Human Factors
Directory of Design Support Methods
Industrial Product Design
NPD solutions (Excellent site!)
New Product Design Body of Knowledge.
The ultimate resource in Industrial Product Design
IDSA -- The Industrial Designers Society of America
Lean Management
MIT's website for the Lean Aerospace Initiative: http:⁄⁄web.mit.edu⁄afs⁄athena.mit.edu⁄org⁄l⁄lean⁄
Lean Enterprise Institute
Standards
Standards.gov
Standards.Gov offers background materials, useful links, and search tools for locating information about the use of standards in government. Our primary focus is on Federal agency use of standards for regulatory and procurement purposes.
NIST services
NIST Technology Services http:⁄⁄ts.nist.gov⁄
Magazines
Design News: Design News is a free online magazine. The lone trouble is it requires Zinio reader and this software behave itself like a spyware.
Ergonomics
ISO 9000:2000
An excellent link concerning ISO 9000:2000 QMS documentation
Patents
FreePatentsOnline.com provides fast, easy-to-use access to millions of patents and patent applications. With the most powerful patent search engine on the web, and an ever-expanding data collection, FreePatentsOnline is rapidly becoming the premiere way to search patents. And it's free!
US Patent Search is the only site on the internet that allows you to download full issued patents and patent applications for FREE! Just enter the patent number (e.g. 5146636, D263515, PP8902, 2003⁄12345, or 20030012345) and you are on your way.
EspacenetThe European Patent Office http:⁄⁄www.espacenet.ch⁄
Electronics
Electronics vendors