News tagged with design elements

55": LG announces world's largest OLED TV panel

LG Display announced that it has developed the world's largest 55-inch OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) TV panel. The 55-inch panel is a significant step forward in the popularization of OLED TVs and demonstrates ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

For a pioneer of technology, 100 years of 'Think'

Google, Apple and Facebook get all the attention. But the forgettable everyday tasks of technology - saving a file on your laptop, swiping your ATM card to get 40 bucks, scanning a gallon of milk at the checkout ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Weather-sensitive architectural skins integrate form with function

Buildings typically provide shelter from the elements, but one Ryerson University researcher thinks structures ought to relate more to the environment instead. To this end, she has created architectural "skins," ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chart junk? How pictures may help make graphs better

Those oft-maligned, and highly embellished, graphs and charts in USA Today and other media outlets may actually help people understand data more effectively than traditional graphs, according to new research from North Carolina ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'FEAsy' analyzes designs from raw sketches to speed parts creation (w/ Video)

Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1