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.
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Episode 84 · 1 h 18 min
Measuring velocity in strength training: the Vitruve encoder
Óscar Repiso · Vitruve
Óscar Repiso explains how Vitruve evolved from a cardboard and Arduino-based encoder to a product for clubs – encompassing manufacturing, data validation, and a shift to a B2B model.
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Episode 81 · 1 h 15 min
Automatic chain tensioner for motorcycles: how May One goes from idea to prototype
Oriol Santiago · May One
Oriol Santiago explains how May One automates motorcycle chain tensioning from a mobile device: covering mechanics, safety, un-homologated fixing, and the path towards industrialization.
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Episode 80 · 1 h 28 min
Custom insoles with 3D scanning: the Davol Feet system
David Avilés · Davol Feet
How Davol Feet replaces traditional plaster molds with a 3D scanner, and utilizes a polypropylene design and manufacturing process to create custom foot impressions.
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Episode 79 · 1 h 22 min
Physical storage of Bitcoin keys: Yoseyomo’s titanium coin
Iñaki Zubeldia · Yoseyomo
How Yoseyomo designed a titanium coin to safeguard the seed phrase of a wallet: including stress tests, binary encoding, encryptions, and a pre-sale.
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Episode 78 · 1 h 29 min
How to turn an idea into a real product: the case of Academia de Inventores
Luis Martín · Academia de Inventores
Having an innovative idea might seem like the beginning of a great product. But in reality, it’s only the beginning of a much more complex journey. An idea is not yet an invention, and an invention is not necessarily a product ready for the…
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Episode 76 · 53 min
Low-cost wheelchairs: how Cadires x Tororo makes them from PVC in Uganda
Carlota Regales y Adrià Sallés · Cadires x Tororo
Cadires x Tororo manufactures wheelchairs in Uganda, costing around €70, using PVC pipes and wheelbarrow wheels, and adapts them to each child, assembling them in partnership with the local hospital and school.
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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.