This is plainly horrible news, both on a purely human level, and for anyone who cares about tech, design, and Apple.
Other groups are certainly involved in the relief effort, and are mobilising through social media and the web - among them Rockaway Relief, which describes its members as "local New Yorkers working in tech, design, fashion, restaurant, entertainment and hospitality".
In other green tech and design news, Hitachi unveiled an impressive new wireless controlled robot to help with the Fukushima Daiichi cleanup and London-based designers Martin Riddiford and Jim Reeves developed the GravityLight, an amazing low-energy, battery-free light that works by harnessing the power of weight and gravity.
"New digital design tech, 3D printing, robotics and the emerging field of 3D scanning, plus exponential leaps in manufacturing -- together, they are putting really powerful tools into the hands of individuals, " he says.
Opening in October 2013, this Times Square hotel is set to follow in the footsteps of its affordable high-tech, high-design European counterparts.
The new design not only fully embodies the Metro design principles, it is also the first site from a big tech company to embrace responsive web design.
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Hydro Industries is a high-tech company specialising in the design, manufacture and operation of electro-based water treatment products.
Hence, the latest idea making the rounds of tech companies: Privacy by Design.
He realized tech firms would pay for design, logistics and distribution, as well as assembly, so he acquired companies in those businesses.
Marks realized that tech companies would pay for design, logistics and distribution as well as assembly, so over the years he acquired companies in those areas.
The founders, with their tech background, chose to design digital versions of the game in house, and they exercised the sort of quality control they honed on the print product.
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When I'm traveling, my publishers book me in high-design, high-tech hotels, which I normally enjoy to the hilt.
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Fans say high-tech microfibers offer better performance and more design options than their natural counterparts, and are nothing like the scratchy leisure suits of the past (think John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever).
These female founders drive the vision, strategy, design and engineering of their successful tech companies.
Its anchor companies span the range from agriculture and food products (Cargill, General Mills) to medium tech (3M) to aviation (Cirrus Design) to health care (Medtronic) to retail (Best Buy, Target) to a cluster of tech startups in the southwestern suburbs of Minneapolis.
Our technology industry component covers 11 six-digit NAICS sectors covering information industries such as software publishing, Internet publishing, data processing, and tech-related business services such as computer systems design, custom programming, engineering services, and research and development.
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The outdated law is problematic for businesses, too, said Brad Smith, general counsel for Microsoft, who complained that the tech industry needs some certainty so that when they design technology, they know what to expect from the law.
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The project will nurture tech start-ups, small businesses, art and design, education, and more.
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While it may have seemed like an odd leap at the time, The Verge, founded with a wealth of talent departing from the AOL-owned Engadget, attacked tech blogging with quality content and a striking, original design.
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If recent trends continue, many of the biggest-name tech companies will someday exit manufacturing entirely and busy themselves with design and marketing.
These buyers' aesthetic preferences are shaped as much by Apple iPhones as high-performance cars, and many of them have been drawn to the understated lines of Audi's design and details such as the cars' high-tech multimedia systems.
When designing the interior of the structure, the global and award-winning design firm, Rapt Studio, included a level of brand implementation through artistic design that may just be unmatched by any other large tech company in the world, including murals by street artist El Mac and tattoo artist Mike Giant.
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As we think about how robots will begin helping us in all different aspects of our lives over the next decade, we believe that design innovation in robotics will be at least as important as tech innovation in finally making robots available to a majority of people in the world.
Head of design Mr Hutchison said that Vertu was not interested in being a tech pioneer.
" Robin Saxby, the ceo of arm Holdings, a microchip design house in Cambridge, adds: "A high-tech environment is not enough.
"Graphics companies come and go, but with TSMC, you have a manufacturing-services provider that will also be doing business with the next hot design house that comes along, " says Matt Cleary, Asia tech research chief at Lehman Brothers.
Tech Coast founder Villalobos is a mathematician by training and started a computer-assisted design software company.
Tech addicts will geek out over the handheld, electronic mood pad that lets you design your entire space.
They are people that design, manufacture, and install devices in buildings ranging from high-tech windows to lighting to sensors and controls and electronics.
Provo, the home of Brigham Young University, is a high-tech hub, the home of Novell and hundreds of other computer and graphic-design companies.
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