Information design gurus have tried for years, mostly unsuccessfully, to help users organize their data in a better way than the file-and-folder metaphor dreamed up at Xerox PARC in the 1970s.
But once they have tracked and mapped each busy little pollinator's journey, they may be able to use the information to design new networks for humans.
What is new is that as manufacturing companies pursue these goals in an increasingly globalized supply chain, they need vastly improved information to design, plan, execute and measure operations across a complex and varied environment.
There are numerous references to so-called "Books of Knowledge, " highly confidential information on design, safety systems and testing records allegedly generated by Toyota engineers on everything from roll-overs and roof safety to sudden unintended acceleration.
CIA, on the other hand, says China may not have gained any more than basic design information.
Unlike Stuxnet, which specifically damaged Siemens PCS 7 systems, Duqu appears to be only collecting information about the design of other industrial control systems.
"I think they were very careful to keep design information, very important information in Japan, out of reach of our system as much as possible, " he said.
By using e-speak to provide information about the design and manufacturing of circuit boards, SpinCircuit says it has cut manufacturing cycles by two months for one of its clients.
Scottish government agency Transport Scotland has published prior information notice for the design work.
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Caught out in 2003, Libya handed over both the design and information that helped expose the Khan network.
This type of protection requires constant diligence, and a great deal of thought and planning in the design of information systems.
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If information architecture (Big Data or small) talent is not present in your organization, then it will serve you well to hire external consultants to design the information flow and then your internal team can execute against that.
She started Enabled By Design to share information about better designed, cheaper and more attractive alternatives.
The DTI has pledged to carry out further research to ensure companies are given information to help them to design products that can be used by disabled people.
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Prosecutors say he transported the files, which included information on the performance and design of guidance systems for missiles, rockets and unmanned drones, in the hope that it would help him gain future employment in China.
While some attackers got in and out quickly when they had stolen payment information, others were content to lurk inside a network for months, seeking out useful internal information including intellectual property, design documents or confidential financial plans.
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In just a few months, Tablet First has became a major design trend: Information-heavy websites like USA Today , ReadWrite, TheNextWeb and Forbes adopted a lightweight layout to enhance the reading experience for tablet users.
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This is also more than mere design but the way information can be presented in a useful, direct and interlinked way.
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And up-and-coming software companies will provide applications that can sit atop the network to manage the information and control for personalization, design, comfort, and efficiency.
Although a bit bare bones at the moment, the Friends of the Beacon Food Forest website has additional information on the project including the design master plan.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Bauder College offers two- and four-year degrees in fashion, business, information technology, medical assistance, interior design and, of course, criminal justice.
Counter intuitively, the hardest part of realizing a decent data infrastructure is not the hardware or technology choice, but the design and architecture of your information system.
Mr. Brichter, whose design aesthetic is inspired by information theorists like Edward Tufte, a proponent of minimizing extraneous information in graphic designs, says he thinks up new features for apps based on how people move objects in the real world.
They should design for the 98% of information flow they want to have happen.
The Nike design and marketing experts took that information and ran with it.
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Launched in June 2009, element14 is the first, innovative information portal and eCommunity specifically built for electronic design engineers.
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Cerf, who helped design the first protocols that allowed information to be sent across computer networks in the late 1970s, expressed regret in a speech Tuesday that he hadn't designed the Internet to be a safer, more regulated system.
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