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- Segway CTO to become Apple VP of product design
- Segway CTO to become Apple VP of product designhuh?"Engadget points out another irony of the move: When asked for his reaction to the original Segway design Steve Jobs said "I think it sucks." Funny how things change, isn't it?"so? He probably still thinks it sucks. Just because he...
- Tags: Product marketing, Engineering, iCAR, product design, Segway, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Technip KTI S.p.A. Integrates Industrial Design With Accounting and Cuts Monthly Closing Time by 50%
- Technip KTI S.p.A. wanted to implement an integrated Web-based management system to create a unified view of the business - enabling the company to quickly gain independence from its parent company and deploy a stable, robust multilingual and multi-currency system that Technip can quickly deploy to international branches. The challenge...
- Tags: Accounting, Oracle Corp., Industrial Design, Technip KTI S.p.A., Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Engineering, Finance
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC is the best-designed notebook computer in the world. It just isn't designed for you. Get over it. Criticism of the OLPC centers on the fact that it isn't like the notebooks adults use. As the ASUS Eee shows a low-cost conventional...
- Tags: Notebook, Connectivity, Expression, Industrial Design, Activity, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Application of Object Oriented Thinking in Product Design: Design Process of Personal Digital Partner
- Object oriented thinking is one of the most effective paradigms in computer science area which has important influences on software engineering and design. While industrial design and computer science have common domains like Human Computer Interaction HCI, industrial design could benefit from advantages of object oriented thinking too. In this...
- Tags: Product Design, Computer Science, Industrial Design, Object-oriented, University Of Tehran, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2007-11-15
- Single Product Definition - Start to Finish - Slashes Development Costs
- Like all Palm handhelds, the i705 was unique, requiring substantial engineering effort. The team faced the usual challenge: create a great product while minimizing development costs. Palm decided to take a new tack with the i705 handheld, adopting Unigraphics now called NX in which all product data - from industrial...
- Tags: Palm Inc., Industrial Design, NX, Engineering, Handhelds, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-09-01
- Trek Bikes Revolutionizes New Cycling Market by Deploying Innovative Industrial Design Technologies on Trek Lime
- Trek Bikes wanted to create a breakthrough, revolutionary concept in bicycle design and develop an untapped North American market of 160 million potential riders. The challenge was to extend the company's market leadership position in a new direction. Trek Bikes deployed innovative industrial design technologies, including SolidWorks 3D CAD software...
- Tags: Industrial Design, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Engineering
- Case studies 2007-01-25
- Total Industrial Design Strategy Cuts Overall Costs, Boosts Quality
- Alloy Total Product Design offered extra value by extending role of Industrial Design ID to anticipate downstream development requirements and eliminate reverse engineering total product design. The challenge was to ensure quality products by maintaining control of surfaces through mechanical engineering and tooling development. The company defined product concepts as...
- Tags: Product Design, Siemens AG, Industrial Design, Modeling, Research & Development, Engineering, Product Marketing, Business Operations, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- Motorola Q's industrial design gets thumbs up from CNET reviews
- CNET senior associate editor Bonnie Cha gives a short video review of the new Motorola Q smartphone which runs Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone operating system. It's one of very few Windows Mobile phones on the market that doesn't involve a touch screen or a stylus. Cha focuses on...
- Tags: smart phone, Bonnie Cha
- Blog posts 2006-06-09
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- Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)
- Boutique computer maker Maingear on Monday unleashed its Shift desktop PC, a child-sized "everyday supercomputer" that marries extreme performance and upgradeability to industrial design for a barnburning rig that can handle the highest-definition media. by Andrew Nusca
- Tags: Desktop, Supercomputer, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Ultrasone Edition 8
- We've reviewed a number of Ultrasone headphones over the years--everything from iPod-inspired iCans to the luxurious HFI-2200s. But the new Edition 8s are, in so many ways, a very different Ultrasone. First, the Edition 8s have, according to Ultrasone, a completely original design that doesn't share any parts with...
- Tags: Ultrasone, headphone
- Product reviews 2009-10-21
- Meet Nook: Barnes and Noble's sexy new book reader
- Barnes and Noble announced a new eBook reader today called Nook, and it's already earned a place in our hearts as well as our wish list. On the outside: a curvy industrial design that would make Apple engineers proud. On the inside: an ARM processor powered by the Android operating...
- Tags: Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Grado PS1000
- Grado is one of America's oldest hi-fi companies. In the 1950s it manufactured phono cartridges, turntables, and speakers. While Grado still makes a full line of highly regarded cartridges (budget-priced all the way up to high-end models), it's perhaps better known today for its headphones, which spring from the professional...
- Tags: ear cushion, Grado, headphone
- Product reviews 2009-10-15
- HTC Imagio (Verizon Wireless)
- Verizon Wireless' V Cast video and music service bundle has long been a staple feature of its high-profile feature phones, like the LG enV Touch and the Samsung Rogue for example. But it is typically lacking in Verizon's smartphone offerings, so as not to detract from the smartphone's more business-friendly...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, Smart phones, Cellular phones, screen real estate, Verizon Wireless, HTC Imagio, High Tech Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2009-10-06
- Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?
- Nvidia unveiled its next-generation graphics processing unit GPU architecture, dubbed Fermi, and announced a key supercomputing win with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The takeaway: Graphics and visualization are becoming key to scientific discoveries. And Nvidia could be a major player. Oak Ridge's supercomputer will be used...
- Tags: Supercomputer, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Supercomputing, GPU, Fermi, Oak Ridge, CNET News, JMP Securities Alex Gauna, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- How To Sell Collaborative Business Performance Internally
- Sameer Patel and I are running a series of sessions during November's Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco entitled 'Selling the Case for Accelerating Business Performance with Enterprise Collaboration and 2.0 Technologies'. The challenge of getting that catalyst - the executive buy in...
- Tags: Performance, Organization, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- What do you want to see in Apple's new iMac; MacBook?
- It's no surprise that rumors are picking up about a pending refresh of Apple's standard MacBook laptop, which has been sporting the same shell for several years, as well as an overhaul of the iMac desktop lineup. Save for...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple iMac, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Malware affiliate bounty: Infect a Mac, earn 43 cents
- It's just what Apple deserves.Apple has long implied that its OS and software are inherently immune to attack. It's about time it and Mac owners were brought up short.It has begun...Now to see how long it will take before the Mac is as beset by malware as Windows.RE: Malware affiliate...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Desktops, Viruses and worms, bounty, Apple Macintosh, malware, Microsoft Windows, security
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- Zune HD review roundup: excellent hardware and UI, apps lacking
- who makes the hardware?We know M$ subcontracts the hardware.OSS companies should get that hardware, change the label and put Linux on it.This will not only leave Zune behind, but it would defeat the iPod.RE: Zune HD review roundup: excellent hardware and UI, apps lackingwhen you get your zune can you...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Microsoft Zune, PMP, hardware, Zune HD, ZuneHD
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- iHome iP1
- We don't associate the iHome brand with "premium" audio and cutting-edge design, but the folks there are giving it their best shot with the 100-watt iP1, which has a new look for the company known for its budget iPod audio systems.The first thing you notice about the iP1 is that...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, iHome iP1
- Product reviews 2009-09-15
- PowerStar Distribution 1.20 (Windows)
- Highly versatile and easy to use, PowerStar was designed for use on most electrical design and analysis applications. Use it for commercial building services, industrial plants, distribution systems, power factor correction. Any project where you need to know voltage, current, kw, kva or kvar on any and all parts of...
- Tags: Device, kW, Megasys Software, Plotters, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-14
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