Digital Innovations
Encyclopedia
Digital Innovations is a consumer electronics company that produced the SkipDR
and Neuros product lines. It sells a relatively broad line of electronics and computer peripherals under the Digital Innovations, SkipDR, and Micro Innovations brands. Digital Innovations is distinguished by its use of Open Innovation
and Crowd Sourcing techniques in bringing products to market, as well as its prominent use of open source
software and Open Source Hardware
. In its development model, end users are involved throughout the product development process from reviewing initial concepts to Beta testing initial product releases.
and Collin Anderson in 1995 in Chicago, Illinois and achieved initial success by selling CD and DVD scratch repair devices. In December 1998, Digital Innovations first product, the SkipDR
was released to the market. By 2002, distribution had grown to approximately 25,000 retail outlets, primarily in North America
In December 2003, the Neuros division of Digital Innovations was spun off into a separate entity, leaving Digital Innovations with the accessory brands including SkipDoctor and others, and with Neuros managing and producing the digital media products.
In February 2009, Digital Innovations acquired Micro Innovations. expanding the breadth of its line to include computer peripherals such as keyboards, mice, and others.
Skip Doctor
SkipDR is the trademarked brand name for the Digital Innovations product that repairs scratched audio compact discs, movie and game DVDs, photo and data discs. The SkipDR operates by polishing the play-side polycarbonate surface of the discs with a specialized microfrictional material mounted on a...
and Neuros product lines. It sells a relatively broad line of electronics and computer peripherals under the Digital Innovations, SkipDR, and Micro Innovations brands. Digital Innovations is distinguished by its use of Open Innovation
Open Innovation
Although the idea and discussion about some consequences date back at least to the 60s, open innovation is a term promoted by Henry Chesbrough, a professor and executive director at the Center for Open Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, in his book Open Innovation: The new...
and Crowd Sourcing techniques in bringing products to market, as well as its prominent use of open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
software and Open Source Hardware
Open source hardware
Open source hardware consists of physical artifacts of technology designed and offered in the same manner as free and open source software . Open source hardware is part of the open source culture movement and applies a like concept to a variety of components. The term usually means that...
. In its development model, end users are involved throughout the product development process from reviewing initial concepts to Beta testing initial product releases.
History
Digital Innovations was founded by Joe BornJoe Born
Joe Born As CEO of Neuros Technology, and contributing inventor to many of its products, Joe Born has advocated on behalf of open source hardware, digital rights and generally on the subject of connecting global teams and innovating in the electronics industry using open source...
and Collin Anderson in 1995 in Chicago, Illinois and achieved initial success by selling CD and DVD scratch repair devices. In December 1998, Digital Innovations first product, the SkipDR
Skip Doctor
SkipDR is the trademarked brand name for the Digital Innovations product that repairs scratched audio compact discs, movie and game DVDs, photo and data discs. The SkipDR operates by polishing the play-side polycarbonate surface of the discs with a specialized microfrictional material mounted on a...
was released to the market. By 2002, distribution had grown to approximately 25,000 retail outlets, primarily in North America
In December 2003, the Neuros division of Digital Innovations was spun off into a separate entity, leaving Digital Innovations with the accessory brands including SkipDoctor and others, and with Neuros managing and producing the digital media products.
In February 2009, Digital Innovations acquired Micro Innovations. expanding the breadth of its line to include computer peripherals such as keyboards, mice, and others.
External links
- Digital Innovations
- "The Ultimate Music Buff" -(Business 2.0 coverage of Digital Innovations)