01 / triage
Program framing
Separate signal from assumption, define what has to be proven, and map the first credible build.
mode: design / prototype / proof
Multi-Mode Topology // Physical Systems Architecture
IDG helps founders and technical teams turn difficult physical ideas into buildable programs. The work spans hard-to-print structures, small aerospace components, instrumented manual machines, and prototypes moving toward production, where geometry, materials, monitoring, controls, and validation have to move together.
Quiet work across labs, hardware groups, controls teams, and founder-led programs.
01 / triage
Separate signal from assumption, define what has to be proven, and map the first credible build.
02 / prototype
Shape geometry, material behavior, electrical monitoring, controls, and manufacturing constraints into a path a team can execute.
03 / proof
Use digital checks early and reserve strong claims for what physical testing can support.
A useful gate for teams designing physical assemblies.
IDG Labs / Commons
Applied R&D with student engineers, open toolchains, donated enterprise software, and real project data from additive manufacturing, assemblies, monitoring loops, controls, manual espresso instrumentation, and physical-system prototypes. The goal is steady contact with practical constraints before a program asks the market to believe it.