Our new era of options for amateur product design(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) How far can you get with a 3D printer and a dream? Sarah Tew and I took a tour of Quirky's new Manhattan offices this morning. As depicted by her frankly great shots in the slideshow at the bottom of this post, we got a first-hand look at the inner workings of a serious, professional product development firm. Normally I don't go in for facility tours. The articles that ...CNET - Feb 09 05:14pm New CMU Study Shows How Firms Can Successfully Crowdsource High Potential New Product Ideas From ConsumersPITTSBURGH, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have published a new study that refutes three key criticisms of crowdsourcing, a popular tool for new idea generation ...PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 01 10:32am Better Homes and Gardens Best New Product Awards Reveal 2012 WinnersNEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Better Homes and Gardens, along with leading market research firm BrandSpark International, today announced the winners of the 2012 Better Homes and Gardens Best ...PR Newswire via Yahoo! Canada Finance - Jan 30 08:00am 3D printing and the future of product design: Inside Quirky(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) How far can you get with a 3D printer and a dream? CNET photographer Sarah Tew and I took a tour of Quirky's new Manhattan offices this morning. As depicted in her frankly great shots in the slideshow below, we got a firsthand look at the inner workings of a serious, professional product development company. Normally I don't go in for facility tours. The articles that ...CNET - Feb 09 06:14pm