New Blue Ring Technologies Website! We’re proud to announce our brand new website for Blue Ring Technologies. Given the exponential growth of our company, we want to make sure that our storefront window to the world matches our dynamic progress. Our company started with the simple idea of “Concept to Finished Product” and we believe that our website should reflect this message. We are the only company in South Florida that can deliver an idea to the marketplace and manage every step in the process. Blue Ring has its own in-house design team, prototype equipment, and manufacturing facility to service all of our clients’ needs.
As you browse through our new website, check out our new gallery pictures, which include some of the cutting-edge engineering drawings drafted by our design team. You’ll also find a range of our products manufactured with our injection molding machines, as well as innovative prototypes created by our 3D printers.
Our old website lacked a lot of crucial elements for our business. Clients struggled to navigate the site and it didn’t properly feature what we wanted to focus on – Blogging! We want to put a major emphasis on our ability to periodically inform clients and the general public about all the unique things happening at our shop. Our company represents a new concept that we are coining as “American Neomanufacturing”. Our manufacturing facility is affordable, nimble, and accessible and these advantages have been essential to our phenomenal success. We needed a website that would showcase how we accomplish this, while also educating and inspiring inventors, entrepreneurs and business professionals throughout our community. This website was collaboratively designed by highly creative and talented individuals who understand and support what we’re trying to accomplish. I would like to personally thank Trey Opp Trey@bodytekfitness.com for spearheading the redesign of this website, as well as Jesse Azueta for his creative images and one-of-a-kind artistic style. I would also like to thank Leah McNaughton for establishing the foundation of this site and supporting the complex backend development that gives us the flexibility and functionality that we need. So come check us out: www.blueringtechnologies.com
3D Printing is one of the hottest new technologies in the manufacturing and DIY markets. However, the history of 3D printing actually stretches back to the 1980s. The 3D-printing world started with an SLA (Stereolithography Apparatus), which uses ultraviolet light to cure a resin and ultimately result in your desired shape or part. Then came SLS (Selective Laser Sintering), which employed a laser as the main technology to provide the fine bonding between different layers to create more complex parts. Ultimately, FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling) came on the scene, which is a technology we all love, as it provided the market with entry-level 3D printers, making them much more affordable than the earlier versions. FDM technology consists of a plastic filament being placed layer by layer until a complete model is created. At Blue Ring Technologies, we utilize a professional-grade FDM printer with ultra-high resolution and ABS plastic filaments, which is the most common type of plastic that our clients use for Injection Molding. Unlike entry-level 3D printers, our professional-grade option has two essential advantages: repeatability and support material. By repeatability, we mean the ability to create an engineered plastic part with a .003-inch degree of accuracy many times over. Most entry-level 3D printers will create slightly distorted or even incorrectly sized parts, resulting in a major lack of consistency. Support material is the second crucial advantage, particularly when creating parts with overhanging features. This is simply something that entry-level 3D printers cannot deliver, whereas our cutting-edge printers masterfully shape these complicated elements. As a result of our innovative technology at Blue Ring Technologies, we provide clients with an engineering-level quality of rapid prototyping that is both timely and affordable. We can go through several iterations of a part within a single day to meet every one of our client’s specifications. Check out a few of our 3D printed projects that we have created for clients over the years:
We just finished a new project called the “Brittlet” with local entrepreneur Brittany Lammon. It’s an innovative hair tool that saves you time by securing bobby pins on your wrist with a magnetic band and easily opening the bobby pins with a plastic clip on top. Brilliant! From the start of the project, I knew that Brittany was a smart, forward-thinking individual, namely because she already had the innovative bobby pin opener designed and manufactured. When a client shows up with a prototype, minor modifications are usually needed to make the piece moldable and affordable. However, the Brittlet required no modifications to the original design. 
At Blue Ring Technologies, we have a straightforward way of creating a mold for a client. We first use our in-house CNC machine to make a graphite mold, which accurately duplicates the item to within .001 of an inch. The graphite is conductive so by using an Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) manufacturing process we get the desired shape through electrical discharges. Once the graphite is ready, we then use our EDM machine to slowly etch out the cavity into our mold. Once the mold is completed, we place it into our in-house Injection Mold Machine. The plastic parts can then be created by the hundreds or even thousands. Simple, right? Not quite…there is actually extensive engineering and years of experience behind the process to perfectly duplicate what our clients have worked so hard on. Not only were we able to create the final pieces of the Brittlet, but we also did it in record time to meet her Launch Party deadline! We were delighted to be invited to the launch party to celebrate this new, innovative product with Brittany. Seeing the final product firsthand, I was very impressed by its overall quality and usefulness. In other words, if you’ve ever had bobby pin frustrations, then this simple hair tool is the solution you’ve been waiting for. For more information, check out the website at http://www.brittlet.com/ 
January 5, 2015 – Davie, FL. – Blue Ring Technologies, a start-up tech company in Davie, Florida, recently opened its doors for the public use of its Rapid Prototyping Services. A South Florida company, Blue Ring Technologies, has begun to fill a manufacturing and prototyping commercial niche. Inventors and entrepreneurs looking to develop their products and innovations have a new resource in the journey from dream to concept to reality. Blue Ring Technologies now offers state of the art prototyping services ranging from design to fabrication. Inventors can find help in every step of the advancement of their product from advice, tweaks, troubleshooting, and construction of a prototype. Blue Ring Technologies is an innovative product design firm owned by Engineer/Inventor Joaquin (Jay) Prendes. This design and development firm is a one-stop shop for product development that uses the latest in design and manufacturing technology. “We are excited to bring prototype services to our rising local technology companies right here in South Florida,” said Prendes. “Our vision is to bring high-tech manufacturing back to the United States and provide a much needed engineering development center to the South Florida area.” With over 20 years of combined experience, the team of professionals at Blue Ring caters to the needs of entrepreneurs and businesses alike in the development and manufacturing their products and ideas. Blue Ring Technologies is the only dedicated provider of professional 3D printing, rapid prototyping, software design, tooling, injection molding, electronic design, and PCB fabrication services under one roof. Prototyping is Blue Ring’s specialty and with an experienced team and broad selection of technologies, Blue Ring is uniquely able to create products in a fast and affordable way. The team at Blue Ring has also devoted itself to developing a number of useful, popular products, including Bluetooth Smart Key chains, iBeacons, Smart Aquarium products, plastic cases, plastic pet products, and many more. To learn more about the exciting services and offerings from Blue Ring Technologies, visit https://blueringtechnologies.com BlueRingTech_PR_Jan
How quickly Jayster has grown in a single year. When we look back at our original idea and see what Jayster has become, we feel nothing but pride.
The original idea for Jayster consisted of a simple iOS app that was able to locate a small Bluetooth-powered device. We were initially planning to use a 3D-printed case with a CR1025-powered battery. However, looking back at all the knowledge that we’ve gained over the past year, it is very obvious that our original plan would have been an absolute disaster. That was Jayster in its first infant steps. Back then, we built our own 3D printer; although it was very accurate, it wasn’t reliable enough to produce material for paying customers. Also, when it came to the CR1025 battery, it had a rated capacity of 30 mAh, which would be insufficient for this application.
During that amazing Kickstarter campaign period, we were able to directly brainstorm with our Backers. This provided great conversations and priceless feedback from our supporters, who would also be our users. We quickly began to realize that Android is just as important as iOS, so we needed to create the apps in parallel. 3D-printed cases were fine as prototypes, but backers really wanted it to be made of strong, sturdy ABS plastic. In terms of batteries, we wanted our backers to a have a seamless experience with our app. They wanted a very “Apple-esque” product, meaning that using the Jayster app is so simple that anyone can quickly use it without reading the manual. In order to achieve this, we needed a large battery capacity, so we went from having a 30 mAh battery to a 620 mAh battery. This was when our infant idea of Jayster really began to pick up steam and walk around the nest a bit, trying to find its place in the world… …But look at us now! We have sold over 2000 Jaysters! We have a feature-rich Jayster App for iOS and Android, and we have a professional 3D printer that we use to print the faceplates. We are continually improving our battery life and we have even assisted our backers in using our Jayster for home automation. We have improved our Jayster packaging and storage design to make the entire user experience even better. We have our very own in-house manufacturing facility and we keep finding ways to keep the costs low! That being said, we’re not done yet. After all, this is only our 2nd year and we’ve barely gotten our feet wet in the industry – we’re ready to dive in! We have drawers full of ideas and features that we want to add to Jayster to make it even better for our users.
Even with all of our success that we’ve enjoyed this past year, the one thing that Jayster needs to remember is to “listen to our backers.” Again, to all of our backers, if you have any feedback/suggestions or simply want to shoot us an email telling us how awesome we are doing, please don’t hesitate to send us an email at support@blueringtechnologies.com.
South Florida Tech Start-up Creates a Customizable Bluetooth Device that Finds Lost Stuff. Blue Ring Technologies, a startup tech company in Davie, FL, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on kickstarter.com in search of $3,500 to fund its first product, the Jayster keychain. The company plans to use the funds to help raise enough capital to produce their first 100 units. The Bluetooth device comes with a complimentary app for iOS and Android devices.
Developed by Miami native and software engineer, Joaquin Prendes, the Jayster device can help you find and track misplaced items using an app on your phone. The company claims the Jayster keychain and app will be the most user-friendly system for finding lost valuables. The Jayster keychain uses Bluetooth Smart technology to connect to your phone. Once your phone and keychain are connected, the app offers three key features to help you find your lost keys and prevent the loss of your phone. The alarm feature sounds an alarm so you can hear where your lost keys are. The hot/cold feature indicates whether you are getting closer or farther away from your missing keys. And the nest feature wirelessly attaches your phone to your Jayster keychain – If the two separate more than 15-20 feet, an alarm will ring, preventing you from losing your phone. They advertise the nest feature being extremely useful in public places like restaurants or a work place, where people most commonly lose phones. The company offers different colored keychains with an imprinted Jayster logo as well as a customized option, giving customers the freedom to design their own keychain. The device is expected to have an 18-month battery life and ships internationally. “Growing up in Miami, FL, it has always been my dream to start a tech company in South Florida. My goal was to create a device that helps make life a little easier and gives people back hours of their lives that are wasted searching for lost valuables. I couldn’t be more excited to launch the Jayster keychain this fall,” says company co-founder and inventor, Joaquin Prendes. The kickstarter campaign is off to an impressive start raising over $3,000 in one week. The campaign ends September 13, 2013 and the company expects to begin shipping Jayster keychains to customers in October 2013.
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