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Today's Cartoon: Crispr Cure
Gene editing leads to the ultimate crossover design collaboration.
Astrophysicist Janna Levin, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of gravity to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert.
Levin is the Claire Tow Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia … [+218 chars]
WIRED Cartoons
2019-12-30 12:00:00
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UK watchdog sets out “age appropriate” design code for online services to keep kids’ privacy safe
The UK’s data protection watchdog has today published a set of design standards for Internet services which are intended to help protect the privacy and safety of children online. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been working on the Age Appropr…
The UK’s data protection watchdog has today published a set of design standards for Internet services which are intended to help protect the privacy of children online.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been working on the Age Appropriate Desig… [+11124 chars]
Natasha Lomas
2020-01-22 12:33:43
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Dell’s latest XPS 13 has a new design with a bigger display and Ice Lake chips
Dell updates the XPS 13 at CES 2020 with a smaller bottom bezel, taller display, smaller design, and Intel’s latest Ice Lake chips for a new redesign of the already great Windows laptop.
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Dell has shaved off the bottom bezel for the best-looking XPS yet
Dells XPS 13 has long been one of the best Windows laptops around, and at CES 2020, the company is updating it yet again with a bigger 13.4-inch display that also shifts to a 16:… [+1954 chars]
Chaim Gartenberg
2020-01-02 15:01:17
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The Skagen Falster 3 Wear OS smartwatch has a Snapdragon 3100 and 1GB RAM
The latest iteration of Skagen’s Wear OS smartwatch has a new processor, more RAM, and a special design from Kygo. The Falster 3 will be available starting on January 7th for $295.
Theres also a special watchface from a DJ
Skagen Falster 3.
Image: Skagen
Skagen has just announced the latest iteration of its Wear OS-powered smartwatch, the Falster 3. The Falster 3s big new features include the Qualcomm Snapdragon 3100 processor, a spe… [+1745 chars]
Dan Seifert
2020-01-07 17:00:00
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Roland made the Cybertruck of grand pianos
Electronic instruments company Roland has unveiled a concept piano called the Facet. The “evocative crystal-like” design has a keyboard with a smart screen and a hollow cabinet that houses speakers instead of the usual hammers and strings.
Image: Roland Electronic instruments company Roland has unveiled a concept piano called the Facet, which is likely to turn heads as it makes appearances this year. The low poly (or as Roland says “evocative crystal-like”) design has a keyboard with a smart sc… [+2431 chars]
Dani Deahl
2020-01-09 18:49:11
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OnePlus's Boldest Move Is Focusing More on Design Than the Tech
Over the last few years, phone makers have been putting two, three, or even five or more cameras on the backs of phones, to the point that it’s giving some people trypophobia. But with the Concept One, OnePlus is trying to ease that camera anxiety while also …
Over the last few years, phone makers have been putting two, three, or even five or more cameras on the backs of phones, to the point that its giving some people trypophobia. But with the Concept One, OnePlus is trying to ease that camera anxiety while also f… [+4417 chars]
Sam Rutherford
2020-01-07 16:00:00
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Yes, affordable software for artists and designers actually exists
TL;DR: Unleash the artist in you with The Creativity Bundle Ft. Clip Studio DEBUT for $25, an 86% savings. Whether you're an exceptional graphic designer by trade or an artist trying to go digital, there's one thing we know to be true: you need design softwar…
TL;DR: Unleash the artist in you with The Creativity Bundle Ft. Clip Studio DEBUT for $25, an 86% savings.
Whether you're an exceptional graphic designer by trade or an artist trying to go digital, there's one thing we know to be true: you need design softw… [+2724 chars]
Veronika Kero
2020-01-09 16:34:58
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Tesla is now selling a t-shirt commemorating Cybertruck shattered window flub
Tesla apparently isn’t afraid to embrace some of its more embarrassing moments when doing so will likely lead to moving lost of mercy – the automaker is now selling a t-shirt emblazoned with a graphic of the shatter incurred in the Cybertruck’s driver side wi…
Tesla apparently isn’t afraid to embrace some of its more embarrassing moments when doing so will likely lead to moving lost of mercy the automaker is now selling a t-shirt emblazoned with a graphic of the shatter incurred in the Cybertruck’s driver side wind… [+1903 chars]
Darrell Etherington
2020-01-14 18:22:48
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Salesforce announces new tools to boost developer experience on Commerce Cloud
Salesforce announced some new developer tools today, designed to make it easier for programmers to build applications on top of Commerce Cloud in what is known in industry parlance as a “headless” system. What that means is that developers can separate the co…
Salesforce announced some new developer tools today, designed to make it easier for programmers to build applications on top of Commerce Cloud in what is known in industry parlance as a “headless” system.
What that means is that developers can separate the c… [+2031 chars]
Ron Miller
2020-01-13 14:18:38
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Maze raises $2 million and adds Figma support to enable user testing at scale
Maze wants to reinvent usability tests by letting you turn design prototypes into tests in just a few clicks. It could become the equivalent of a developing test suite for developers, but this time for designers — it could be something that you run before shi…
Maze wants to reinvent usability tests by letting you turn design prototypes into tests in just a few clicks. It could become the equivalent of a developing test suite for developers, but this time for designers it could be something that you run before shipp… [+1943 chars]
Romain Dillet
2020-01-20 16:27:30
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Personal computer CPU pioneer Chuck Peddle dies at 82
Chuck Peddle, one of the most important engineers of the early home computing era, has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 82. He's best known as the lead designer for MOS Technology's 6502, a low-cost processor (just $25 in 1975) that found its way int…
The 6502 almost didn't happen. Peddle wanted to design his more affordable chip at Motorola, which was struggling to sell its 6800 CPU design kits for a then-costly $300. When Motorola was unresponsive to the proposal (it saw the proposal as internal competit… [+876 chars]
Jon Fingas
2019-12-25 09:31:00
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New lithium-sulfur battery could let phones last five days between charges
Lithium-sulfur batteries have been in the news for years, but a new design might be worth your notice. Monash University researchers have crafted what they claim is the most efficient lithium-sulfur battery to date. An appropriately-sized unit reportedly has …
The key was to rework the particle bonds in sulfur cathodes to help them handle higher loads without decreases in capacity, performance or stability. The technique was derived from the bridging architectures you see in processing detergent powders, the univer… [+950 chars]
Jon Fingas
2020-01-06 10:25:00
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The 2019 World Design Rankings (WDR) by the A’ Design Award
Organized by the A’ Design Award and Competition, the design rankings of countries is based on the number of design awards won at juried design competitions and awards.
The 2019 World Design Rankings (WDR) are now in! Organized by the A Design Award and Competition, the updated design rankings of countries is based on the number of design awards won at international juried design competitions and awards. It provides data and… [+1676 chars]
Vy Tran
2020-01-01 14:00:04
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Dell's 'Concept UFO' is a wild Switch-like portable gaming PC
We're in a strange new era of personal computing, one where our machines can twist into tablets, weigh just a few pounds, and pack in multiple screens. At CES, things are getting even weirder. Dell just unveiled the Concept UFO, a chunky portable PC with remo…
The Concept UFO looks like what a cross between a Nintendo Switch and a generic PC gamepad -- ugly, but potentially functional. The left and right controller portions attach to the core screen magnetically, making the connection feel a bit more secure than th… [+1759 chars]
Devindra Hardawar
2020-01-06 22:00:00
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2019 Year in Review: Design Store(y)
We take a look at the design-focused, brick-and-mortar shops we shared in 2019 in our Design Store(y) column.
Caroline Williamson
2019-12-27 14:00:55
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Design Milk Travels to… Bucharest, Romania
Bucharest may have been slow to ride the waves of gritty-to-glam resurgence but the post-communist capital of Romania is in its own quiet prime.
Keshia Badalge
2020-01-23 18:00:00
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Galaxy Buds+ leak shows off familiar design, three different colors
The Galaxy Buds+ are rumored to come in at least four color options - Black, Light Blue, White, and Pink. What you need to know Multiple renders of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Buds+ have leaked online. The renders show the earbuds in three color options – Bla…
A render of the Galaxy Buds+ was found in the code for Samsung's SmartThings app last month, revealing a design that looked nearly identical to its predecessor. Renders showing the Galaxy Buds+ in three different colors have now surfaced, courtesy of young le… [+1067 chars]
Babu Mohan
2020-01-21 15:30:12
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Google's Pixelbook Go is finally available in 'Not Pink'
It took three months, but Google is finally offering its "Not Pink" version of the Pixelbook Go. The internet giant has started selling its more colorful Chromebook through its official store, Best Buy and other channels. It's functionally the same as the bla…
The Pixelbook Go isn't the most exciting Chromebook on the market, but it ticks the right checkboxes with solid performance, healthy battery life and a quality keyboard. Most of the complaints simply revolve around the cost. It's an unexciting design for what… [+178 chars]
Jon Fingas
2020-01-21 02:11:00
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This might be Samsung's upcoming 'zero bezel' 8K TV
You might not have to wait until CES to see Samsung's fabled 'zero bezel' TV. German site 4KFilme has posted what it says are the first pictures of the 8K set, which might be called the Q900T or Q950T. If these are accurate, it's not literally a zero-bezel TV…
An earlier rumor had the bezel-free TV entering production in February. Pricing is still unknown as well, although the design might be limited to 65-inch or larger screens.
There are questions as to the utility of this. Unless you're really tight on space, y… [+169 chars]
Jon Fingas
2019-12-31 17:48:00
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Using Force-Like Powers This Robotic Gripper Can Grab Things Without Touching Them
Engineers have developed robots that are capable of picking up objects as delicate as eggs or grapes without damaging them, but soon they could handle even the smallest and most fragile components using a new gripper design that can lift and manipulate object…
Engineers have developed robots that are capable of picking up objects as delicate as eggs or grapes without damaging them, but soon they could handle even the smallest and most fragile components using a new gripper design that can lift and manipulate object… [+3412 chars]
Andrew Liszewski
2020-01-23 17:10:00
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