Philadelphia also has a strong contemporary-design community, with seven college-level design programs as well as a number of new design-company startups and stores, that has influenced the type of interiors people want.
Partly as a result, The number of design-patent applications awarded has increased significantly in recent years.
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What Apple (and again Microsoft) does have is a number of design and utility patents.
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Since September 11, a number of design and engineering firms have contacted their professional organizations about recent or past "unusual" requests for blueprints.
The fashion icon known for his haute couture and fragrances has put his very own design on a limited number of one-ounce gold bars.
ViaSat also offers design capabilities and a number of complementary products including monolithic microwave integrated circuits and modules, DVB-S2 satellite communication components, video data link systems, data acceleration and compression, and mobile satellite antenna systems.
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We are also getting a number of design wins in avionics, and in one example the Japanese space agency is using an MRAM chip in a satellite launched into orbit early this year to measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.
Whirlpool says only a tiny minority of washer owners have actually complained about foul smells (although one internal survey put the level with all appliances, including dishwashers, at above 30%), and the company made a number of design changes over the years to address the problem.
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The Netherlands is considered a contemporary-design superpower and has fostered a number of notable figures, whose limited-edition creations often combine industrial design with sculpture.
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In his book, Luck By Design, he deconstructs a number of myths about success.
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The MP4-18A features a number of radical design features aimed at re-establishing McLaren as the dominant force in F1.
All distributions are the consequence of any number of institutional design choices, none of which are commanded by the fabric of the universe.
Its out-of-the-box templates for the master design sides are fewer in number than PowerPoint's (Keynote generally has fewer out-of-the-box bells and whistles than PowerPoint, probably a blessing for the forces of good design) but Apple's choice of typography and color palates are as coordinated and tasteful as one would expect from the company.
Spinnaker Shape - The sail inspired design enhances the sound in a number of ways.
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Subtle changes in product design simplify assembly or reduce the number of people needed to complete a product.
The design of the tools reduces the number of parts to be sterilized, reducing risk of cross-contamination and cost.
Even so, Cupertino's lawyers aren't going down without a fight, and still have a number of navigation and design claims that Samsung hasn't addressed.
Abaci are still widely used in the East, with slight variations in design--such as the number of beads and wires, and the presence of dividing beams--occurring between countries.
The new stadium will house 114 executive boxes, twice the number in the original design, and will regenerate public land which stands between Anfield and Everton's ground, Goodison Park.
Called the Hummer O2 (like the H2, only less toxic), this concept -- which just won the L.A. Auto Show Design Challenge -- incorporates a number of innovative, futuristic features into its oddly-shaped chassis, not the least of which is a "phototropic" body shell that contains algae-filled panels.
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Before deciding on the Pebble's final design, the team sketched out a number of other possibilities.
Among a host of groundbreaking capabilities, the new Aircell Smartphone will provide the best voice quality in aviation through a number of embedded technologies and design features.
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"The engineering design of the building was deficient in a number of respects, " it found.
Born in 1898, Alvar Aalto is ranked by many design aficionados as the 20th Century's number one architect -- and not just in the phone book.
Design has been and always will be reason number one, and we will make sure a Lamborghini will always be recognizable through its significant stylistic features.
Mr Bathmaker said the new design was much simpler, with half the number of foundations, which reduced the flood risk, and a swing section for river traffic.
Because the allegedly unsinkable ship sank, its design and construction, as well as the number and disposition of the lifeboats, have often been the subject of debate.
While no one would mistake any one Raspberry Pi for a powerhouse, the sheer number of networked devices gives the design both some computing grunt and 1TB worth of storage in SD cards.
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Bob Cater noted that while there has been a positive increase in the number of pupils studying mathematics after the age of 16, advances in the number of people studying science, design and technology and engineering have only been modest.
But slowly, design patents are coming into vogue across a widening number of industries.
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