Product design, engineering and entrepreneurship, first-hand.
“Toque de Ingenio” is the i-mas podcast focusing on engineering, product design, and technological entrepreneurship. Edgar Guerrero interviews founders, engineers, and professionals about prototyping, electronics, automation, and manufacturing. Each interview gathers insights and experiences for those involved in developing products or looking to improve their industrial processes.
01 / What is
Interviews focusing on product development and industrial innovation.
How to validate an idea, move from prototype to manufacturing, or integrate a robot into a real process. The speakers discuss the challenges of their projects, along with the lessons they’ve learned from starting and working in the industry.
Direct experience
Entrepreneurs, engineers, and professionals are sharing their experiences and what they’ve learned.
Technology and business
Design, prototyping, manufacturing, management, and the decisions that link different stages together.
In video and in writing.
Each chapter has its own video on YouTube and an accompanying article with the key information.
Would you like to apply these ideas to a project? Discover our services. product design and development, Electronic engineering and Industrial automation and robotics.
02 / Episodes
Find your next conversation.
Choose a topic or browse through all the chapters. You can watch the full interview or read its main ideas.
Mostrando 13–18 de 52 capítulos · Product development and prototyping
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Episode 61 · 1 h 4 min
Chemical-free cleaning: Ecofrog’s ozonated water
Irene Santamaría · Ecofrog
Ecofrog generates ozone from the air and injects it into water to clean and disinfect without chemicals. Irene Santamaría explains the equipment, the certification process, and the sales aspect.
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Episode 60 · 55 min
Custom 3D-printed implants: Tailor Surgery’s surgical planning
Joan Amat · Tailor Surgery
How Tailor Surgery is transforming CT scans into surgical plans using 3D-printed guides and implants – examining the cost compared to standard procedures and the regulatory requirements involved.
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Episode 59 · 1 h 9 min
Electric bike without a chain or gears: the ADTS motor from Niche Mobility
Enric Delgado · Niche Mobility
Niche Mobility has developed the ADTS, an electric bike motor without a chain or gears. Enric Delgado explains the mechanics, control system, and the path to factory production.
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Episode 58 · 1 h 9 min
Designing a communication app with pictograms: the TALX case
Jaume Sánchez · TALX
How TALX transformed pictograms for augmentative communication into an accessible chat for Android and iOS, validated through user testing and collaboration with associations.
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Episode 57 · 1 h 41 min
How to create an engineering firm from scratch: 20 years of i-mas
Jaume Álvarez · i-mas
How five engineering partners built i-mas from 2005 onwards: their own workshop, spin-offs such as Proto&Go! and Fabriqer, a crisis and the decisions behind 20 years of development.
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Episode 55 · 1 h 7 min
Sugar-free chocolate snacks: how Plesh formulated and manufactured its bars
Juan Umbert · Plesh
How Plesh developed a sugar-free chocolate snack using a blend of fibers, what went wrong during the industrialization process, and how he managed to get it into shops, gyms, and supermarkets.
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Participate
Do you have an experience you’d like to share?
If you’ve developed a technology, initiated or experienced a transformation within your industry, please write to us. We’re interested in the decisions made, the lessons learned, and also the paths that didn’t go as planned.