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The Starter League launches Starter School
About two years ago, The Starter League set out to teach absolute beginners how to code.
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Design Engineers Generate Dramatically Lighter Concepts Using solidThinking Inspire 9.5
The design software firm solidThinking Tuesday announced the latest version of its solidThinking Inspire software, which allows design engineers, product designers and architects to create and investigate structurally efficient concepts quickly and easily.
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IKEA to More-than-Double Size of Colorado's Largest Single-Use...
IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, today announced plans to increase the solar array atop its Denver-area store that opened two years ago in Centennial, CO.
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The last notebook we reviewed from Canadian high-performance specialist Eurocom was the 'ultraportable' Monster 1.0 , about which we concluded: "This 11.6in.
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The Media Lab's Neri Oxman, PhD '10, wants designers not just to dream up new products but to change the way they're made.
Asus to take road less traveled in face of adversity: chairman
Asus Chairman Jerry Shih yesterday pledged that the company will continue to innovate and take the road less traveled in facing the challenges of the declining PC sector.
Al Dean has been working as a technology writer for the past six years and currently holds the post of Technology Editor on the UK's leading Product Development Technology magazine, MCAD, and is Editor of Prototype, a new quarterly focussing on the Rapid Prototyping and Direct Manufacturing industries.
LED bulbs pay off in the long run
If the next light bulb you buy is an LED, it may be your last. The technology behind light-emitting diodes has advanced to the point that the bulbs can last up to 25 times longer than traditional light bulbs.
The future of buildings: coming soon, the house that can repair itself
Buildings will be very different because currently they are not very hi-tech. They are still made from concrete, steel and glass.
How this Dutch duo is turning old bikes into designer items
Two Dutch entrepreneurs have found a novel way to make money out of the thousands of bicycles abandoned in the Netherlands each year -- by turning them into designer fashion items and furniture.
A gloomy outlook has darkened the desktop computer industry for years after consumers switched first to laptops and now tablets.
Charlotte's Edison Nation Is Churning Out The Next Big Thing
Exoskeletal body armor designed for protecting guards in prison riots. Infinitely gyroscoping bowls designed for spill-prone toddlers.
Ettore Sottsass was an industrial designer who was born in Innsbruck, Austria. Famous for his My Valentine typewriter design and his geometric enamel designs .
How Standards Help Shape Tomorrow's Products
Conforming to the applicable standards for circuit protection is a critical aspect of any new electrical or electronic product's design.
SurgeX Debuts SEQ-1U Surge Eliminator And Power Conditioner
Easy programming and smart control functions complement surge protection and power conditioning to make the SEQ-1U an intelligently compact energy management device.
Enclosed Office Chair Creates A Private Room With A View [Pics]
At this year's NeoCon , workspace manufacturer Haworth revealed the Windowseat Lounge , a new kind of home and office chair that was designed to be a refuge for the sitter.
Electronic tag reader wins international award
A hand-held device used to read ear tags on farm animals, developed by Massey industrial designer Tony Parker and technology company Gallagher, has won the inaugural International Innovation Award at Fieldays The HR4 is designed to allow farm workers to automatically identify individual animals by a unique electronic number , attached to the stock ... (more)
Skooba Design unveils new website
Skooba Design, a Chili-based company specializing in the design and manufacture of carrying cases for laptops and other tech gear, launched a new website for its corporate solutions business.
XMOS multicore microcontroller delivers low cost daisy-chain Ethernet AVB
XMOS today announced a new reference design for its xCORE multicore microcontroller products that brings Ethernet AVB technology to more cost-sensitive audio transport and time sensitive networking applications in which latency and timing are critical.
Grand Valley STEM Graduates Help Drive Economy
Grandville native Jake Hall never changed his major while in college. He knew he wanted to pursue an engineering career since his first year of high school.