More winners will surface by innovating game design and promotion for these platforms.
While inheriting the sleek curved body design of the original model, the form factor of the new PS3 system features a new meticulous design with textured surface finish, giving an all new impression and a casual look.
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Engineering this sound into the design of the Surface tablet was a smart move for Microsoft, but building advertising around this distinctive sound is even cleverer on the part of the unnamed advertising agency behind the campaign.
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Welcome, then, to the Surface for Windows Pro, which promises all the niceties of the Surface RT -- compelling design, build quality, performance -- with full support for x86 Windows applications. (That is: every single Windows app released before the end of last year.) And, adding a 1080p display to the mix doesn't hurt.
Independent Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) are fully integrated into the upper bumper surface to complete this unique new design.
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No longer limited to low-end FDM machines, users can now print parts with the complex geometries, exquisite details, and beautiful surface finish necessary for professional quality design and digital fabrication.
The company's first ruggedized underwater cam was a solid snapper, but its bulky submarine-like design made it impractical for most surface-based shoots.
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Two prototypes of cages to be used to hoist the men to the surface will be reviewed Tuesday as will the design of the winch, Golborne said.
Inventor, Hideki Watanabe, created the prototype using dental plaster from his practice that he used to line the inside surface of a metal pot in a spiral design.
By using lightweight aerospace materials like carbon fiber, which has the strength of steel but weighs one-fifth as much, naval architects can design boats that plane across the surface of the water instead of plowing through it.
By using lightweight aerospace materials like carbon fiber, which has the strength of steel but weighs a fifth as much, naval architects can design boats that plane across the surface of the water instead of plowing through it.
In fact, the desire to make the Surface a truly productive tablet drove many of Microsoft's design decisions.
Featuring grooved serrations on its surface, the X Headphones' detachable cord provides an innovative design that eliminates friction between cable surfaces, reducing the incidence of frustrating tangles.
With this new platform, Microsoft offers a fresh approach to phone software, distinguished by smart design and truly integrated experiences that bring to the surface the content people care about from the Web and applications.
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The Surface's built-in kickstand threw another wrench into the design process, as did the magnetic hinge used to attach the keyboard covers.
In the past a product's shape alterations would be hammered out by designers in a surface-modeling program, a tool that allows for easy curve design and concept change.
Featuring grooved serrations on the surface, the cords on Sony Extra Bass headphones provide an innovative design that eliminates friction between cable surfaces and reduces the source of frustrating tangles.
Mr. Clarke chose a two-level design that clearly separates the 42-inch-high dining surface from the 36-inch-high food-prep surface.
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Its wedge shape design aids venting, and its bottom feet provide stability on any surface.
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The company's engineers are confident that their modified chip-design software will allow previously flat circuits to be wrapped around the surface of a sphere.
Though Surface's look and feel is now final, the team's design room remains papered in blown-up photos, a mix of renderings and inspirational objects -- things like a slim Moleskine notebook.
The new chassis design has a convenient recess desk on top with a non-slip surface for charging smartphones and cameras.
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Microsoft had considered multiple PC form factors before settling on Surface, Panay says, and the tablets didn't always have that sharp-angled design: the firm tried curved backs before deciding that the flat surfaces were more reassuring in users' hands.
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One of the great usability benefits of this design is that the iWatch could sense body position and orient the focus of the visible surface towards the user.
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The red tarmac would be replaced with a new surface and existing flowerbeds and lighting would be removed to create a "blank canvas" for the new design.
By design, it should be impossible to miss when you try and attach a keyboard cover to the Surface.
This means that the Surface can be used on the service tray, but there is a problem which is unique to the Microsoft design: the Kickstand .
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