Computer modeling allows today's auto engineers to precisely design vehicles, engines and transmissions, down to the smallest detail, for maximum strength without having to repeatedly build and test actual components over and over along the way, said Quinnell.

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What we see coming down the pike is the opportunity for a long-term, industrial strength player to merge the world of consumer interface design with the challenge of rebuilding everything that touches the customer within the enterprise experience.

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Way back in the genetic code of his buildings is a feeling for hangar-like lightness, strength and frugality of consumption that came out brilliantly in such projects as his 1981 design for the airport at Stansted in England.

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