the new Hackaball?
Now on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hackaball/hackaball-a-programmable-ball-for-active-and-creatLast year we made a working prototype...
IoT
Hackaball
Hackaball on KickstarterThe circuit boards are soldered, the connectors are aligned, the casings are complete… We’ve been going flat out to finish seven p...
IoT
Designing Connected Products
Last week I gave a talk about designing connected products, lean hardware, and the future of a discipline that bridges the physical/digital divide. This i...
Technology
If infinity is possible, anything is possible
A short overview of a trip to Malmo, Sweden where the Many attended this fantastic conference that blew their minds.
Business Strategy
Innovation labs: best practice
The second volume of our report on innovation labs presents a broader collection of contemporary best-practice knowledge, gathered from our discussions wi...
Business Strategy
Asking the big questions about innovation labs
Innovation Labs are a hot topic in business at the moment — but what’s the best way to launch and run one? What are the biggest challenges to success, the...