This prototyping shop is central to Quirky’s business of turning other people’s ideas into products.

It is frequently used in prototyping shops and for the production of kitchenware.

Stuart Vance was Manager of Engineering and this included the body development, as well as the prototype shop.

SRE housed a prototype shop and listening rooms, ranging from semi-anechoic to typical small living rooms.

Griffin Technology, a company in Nashville that makes Apple accessories, said that moments after Apple introduced the iPhone 5, its employees were making final design tweaks in its prototyping shop, where 3-D printers turn out mock-ups of future products.

Chicago artist Joshua Harker gained familiarity with the technology working in commercial sculpture in a prototyping shop, where he made action figures and Happy Meal toys, and that depth of experience gave him the skills needed to eventually bring his own ideas to life.