Vibration testing hasn't changed in 50 years -- and those shake tests may be too rigorous, forcing engineers to over-design everything (read: added cost).
The F-35's critics have long argued that its performance is compromised by having to fulfil too many roles and that an over-complicated design lashed to an over-optimistic schedule was asking for trouble.
But when the over-all design of the picture becomes clear, we feel cheated rather than enlightened.
Such a simple trait, but one that makes all the difference, and this is where an over-ear design comes into its own.
Alas, the Veloster's bratty, hot-spit design over-promises performance.
The Boogie Board Jot Folio is a leather-like case with a convenient flip-over design similar to a traditional stenographer notepad.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said it will continue with policies design to prevent over-investment from real estate investors next year.
Indeed, in a decade when over-the-top chandeliers have fallen out of favor, a restrained design that has both the weight of over 700 years of tradition and a certain lightness of being is nothing short of a bright idea.
The so-called advances in organizational design theory have been so grossly over-weighted toward risk management, organizations are now built to prevent failure rather than encourage success.
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The myTREK's comfortable arm-strap design fits over the muscular portion of the user's forearm and provides convenient track and volume control.
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The grounding of the 787 fleet illustrates not the flaws in Boeing's industrial culture -- a rush to bring the airliner to market, a degree of over-innovation or a desire to please shareholders by outsourcing too much design and production -- but the rigor of a regulatory regime with a zero tolerance of any mote of imperfection.
But more than most, he learned and adapted, and drove his teams to improve--over the long haul, great design can handle the odd failure, but not the failure to learn.
According to Marcus Fairs, editor-in-chief of influential design magazine Dezeen, the most high-impact developments over the next decade will be primarily in the areas of manufacturing and wearable technology.
The newest over-ear model from Scosche features the company's proprietary headphone design that utilizes 40mm drivers made from rare-earth neodymium magnets and precision wound copper voice coiling to create an incredibly accurate musical reproduction.
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At NeighborCare Bronfein spent a few million over several years to design a new pick-and-pack robot, but the project died after he left the company.
But mostly, the design is defined by being over-designed, which is to say, the components are vastly stronger than any conceivable stresses the bike might encounter.
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There is of course the multi-continental fight going on over Android and the design of phones and tablets.
Within a command-and-control regulatory program, performance-based standards may offer advantages over standards specifying design, behavior, or manner of compliance.
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While its optical design is carried over from the previous-generation model, the new-generation lens features Sony's proprietary Nano AR Coating on optical surfaces.
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The two companies are also dueling in numerous courts world-wide over various other patents, including the design of their respective devices and the wireless technology that powers them.
On the opposite shore, glass-and-steel structures of breathtaking design were cantilevered over the water, all aglow.
This innovative design is optimized to eliminate features typically over-provisioned in traditional server offerings.
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For those that prefer an over-the-ear headphone model, Koss has introduced STRIVA PRO, which combines superior sound quality with elegant design.
The same philosophy carried over to the Vita's "all-in" design, which seems to give the handheld every possible functionality a gamer might conceivably want.
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Among these second-hand sites the battle has begun over inventory, site design and name recognition.
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Once teams of hard-working Japanese salesmen had prised open American and European markets in the 1970s, Western consumers were quickly won over by Japanese quality, design and price, whether in fuel-efficient cars or snazzy electronic gizmos, such as the Sony Walkman (for readers under 30: a portable machine that played music from tapes) or the Nintendo DS (for readers over 30: a gadget for playing video games).
The vehicle-design department points out that its students come from all over the world, so graduates get a feel for working in a global context from day one.
The dispute has blossomed into a battle as well over the design of the project, by Bjarke Ingels, a 38-year-old Danish architect whose futuristic designs often leave critics swooning.
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The distinctive rectangular shape of the in-ear, on-ear and over-ear headphones mirrors the back case of an iPhone, highlighting a design meant to pair with an iPhone, iPad or iPod.
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If you've found yourself even mildly obsessed with style, art or design over the past score, there's a better-than-average chance you've got a Nicholas Callaway book on your coffee table.
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