Hasta La Ideas

Duit – Conduit Bender

In our tech-driven society, it is easy to overlook the needs of an industry that still exists entirely in a physical environment. Much hasn’t changed in regards to hand tool design and innovation in the recent past—and for good reason. Hand tools have evolved to reflect the needs of humanity’s desire to create with physical means. Stone tools served humanity for millennia before we were ready for an improvement, and this same ancient technology is still in use in many hand tools today.

Much like our prehistoric ancestors, many veterans of the American labor force seem reluctant to change, akin to the reasoning of “if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it.” This presents a problem unique to this industry and others that adhere to convention. Without innovation, an emerging workforce will be less likely to adapt.

When it gets right down to it, the construction industry thrives on efficiency. A construction company is only as good as the hands that do the work, regardless of whether those hands are young or old. Duit attempts to bridge the gap between generations of workers on a construction site, while remaining an intuitive tool for the DIYer.

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