Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
In our continual effort to teach you and anyone else who might benefit about your computer, here is a set of 4 general cases by which you will inevitably get a virus on your computer. Don’t be one of these four people, not only because viruses suck, but also because we don’t have any cartoons detailing how to get them off of your computer.
Check out the amazing work San Francisco based Bespoke Innovations is making in the field of prosthesis. Led by industrial designer Scott Summit, Bespoke works with individual clients, customizing each prosthetic based on personal needs and style.
More of their work after the jump, as well as a great interview with Scott Summit produced by Core77.
As designers, sometimes we forget the impact of innovative design. More importantly, we forget how to be innovative designers. Design has the power to solve problems through creative thinking. It works to make things function to their fullest potential by studying its form, function, and content.
The founder of the Fuseproject , Yves Behar, teamed up with Puma to create a new packaging design for Puma’s shoes and apparel. The packaging system they created solves some of the most difficult issues facing the retail industry in regards to sustainability and environmental harm: packaging, and more specifically shoeboxes. Take a look at the video after the jump to get a better insight to this innovative design and potentially world changing idea towards a more sustainable retail industry.
You’re doing the right thing by being the good son/daughter this Christmas and buying your folks a new laptop or desktop. I’m sure they’ll be super psyched about your thoughtfulness. There’s one downside to your gift giving though. Your parents don’t know how to do a few basic things on this new contraption. Google has you covered with their Teach Parents Tech site.
It allows you to teach them how to do basic things like upgrade their browser, resize a picture and share really big files. Just check off the boxes and select the videos you think they need. Google prepares the email for you and sends it along to them saving you the hours of time you otherwise would have had to spend on the phone teaching them how to use their new computer.
If you used a Macintosh in the 1980′s chances are you saw this icon when you booted up. Susan Kare designed them for Apple’s operating system back in the day and is now selling them as art prints.