Design Services and Smarty Pants Toasters

by Amelia Dalton

In this week’s Fish Fry in-depth executive interview, I sit down with Synapse design CEO Satish Bagalkotkar. Satish and I chat about how today’s rocky global economic climate has affected the electronics industry and how he sees the role of design services changing in the future. Also this week, we investigate a new Addicted Products toaster that may change the face of intelligent devices forever.

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Design Services and Smarty Pants Toasters

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