For decades it was common practice for designers to create product ideas and take them to a manager or design team for review. Designers would gulp down critics’ feedback, revise, then send the specs on to the engineering team for development. Today, however, that process has dramatically changed. It’s no longer enough to embrace the ideas of the design team
3D modeling helps to scientists understand why some anti-cancer drugs fail. Some anti-cancer drugs fail because of a natural human protein, P-glycoprotein, that sits in the membrane surface of human cells. The job of P-glycoprotein is to pump toxins out of the cell. That’s good, in most cases. The trouble is that cancer cells see
As a not-so-secret aviation fan the recent Farnborough Air Show was crammed with all sorts of delights. The shape of the wings of the Qatar Air Boeing 787 Dreamliner taking off for a demonstration flight over the airfield were a marvel of industrial engineering and a truly beautiful design. The behemoth Airbus A380, now an
As a user experience designer, I often wonder how people with various physical or cognitive limitations interact with technology. What new innovations might be awaiting discovery because of their unique perspective? Being part of the iPhone Accessibility Project is helping to provide an insider’s look at that very topic. Chief Researcher on the iPhone Accessibility Project
In the space of three brief presentations at the Dassault Systèmes Customer Conference – Innovation in Life, I experienced the broad reach of the possibilities opened up to innovators as they seek to bring their ideas to market. It’s not simply a question of being able to generate a 3D model of a design, or
Collaborative Innovation Blogger, Andrea Meyer interviews Cedric Simard, IceDream Project Director, Dassault Systemes live from the Dassault Systemes Customer Conference 2011 (#DSCC11). Cedric explains the idea behind the IceDream project, a concept begun 40 years ago by Georges Mougin which involves moving an iceberg from it’s original location to a location in need of potable
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