Ideas Into Prototypes
Prototyping / Fabrication / Consulting
What we do
We offer industry leading expertise to bring your ideas into the real world.
From years of experience in government and public research to the forge of private business, we work to deliver large projects and product design cycles successfully. We have built products for commercial, defence, manufacturing, scientific and industrial applications. Some of our products have been high valued, low run work and others have been produced in the tens of thousands. We’ve provided minuscule automotive lighting solutions, to complex industrial safety sensors and controls, subject to testing and certification.
Great ideas are everywhere, and if you’ve got one, we can help you bring it into reality.
Calling all Technologists, Scientists, Engineers and University Students….
2026 is the year we are diving into Project Eddie’s design and place in the market and we need your input!
Eddie is our concept for an embedded computer system that can be used to create and test small volume, high value technical products. These are typically found in scientific, industrial and some commercial settings.
We are also developing our own embedded software called K4 to run embedded hardware such as Eddie.
Please reach out if you’re interested in sharing your experience of designing or purchasing systems for data collection and control for your science/technology applications. We’d love to learn from your frustrations with your existing systems so we make a system which empowers you to create the best technical product for your application.
How to get involved:
You might like to subscribe to follow the development of Project Eddie! OR simply send us an email to nominate your interest.
Why are we developing Eddie?:
Our background is in systems that use novel sensing techniques to analyse mined material in on-line processing settings. These systems require control and measurement computers and in some cases the processing power to compute results in real time. When developing such systems, we found that carrying the hardware and software used in initial laboratory settings through to systems with high technical readiness saved significant effort and cost.
There are microcontroller systems that many students and early career researchers and engineers are familiar with. These are often not robust enough to take from the initial prototype to final products. Much effort is usually needed to transform the basic parts into a robust product. There are robust industrial control systems (e.g. Programmable Logic Controllers) that have a high cost of entry and use programming techniques unfamiliar to these types of users.
Our idea is to provide a robust, modular system where the computer power, input and outputs and communications interfaces can be selected and scaled all the way through the process. The system should have a realistic cost of entry and the robustness to endure use in a final product.
More info:
To see some info on Project Eddie before subscribing, please check out our Eddie Blog.
The embedded software which Bored Owl are developing for Project Eddie is called K4. For more information on K4 please check out our K4 blog.
Project Eddie Slides
What we can do for you
We offer prototyping, fabrication and consulting services to businesses and the general public.
We take your ideas and requirements from concept to production ready. We work collaboratively, to complement the skills you already have in your team working on your idea.
Our facilities include: equipment for rapid prototyping and fabrication services, a suite of software development tools, a workshop and an electronics development laboratory.
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Electronic and mechanical co-designs of prototypes
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Integrating your product with cloud and data acquisition requirements
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Use our experience to integrate hardware & software into a complete solution for your application.
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If you have a design already why not try our Fabrication Services, see our Equipment page for more detail on our facilities.
Jonathan Masters
Patricia Giang
The Owls
Our in-house Owls are a dynamic duo combining research, software, electronics and mechanical design.
Jonathan Masters is a multidisciplinary designer, hardware and software specialist.
Patricia Giang is an experimental scientist with a background in research and project management and procurement.
To connect online to our Owls just click on the photos here and it will take you to their LinkedIn profiles.
Featured product
Bored Owl has been working on a few internal projects/ideas to showcase our expertise in product development.
We’ve spent the last few months playing around with lamp bases and shades to create a new range of Hikari and Andon lamps.
Visit our shop to see more information and if you’d like a custom lamp just send us an email!
Bored Owl’s LED lamp ranges