SideBooster — Innovation consulting and product development

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Innovation consulting and product development.

A designer and an engineer supporting startups and R&D teams, from early studies to a working prototype.

Illustration of Jean-Baptiste
Illustration of Romain

Jean-Baptiste

Product designer

Experience at Thales and Bombardier (Singapore, France, Canada).

Romain

Innovation consulting engineer

Feasibility studies, design and prototyping. Independent since 2018.

Our services

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Design thinking and user research

  • Design thinking workshops and coaching with your teams
  • User interviews and observation
  • State of the art: market, competitors, technologies

Deliverables depend on the assignment

Needs summary, recommendations and specifications.

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PROJECTS

Projects

BRAIN in multirotor configuration, wheels removed, on the ground next to its case1 / 3

01 / DRONES · THALES MISSION

BRAIN — Transformable drone for special forces

Modular platform configurable as a rover, multirotor or fixed-wing aircraft. Design of the onboard communication chain and video link, definition of air and ground operational capabilities.

Jean-Baptiste and Romain · Thales mission
EVA medical drone concept

02 / DRONES · THALES MISSION

EVA — Medical drone for theatres of operations

Concept exploration, design and prototype.

Jean-Baptiste and Romain · Thales mission
Hydrofoil jet-ski prototype riding above the water

03 / MARINE MOBILITY

Vehicle design and development, prototype build and on-water testing.

Jean-Baptiste · Design and prototype
Driver’s station of an electric delivery van, with instrument display and navigation smartphone

04 / URBAN MOBILITY

Electric delivery van: instruments, navigation and controls arranged around the driver.

Jean-Baptiste · Interface and cabin design
Fixed-wing medium-endurance drone

05 / DRONES

Medium-endurance R&D drone

Fixed-wing aircraft dedicated to in-flight testing of onboard equipment. Total flight distance: 100 km. Video link range: 80 km.

Romain · RobotSys project
Neural Defence Systems ISR pod

06 / DEFENCE

Neural Defence Systems — Low-cost ISR pod

Surveillance and reconnaissance pod for civil and military drones: AI sensor fusion, area mapping, jamming-resistant link.

Romain · Startup incubated at Montpellier BIC
Star Mesh radio instrument

07 / RADIO

Star Mesh — Passive identification of radio emitters

Spectrum monitoring: passive acquisition, radio fingerprint analysis, SDR architecture.

Romain · Radio systems

08 / AVIONICS

Flight display on iPad

Tablet flight instrument interface: attitude, airspeed, altitude, heading and maps.

Jean-Baptiste · Flight interface
Smartphone showing the flight app in a glider cockpit in flight

09 / GLIDING

Glider navigation app

Variometer and safety margin display, with an interface tested in flight.

Jean-Baptiste · App design and development
Towed underwater glider

10 / SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION

Towed underwater glider

Cable-towed, with trajectory control and obstacle avoidance, carrying measurement instruments.

Romain · Embedded systems
Precog weather interface: temperature, conditions and details by city

11 / WEATHER

Precog — Weather forecasts by activity

Android app and data server, designed and built end to end: selection of weather models and observations, data processing, monitoring against each activity’s criteria.

Romain · Mobile app and server
Can-Am THE ONE electric mountain bike concept

12 / OFF-ROAD MOBILITY

Concept exploration and design for a range of electric mountain bikes with gearbox drivetrains.

Jean-Baptiste · Design concept
ELVIS electric urban motorbike concept

13 / TWO-WHEELERS

Modular concept with a removable battery.

Jean-Baptiste · Design concept
Research sketches of a compact vehicle, red pencil in hand

The first ideas take shape on paper.

A few sketches to explore an idea, discuss a shape or reconsider a detail before developing the design.

ABOUT US

Jean-Baptiste Allaire and Romain Volto

Jean-Baptiste is a product designer, Romain a consulting engineer. We work on mobility, drone and embedded systems projects: one leads on use and form, the other on engineering.

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Jean-Baptiste Allaire

Product designer — innovation consulting and design thinking

I design vehicles, cabins and interfaces, with experience at Thales and Bombardier, and I have been coaching teams in design thinking for 7 years. My work covers concept exploration, design (sketching, ergonomics, 3D modelling) and mobile app development.

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Romain Volto

Innovation consulting engineer

Since 2018, I have supported startups and R&D teams developing electronics, embedded systems, drones and mobile apps. I assess feasibility, define engineering choices and develop prototypes, and help diagnose issues in ongoing projects.

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We use AI every day to work faster. But we learned our trade without it: hand sketching, calculations, testing in the workshop. We stay in control of our projects and get the best of both.

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