Acquire
Source real components and hardware worth examining directly.
Exploration · Components · Prototype evidence
Explore before the application is known.
SRCo is the skunkworks function within Adaptive System Design. It turns curiosity into physical evidence through acquisition, interaction, testing, and documentation.
About SRCo
A place for useful curiosity.
SRCo investigates components, interfaces, enclosures, connectors, controls, materials, and system behavior without requiring a predetermined product outcome.
The result is evidence: what worked, what failed, what was difficult to use, what surprised us, and what deserves further testing. ASD can then turn that evidence into reusable engineering knowledge.
Current work
Physical evidence, not just specifications.
Handle
Interact with the object as a person actually would, including accessibility and usability constraints.
Compare
Evaluate competing approaches, materials, interfaces, and design tradeoffs side by side.
Document
Preserve observations, provenance, outcomes, and context so the evidence can be reused later.
Method
The evidence can be the product.
An experiment does not need to become a commercial product to be worthwhile. A documented comparison, a usability finding, a failed assumption, or a better understanding of a component can all become useful engineering output.
That evidence feeds Adaptive System Design, where it can inform accessible systems, prototypes, evaluations, and future design work.
Contact
SRCo · Adaptive System Design
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