Ellen Leanse is serious about getting people to reconsider their use of technology. We’re at a table together at a San Francisco restaurant when she sees me quickly scan a message alert on my phone. “Did you know it’s now going to take you at least six minutes to fully re-focus on this conversation?” she …
Many manufacturers create brilliantly designed keys to add to the experience of driving their cars. Key wristbands, mobile apps, and touchscreen keys are just a few of the innovative ways carmakers are improving keys The excitement around innovative car exteriors often overshadows smaller details like a car key. But from simple, sleek key fobs to high-tech …
Despite the 3D printing revolution shaking up the design and manufacturing industries, one thing has been holding it back from fully infiltrating more commercial day-to-day situations – it’s slow. Most desktop printers take well over an hour to generate a small object, but a new design from engineers at MIT could completely change the 3D …
Leslie Witt is vice president of design at the financial software company Intuit. She spoke to Doreen Lorenzo for Designing Women, a series of interviews with brilliant women in the design industry. Doreen Lorenzo: How did you get to this position? Leslie Witt: It was a curvy design path. I went to architecture school at Rice, fell …
When the Sonoma and Napa fires of 2017 tore through the Bay Area design community, several thousand structures were destroyed, and as many as 15,000 people were left without homes. Architects whose families and clients lost homes made it to the Monterey Design Conference last October to find comfort and to connect. Every year, I …
Design matters. In the auto industry, the world’s smartest companies have placed a premium on design excellence as a path to consumer interest and long-term brand enhancement. In the case of Audi, progressive design has been a key enabler in building the Volkswagen Group’s volume luxury brand into a strong competitor to rival fellow German …
Earlier this year Google held its IO 2017 conference where the latest in Android and Artificial Intelligence tools where presented through demonstrations to attending developers. Some of the software tools discussed at the event were Tensorflow, Kotlin, and Android Things platform using Android Studio. The Android Things session presented new coding features of Android Studio …
Technology-enabled manufacturing company, Proto Labs, has entered into an agreement to acquire privately held Rapid Manufacturing Group, doing business as Rapid Prototype. Rapid Prototype specializes in quick-turn sheet metal fabrication and computer numerical control (CNC) machining. The acquisition will add sheet-metal skills to Proto Labs’ fast manufacturing, as well as while expanding the company’s CNC …
Two new projects from Google are leading the way toward AI that can learn on its own and even create its own algorithms. Embed from Getty Images With only a little over a year having passed since Google’s AI AlphaGo beat world champions at Go, it is no longer the smartest AI in classroom. Google …
The next generation of the Microsoft Azure IoT Suite’s preconfigured remote monitoring solution introduces a new scalable Microservices architecture that dramatically simplifies the ability for customers to customize the solution. The company says that input from major companies including The Hershey Company, Schneider Electric, Rolls Royce and Sandvik played a key role. The new solution …