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Design prototype in the making: Floating Solar Island

2008-08-21 16:05:07 by Editorial Staff in GadgetLite Blog
 
...designed by Swiss inventor Thomas Hinderling, at the moment, a 5km wide, 20m high island prototype is currently being built in the UAE and is expected to generate hundreds of kilowatts of electricity at a price nearly five times cheaper than current electricity rates. If everything goes well, this might just be a concept that could become...
 
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2nd Annual DiabetesMine Design Challenge

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2008-04-30 16:50:19 by Michael in Medgadget
...Design Challenge - "a competition designed to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that will improve life with diabetes". The contest is looking for unique, practical, and novel design ideas that may one day be applied to real products. The winners of the design challenge will receive both prize money and...
 
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Nokia opens satellite design studio in Rio de Janeiro

2008-02-27 17:55:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...design and culture on global design trends Espoo, Finland - Nokia has opened a satellite design studio in Rio de Janeiro reflecting the increasing impact Latin American style and culture is expected to have on the future design of mobile devices and services. Based at the Design School of UniverCidade, it will bring together Nokia designers,...
 
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CoWare Announces System-Level Design Solutions for Android-based Products

2008-02-28 08:29:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...design software and services, announced its solution for the rapid design and development of chipsets, handsets and software applications built to support the Android Mobile Platform . The introduction of Android as an open platform marks a major shift towards software-driven design. It requires new design and development methods that provide...
 
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Design vs branding

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2008-03-18 14:25:35 by David Carlson in Gadgets giz
...design ). In the article, Stefan Ölander from the branding agency Rewir says; Today most products and services are exchangeable, its branding and communication that make the difference I have a few objections My first questions is - could Apple exchange the iPod or iTunes? Could Fritz Hansen exchange the Ant chair? Could Omega exchange the...
 
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Expert Opinion: When Does Gadget Design Inspiration Turn Into Bootlegging? [Gizmodo Design]

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2008-06-16 16:00:00 by Elaine Chow in Gizmodo
...design features into their own products over time. But at what point does drawing inspiration from a rival's innovations become simple bootlegging? We asked three experts Yves Behar, designer of OLPC and Jawbone, and founder of fusionproject design studio in SF When a company comes out with an innovative, landmark gadget, many companies...
 
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When Companies Copy Gadgets, Is It Inspiration or Stealing? The Experts Speak [Gizmodo Design]

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2008-06-16 16:00:00 by Elaine Chow in Gizmodo
...design features into their own products over time. But at what point does drawing inspiration from a rival's innovations become simple bootlegging? We asked three experts Yves Behar, designer of OLPC and Jawbone, and founder of fusionproject design studio in SF When a company comes out with an innovative, landmark gadget, many companies...
 
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LG Electronics Opens New U.S. Design Center

2008-08-02 15:25:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Design Efforts NEW YORK, /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics announced the relocation of its U.S. Design Center from Englewood Cliffs, N.J. to the heart of New York City The design center, located in Union Square, will be charged with developing stylish and innovative products that meet the needs of American consumers, while further supporting...
 
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Yanko Design Profiles: GMs Designer in Chief

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2008-05-30 10:16:04 by Anthony James in Yanko Design
...designers are well aware of: all industrial and automotive designers can thank their yearly salaries to General Motors and the concept known as planned obsolescence. For those of you that never heard of this business practice, planned obsolescence is the process of a product becoming obsolete and/or non-functional after a certain period or...
 
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