When it comes to improving on that, some leaked European retailer listings suggest NVIDIA might not wait on a completely next-gen architecture, but may instead try to deliver similar performance through a less power-hungry single GPU design.
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These low temperatures allow for a quick start-up, a more compact design, and less use of rare-earth materials.
In other news, pedal-powered transportation geared up for the future as we showcased a chain-less hybrid bike with an out-of-this-world design and a molded bamboo bike that is grown from the ground up.
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But the screw is so simple and cheap--most cost less than a penny apiece to make--that it has been easier to design around its deficiencies than to come up with a better model.
In its present form the New School is indeed new: It is a recent amalgam of a graduate program called the New School for Social Research with two conservatory-like schools (the Parsons School of Design and the Mannes College of Music) and several less well-known entities.
In its latest incarnation, Fenelon's window regulator is less than half the weight of the arm-and-sector design, 2 pounds rather than 5.
Creating a virtual environment in which those paths, and any in-between, could be explored was less about video game design and more about creating a rich world, said Mr Smith.
She said there was support for the idea of universities being involved with the design of A-levels - "but less support for universities endorsing each A-level".
But if you do have employees, the SEP has disadvantages: More part-timers must be covered and there's less flexibility to design the plan to suit your needs.
They attribute this largely to the failings of Iran's less-advanced centrifuges, which are based on a P-1 design originally provided by the Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
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Small and midsize businesses, many facing product and project complexities a bit less thorny than those in the 777, are enjoying a democratization of sophisticated 3-D design.
Collections from fashion houses, working in collaboration with top industrial designers, may be more put-together but they are no less about bringing thoughtful (not to mention colorful) design into the home.
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With a green-centric design, this compact and sleek PC mini uses up to 90% less plastic and consumes up to 90% less energy than traditional tower PCs.
"Designers have an obligation to explore solutions which are by nature less energy-consuming and non-polluting, " says Clive van Heerden, senior director of design-led innovation at Philips Design.
Superficial cost comparisons can become even more skewed if that one service requirement is permitted to be revised so as to make it less exacting after the design that meets the more demanding specification has been set for the multi-purpose airplane.
It has also adopted the same pebble-like design that's found on the Galaxy S III, which makes the Note II slightly thinner (9.4mm vs. 9.7mm) and helps it feel a little less awkward in-hand than the original version, which used the square and slightly blockier GS2 design language.
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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And if Sadoway is right, the two ways to make sure it does not happen again are to change the design of the lithium-ion battery or replace it with a safer, but less-powerful battery technology.
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The drone is a wing-shaped aircraft, like the stealth bomber, a design that is supposed to make it less visible to radar.
Since such bases will, by design, be relatively austere, a premium will be placed on those platforms that can utilize less-developed infrastructures and facilities.
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