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Has the IP protection on the Star Wars stormtrooper costume run out...Is it industrial design or is it art?
April 07, 2008
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3695069.ece
some clues to what makes people hate their gadgets
April 07, 2008
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2008/04/submissions_gadget_abuse
hottest tech of CES 2008
April 07, 2008
Untitled
April 07, 2008
what is original and what is a rip-off
April 07, 2008
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/rem-removes-big.html
14-year-old CEO makes chemistry a game with 'Elementeo'
April 09, 2008
http://www.sciencecodex.com/14_year_old_ceo_makes_chemistry_a_game_with_elementeo
7 Random Objects Sold as Exercise Machines
April 11, 2008
http://www.cracked.com/article_16104_sticks-stools-7-random-objects-sold-as-exercise-machines.html
Could this be the original patent for the Lava Lamp?
April 16, 2008
http://www.google.com/patents?id=qXFnAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#PPA2,M1
expansion of trademark laws into shapes...ipod is example
May 12, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121018802603674487.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
interesting marketing idea...
May 13, 2008
http://torrentfreak.com/best-selling-author-turns-piracy-into-profit-080512/
Procter and Gamble looks for ideas from outside the company...
May 30, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/business/24interview.html
95% of items returned to the store "work"
June 03, 2008
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/95-percent-of-all-returned-gadgets-still-work-americans-dont-r/ ^ The article suggests that this is because "Americans don't read manuals". I would suggest that it's because gadgets are generally poorly designed. They have way to many features poorly implemented, rather than the most important features well implemented. They have bad "design semantics", which basically means they are hard to understand how to use. This is a problem that design can solve.
this may be the patent for david copperfield's flying illusion...
June 11, 2008
http://www.google.com/patents?id=k80eAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4#PPP1,M1
the inventor of the chemex coffee maker
June 12, 2008
http://www.gourmet.com/food/2008/06/schlumbohm?currentPage=1
