Tact Product Development

03/19/2025

With $217,504 in pledges since yesterday's launch, Chillshark's Kickstarter campaign was a huge success right out of the gate. Congratulations, Chillshark team! We're proud to be a part of your success story.

12/23/2023

Hardware Meetup Party at CES
Informal is hosting the first-ever ALL CITY Hardware meetup at CES. Join Kickstarter, Tact, and other industry professionals for food, drinks, and live hardware demos. Be sure to RSVP!

Join our first ALL CITY Hardware Meetup @ CES in Las Vegas on Jan 10th! CES is the one event each year where everyone who is anyone in the hardware industry is in the same place at once, so we're throwing a party for all 20,000+ members of the Hardware Meetup community. We've rented out an entire su...

10/24/2023

Popsmith Delivers on Kickstarter

Popsmith’s Kickstarter campaign raised 1,163% of their pledge goal of $30,000. This achievement is even more impressive as Popsmith successfully delivered their flagship product to their 1,800 backers this month. Tact continues to enjoy collaborating with the Popsmith team, and we think their customers will appreciate the attention to detail, high quality, and premium design. Big congrats to the Popsmith team!

OUR WORK [ « ] Popsmith Popper Popsmith started with a vision for the perfect stovetop popcorn popper; one that delivers a “luxe” experience with a hint of nostalgia. Then Popsmith smashed its Kickstarter goal on the first day and raised 1163% of their pledge goal. This achievement is even more...

10/23/2023

Backbone One — just right for iPhone 15

Tact worked with Backbone on modifications to the Backbone One gaming controller to make it as likely as possible to be compatible with the yet-to-be-released iPhone 15. When the iPhone 15 with USB-C was announced, Backbone was ready with a perfect fit! Backbone has worked with Tact to strategically plan and quickly react to each new iPhone announcement, and now they are taking on the Android phone universe too. Look out for Backbone everywhere!
https://tactpd.com/project/backbone-one-mobile-gaming-controller/

08/25/2023

Magic Leap 2 Wins Silver! Congratulations to a great client for adding this IDEA award to a growing list accolades. Tact is always grateful to support innovators behind revolutionary products like this one.

Magic Leap 2 is an immersive augmented-reality device for enterprises that redefines working with three-dimensional digital content. The system is composed of

07/11/2023

If you're going to Keyshot World tomorrow in SF, reach out to Tact to talk about making the product that hits the shelf as good as the rendering!

06/21/2023

Core77 just announced Logitech Sight wins a 2023 Design Award in the Tools category. Congratulations to and the team at Logitech! It was fun working with you!
https://designawards.core77.com/Tools/122865

Today's hybrid meetings aren't ideal. With the mix of distributed workers and teams, remote participants often feel excluded and unable to clearly see and hear those in meeting rooms, especially in larger or longer rooms.

06/01/2023

Congratulations to the Popsmith team on the launch of their flagship product this spring! Check out the unvarnished truth about the founder’s startup journey:

In December 2022, we closed a friends & family seed round for Popsmith, raising $1.53 million from 84 investors in under 45 days during arguably one of the worst times to raise money since 2008.

05/17/2023

We are attending a Hardware Collective event tonight at Port Labs in Oakland. Check it out: https://conta.cc/3pP6AyW

A timely discussion amongst passionate climate action leaders, presented by the Hardware Collective!

05/09/2023

Congratulations to a great client, Popsmith, launching live on Kickstarter today!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/popsmith/the-popsmith-popper-reimagining-popcorn?ref=discovery&term=popsmith

Design by Branch

05/01/2023

Tact collaborated with Panasonic Avionics and Astro Studios to develop an optimally sized, modular architecture for this system that enhances flexibility and scalability while reducing operational expenses. Congrats on a well-earned award!

https://tactpd.com/project/panasonic-avionics-astrova/

OUR WORK [ « ] Panasonic Avionics Astrova In-flight Entertainment System It was awesome working with Panasonic Avionics and Astro Studios on the Astrova In-flight Entertainment System. Tact collaborated with both teams to develop an optimally sized, modular architecture to enhance flexibility and s...

04/28/2023

Tact provided engineering advice and worked with the design teams at Logitech and Astro Studios to develop the CAD sculpting of this sleek and innovative gaming product.
https://ifdesign.com/en/winner-ranking/project/logitech-g-cloud/574307