News tagged with design
Texas education board approves science standards (Update)
Mar 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Texas will no longer require educators to teach weaknesses of all scientific theories, including evolution.
Facebook vows 'improvements' after user backlash
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Faced with a torrent of complaints over its latest redesign, the social networking hub Facebook has vowed a series of "improvements" to eliminate clutter and make the website more user friendly.
Design revolution
Mar 24, 2009 |
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A revolutionary approach to the design of consumer products - from automobiles to plasma TVs - could cut manufacturers' warranty costs significantly. Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Six Sigma an ...
Social Web sites face transparency questions
Mar 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yelp.com prides itself on being a site where people can write reviews about pretty much anything and connect with similarly critical peers. Yet as the site grows, some of the businesses scrutinized on Yelp are turning ...
Apple's small new 4-gigabyte iPod shuffle can talk
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. unveiled a minuscule new iPod Shuffle on Wednesday that takes its "smaller is better" mantra to a whole new level.
New design means cheaper, more sustainable construction
Mar 03, 2009 |
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People are always looking for ways to make something less expensive and more environmentally friendly - and a team of researchers from North Carolina State University has figured out how to do both of those ...
'Inlet Outlet' Lets Users Give Power Back To Wall Sockets
Mar 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever wish you could you power your home's electrical appliances with the energy you generate on your exercise bike? A new concept called an "inlet outlet" could allow homeowners to put power ...
Data Travels Six Times Faster in the Clouds
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The National Center for Data Mining (NCDM) at the University of Chicago at Illinois established a cloud computing system that can quickly compile data from widely geographically distributed ...
Sleek new MIT solar car heads to the races
Feb 25, 2009 |
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MIT's Solar Electric Vehicle Team, the oldest such student team in the country, has just finished construction of its latest high-tech car and will be unveiling it to the public this Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. ...
LLNL signs agreement with Siemens to improve wind energy efficiency
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy Inc. to provide high-resolution atmospheric modeling capabilities to improve the efficiency of wind farm sites, turbine design and wind farm ...
LG Unveils Transparent Mobile Phone: LG-GD900
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 18, 2009 |
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LG Electronics today unveiled the world's first transparent design phone, the LG-GD900, at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
New software dramatically speeds enzyme design
Feb 16, 2009 |
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A Duke University-led team has brought powerful software to the never-ending arms race between antibiotics and germs. Working together, computer scientists and biochemists have developed and laboratory-tested a computer program ...
Engineers create intelligent molecules that seek-and-destroy diseased cells
Feb 13, 2009 |
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Current treatments for diseases like cancer typically destroy nasty malignant cells, while also hammering the healthy ones. Using new advances in synthetic biology, researchers are designing molecules intelligent enough to ...
Scientists develop revolutionary microchip that uses 30 times less energy
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Leaving your mobile phone charger at home when you go for a two week long vacation may just be the norm one day as scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Rice University, United States, have successfully ...
Engineers Try to Bring Down the House During Simulated Earthquake Tests
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California at San Diego put a single-story house to the test on January 26 via a series of strong simulated earthquake shakes. The first jolt to the wood-stud ...
