The Problem

Two chemists developed a new, innovative way to brew whiskey without traditional pressurization that allowed the simulation of seasons of a whiskey barrel within five days capitalizing on a custom light spectrum, heat profile(s), and oxidization pattern. The chemists had generated a Proof of Concept (PoC) using sous-vide.

With this successful PoC, they need a partner to envision the product and capture the loose set of instructions that were being replicated. Then transcribe the various steps into repeatable, technical flawless features that they could be mixed seamlessly with recipes.

The Solution

Landi Industries, working within a MAHD framework and a cross-discipline team, started with literal pen to paper by hand-drawing design concepts and narrowing down designs based on a combination of pracical user feedback and technical implementation requirements. Several physical conceptional rapid prototypes were created with a variety of hardware to test not only different appeals of form factors but practical applications to end users.

After the appropriate hardware was prototyped, the step of adapting the form factor came next with an eye towards the final DFM for the product in mind; custom copper and plastic pieces were created to accommodate an optimized transfer of heat. All the physcial electrical components were driven by custom python integration scripts on top of an embedded Linux subsystem communicating with AWS IoT platform.

A React Progressive Web Application (PWA) allowed users to create and push custom component recipes down to the device as well as monitor the status of the device in near real-time.