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Watch Tim Brown’s “Innovation Through Design Thinking” talk at MIT Sloan School of Management
Not so long ago, Tim Brown recounts, designers belonged to a “priesthood.” Given an assignment, a designer would disappear into a back room, “bring the result out under a black sheet and present it to the client.” Brown and his colleagues at IDEO, the company that brought us the first Apple Macintosh mouse, couldn’t have traveled farther from this notion [...]
Posted in design, information technology, innovation Also tagged anthropologist, Anthropology, Apple, collaboration, Collaborative Projects, design, Design Inspiration, design thinking, designer, Ideo, information technology, innovation, Innovation Strategies, inspiration, M.I.T, project management, psychologist, psychology, Tim Brown Leave a comment
Tom Wujec demos the 13th-century astrolabe at TED
Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices -- the astrolabe. With thousands of uses, from telling time to mapping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the ancient can be as brilliant as the brand-new [...]
Posted in design, information technology, innovation Also tagged Academy Awards, author, Autodesk, Computational science, Computer graphics, Data Visualization, design, Film And TV, Infographics, Information Visualization, ingenious devices, innovation, Innovation Strategies, Scientific modeling, Sketches, software, Tom Wujec, visualization, Visualization Techniques, Visualization Technology Leave a comment
Academic Excellence in Engineering Supported by Autodesk at Formula Student 2009
Helping to promote careers and excellence in engineering, Autodesk has sponsored Formula Student 2009, the largest student motorsport event in Europe (Silverstone, UK, 16–19 July 2009) [...]
Posted in design, innovation, software Also tagged 3D software, Autodesk, Autodesk Aliasstudio, Autodesk Developer Network, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault, Automobile Industry, education, Europe, Formula One, free software, Germany, Imperial College London, Learning and Education, London, marketing manager, Mike Jelinek, Motorsport, Paolo Zambon, Principal, Ross Brawn, simulation, sketching, Technological Innovation, The Netherlands, United Kingdom Leave a comment
Watch Kevin Kelly’s “How technology evolves” talk at TED
Technologist Kevin Kelly asks "What does technology want?" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life [...]
Posted in information technology, trends Also tagged Kevin Kelly, New York Times, technologist, technology, TED conference, Wall Street Journal, Wired Leave a comment
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-28
http://twitpic.com/8k606 – 6th Wedding Anniversary at Pasta Fresca Salvatore: Is she gorgeous? # [Interaction Design] Why User Centered: by Douglas Look on June 26, 2009 Here’s a compilatio.. http://tr.im/pW9A # [Interaction Design] 100 Creative Twitter Backgrounds Featuring Illustration: If you’ve ever.. http://tr.im/pR3E # Concept Designs due tonight… Then one week off! # [China] Frank Ching: An Old Idea That Really [...]
Design, Technology & Urban Planning: Silos of Technology, Interoperability, and Digital Cities
There's an interesting article by Rob Colman in Green Business who chatted with Dan Campbell of the City of Vancouver and Geoff Zeiss about digital cities and how by enabling interoperability between architecture, engineering and construction design models such as BIM, telecom and public works network design, and gaming engines for video games, we can model cities holistically by creating 3D urban models that not only look good but offer the depth of information required to make real decisions [...]
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China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: Self-innovation key for China’s industrial modernization
China should focus on self-innovation rather than over-reliance on technology imports to achieve the industrial modernization, according to a blue paper issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) recently. The report was made upon CASS's survey on the country's 15 key industries. The result showed inadequate investment in self-innovation in China, which has held back the country from faster industrialization [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-04-12
[Technology] Chinese Bias for Baby Boys Creates a Gap of 32 Million: Sharon LaFraniere reports in th.. http://tinyurl.com/crhau5 # [China] ‘Positive signs’ for China economy: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says that his country’s economy is.. http://tinyurl.com/cus4ha # Apparently @DanielLannon (from “The Frail”) is following me: either this is a hoax, or I’m so not worthy! # [Technology] 7 [...]
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China, Technology, Innovation and the Environment: Carbon Emissions Research
In view of the recent research publication from the China Energy Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the China Green Building blog discusses the embodied and operational carbon emissions in China’s buildings: China’s buildings officially account for 19% of China’s total energy consumption but according to various Chinese academics, buildings probably account for more like 23%. This is expected to rise to 30% by 2010, broadly in line with the US...
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