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	Light Blue Optics: Light Touch January 5th, 2010: Light Blue Optics (LBO) launched its first product – Light Touch™ – an interactive projector that turns any flat surface into a 10″ touch screen. Light Touch™ not only frees multimedia content from the confines of the small screen, more... but also lets users interact with that content in the same way as they expect to on their other hand-held devices – using touch technology. The device is a fully self contained personal multi-media player, incorporating the projector, playback (decode) electronics, battery, and WiFi. Light Touch™ was named a CES Innovations Honoree in two categories: Media Players and Personal Electronics. Sparkfactor Design was selected by LBO in the UK from an international list of competitors. We developed several industrial design concepts and ultimately specified the overall appearance, color, material, and finishes. Taking LBO's holographic laser projection technology (HLP™) engine, Sparkfactor worked closely with LBO's Colorado office to design, engineer, and prototype a tightly packaged damped and spring-loaded lifting mechanism in under 45 days. Custom plastic parts were soft tooled off-shore in less than 30 days and custom PCBAs were designed in the UK in order to make their product launch at CES 2010 in January. Click here for more.

	EnergyHub: Dashboard November 12th, 2009: EnergyHub's Dashboard has been chosen by Time Magazine as a Best Invention for 2009. The touchscreen Dashboard, which combines temperature control and comprehensive home energy management in one easy-to-use device, was praised byTime for its ability to “rein in the real power hogs" in a user's home. more... Sparkfactor worked with EnergyHub's core team to design, engineer, source, and manufacture their Dashboard product. We also designed a simple snap on/off stand so that the device could be used on a table top or hung on a wall. Click here for more.

	Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal: Business Profile October 2nd, 2009: The Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal interviewed CEO Abraham Farag for a business profile on Sparkfactor Design. more... While he specifically said put Laura Gingher & Mike Lohse into the article they only said - COO & Engineering Director. Oh well, they know who they are & you can read more about them on our people pages. The Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal also asked us to help jury their selection of the hottest new technology products from companies in the San Francisco bay area for their upcoming article on bay area high tech product design.

	Amber Alert My Child ID Sept 10th, 2009: AmberAlert.com introduces the My Child ID™, a comprehensive digital child identification device that securely organizes and stores information, allowing parents and guardians to update and manage profiles for their entire family. Sparkfactor Design managed the Product Design, Engineering, & Manufacturing of the product for Amber Alert. more... My Child ID™ is a proactive tool for parents, law enforcement and emergency responders to safeguard children by helping to reduce the time it takes to gather accurate information when time is critical. The device is compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux and encapsulated in a kid-friendly elephant shape. Click here for more.

	Inc 5000 top growing private companies Aug 13th, 2009: Today Inc. Magazine unveiled it rankings of the nations top 5000 fastest growing private companies on Inc.com. Inc. Magazine ranked Sparkfactor Design NO. 1572 on this annual list. We are proud to have been included on this list in all 3 years Inc. Magazine has created it.

	Peregrine glove June 2nd, 2009: Iron Will Iron Will Technologies launches the Perigrine at E3. Bringing your game to the next level. Designed specifically for ultra gamers it allows you to get off the keyboard. Check here for more info about how we helped them with the product design & check out the product and company at theperegrine.com.

	Solidworks Flow Simulation April, 2009 Sparkfactor has expanded it suite of product design analysis tools to include Solidworks Flow Simulation. more... SolidWorks Flow Simulation is the premier computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis package that allows design engineers to simulate liquid and gas flow in real world conditions, run “what if” scenarios, and quickly analyze the effects of fluid flow, heat transfer, and related forces on immersed or surrounding components. See product details at: Flow Simulation This further elevates our ability to help clients design new products with thermal & fluid flow concerns. So if you have a product that gets hot or blows air around we can help even more now.

	Sparkfactor Design sponsors a Small Business workshop at Stanford University March 20th, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m at Stanford University. Sparkfactor Design hosts Silver Lining Ltd. presentation "Committed to Growing Small Business Tour". more... Create a growth plan for success, connect with other like-minded entrepreneurs, and commit to your big goals. Event Location: Stanford Institute of Design Building 524 451 Panama Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-3086 Click here for more info

	Mission Motors shows electric bike at TED Feb 4th, 2009: Mission Motors Forrest North asked Sparkfactor Design to partner with him on a new ground up electric motorcycle. Mission Motors (formerly Hum Cycles) unveiled it at the '09 TED talk in Long Beach on Feb 4th. With a range of 150 miles & top speed of 150 MPH it is one sweet ride. Check here for more.

	Silicon Valley Business Journal fastest growing private companies July 22nd, 2008: Silicon Valley Business Journal announced its list of top 50 fastest growing private companies for the San Jose area & we were #21

	Inc 500 top growing private companies Sept 10th, 2008: Inc 500 magazine announced its list of top growing private companies in the US. We were on the list at #1164 nationally & #11 for all Engineering Firms.

	Apple releases new aluminium iMac April 28th, 2008: Apple unveils its latest update to the iMac lineup, with top of the line Intel processors and the fastest video cards ever seen in the all-in-one iMac. Click here for more.

	Silicon Valley Business Journal largest woman owned companies October 18th, 2007: Silicon Valley Business Journal announced it list of largest 50 woman owned companies for the San Jose area & we were #21.

	Inc 500 top growing private companies Sept 10th, 2007: Inc 500 magazine announced its list of top growing private companies in the US. We were on the list at #2155 nationally & #94 for all Consulting Firms

	Meraki Outdoor wireles internet access point June 4th, 2007: Meraki Networks announced the new Meraki Outdoor repeater and the Meraki Solar accessory, that together can cover entire neighborhoods with Wi-Fi access. more... The Meraki team came to us for help designing a reliable weatherproof access point that would integrate with their mesh network technology. We provided the product design, Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design for the product as well as developing weatherproofing strategies, performing mechanical analysis, and optimizing the design for manufacture. Click here for more.

	Dash Navigation Best of CES January 2007: Our client Dash Navigation was awarded “Best of CES” from CNET and LAPTOP for the Dash Express product. Sparkfactor Design created the form (ID) and the guts (ME) for this product.

	2006 PTC World Event 2006 PTC world users conference in Orlando, Florida Sparkfactor's Engineering Manager Anthony Del Balso presented on Top Down design: How to develop organic shaped surfaces in ProEngineer that can be controlled by parameters. 2005 PTC world users conference in Orlando, Florida Sparkfactor's Engineering Manager Anthony Del Balso presented on Advanced surfacing: Techniques for creating properly drafted surfaces for molded parts in ProEngineer.