image/svg+xml Home About Infinity Meet The Designer I've been building things for as long as I can remember. At age six, I designed and built a fully-functional vending machine out of a ceiling fan box and other household items, which I now consider my first engineering project. Since my formative years, I grew in understanding of innovation, rapid-prototyping, and the scientific method. My fascination with computers and tools turned into a true love of electronics in middle school, when I took my dad's course in Circuits and Electronics. It was sometime that year that I looked down at a pile of transistors and logic gates on the table and realized that if arranged in ways people have never thought of before, those little black pieces of plastic could become world-changing tools. A circuit board is like a little world where the people are transistors, resistors, diodes and complicated integrated circuits. Just like people, components do very different jobs, but are all crucial to the success of the system. In the same way our world will collapse if people and communities stop communicating with one another, circuits fail when the connections between components break down. By high school, I was researching a wide range of more advanced topics, and wanted to start publishing my work. I decided to get my graphics design hat on and create professional graphics and a simple website about what I was doing. My first logo featured a lion, but the latin for lion (leo) was a bit overused. I tried flipping to Greek in Google Translate and ended up with λιονταρι (leontari). The English syllabic didn't grab me, but after dropping the ρι, adding an i, and turning the λ to an H, Hiovita was born. The lion logo didn't last, but the name stuck. I soon started focusing on circuit board design and software engineering, although traces of my research in AI, drones and clean energy are still seen in almost all of my recent projects. As the world transitions to renewable energy, new research, development and testing in power electronics is in higher demand than ever before. The Infinity line of products, with over 50 prototype revisions, has become the touchstone of Hiovita's modern research in power electronics and versatile embedded communication. As more funding and resources become available, several new product ideas are likely to emerge as prototyped designs. Whether you're a fellow engineer and Maker or just curious about new technologies, I hope Hiovita's research inspires you to tackle existing problems in new ways, make something cool, and never forget that big dreams run on small circuit boards! Sincerely, Chris Stone About Hiovita Chris Stone image/svg+xml Copyright (c) 2021 Hiovita. All Rights Reserved. Website design by Hiovita. All graphics proprietary or used under license. INFO LEGAL CONTACT [email protected] Terms of Service About Hiovita Infinity Website Privacy Policy Cookie Policy