Mark Honschke has led rapid prototyping at Microsoft’s Advanced Prototyping Center(APC), where 95% of the tech giant’s hardware products are designed, tested, or developed. The APC stays true to Microsoft’s commitment to speed — Honschke likens the center’s work to ‘running a marathon at a sprinter’s pace.’ His team takes in requests from over 80 hardware categories — and multiple teams within those categories — while consistently delivering on a 24-hour turnaround time. Adding Form 4 and Form 4L to the fleet has enabled Honschke to run more printing shifts — switching over some builds from overnight to a ‘day build’ schedule to accelerate iteration and improve productivity.
They print custom cable adapters for a 15 lb, handheld 3D camera that replaces conventional 100 lb rigs. These adapters consolidate cabling to a single interface point, making the camera simpler and easier to operate. Rent the Sky Films founder Scott Ferril describes this part as “the difference between getting the shots you want vs. the shots you have time for.”
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