Topic: U.S. Air Force

Why 3-D Is Better When It's in the Palm of Your Hand

We tend to think of 3-D as being a large display affair. But ergonomically speaking, smaller devices may be the superior platform for 3-D content. READ»

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Avatar Teaches Social Workers How to Talk With Iraq and Afghanistan Vets

Lieutenant Rocco’s recently returned from deployment in Iraq and he’s having trouble acclimating. He sits near the edge of a sofa in his social worker’s office, still dressed in fatigues, and sporting a buzz cut. Even though he ...READ»

Back to the Future: The Interaction10 Conference Goes Old-School

Rather than focusing on technology and interface design techniques, this annual interaction design conference was decidedly low-tech, with diverse speakers discussing topics including storytelling, drawing by hand and meaning in the context of design.READ»

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What Happens to the Market in the Next Leg Down?

The swift collapse of stock prices this week was not supposed to happen – if you listened to the experts. This was earnings season, with many companies beating the consensus estimates, healthcare reform was a win-win for the insurance industryREAD»

Hot at CES 2010: Mullets and Prosthetics

With touchscreens making every CES product look the same, Rob Tannen notices a proliferation of add-ons and "business in front, party in the back" design. READ»

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A Eulogy for I.D. Magazine

Rob Tannen says goodbye to the magazine that will always have a place in his heart--and a place in his archives.READ»

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Solar-Powered Plane Prepping for Round-World Trip

Someday soon Bertrand Piccard is going to throw the switches on his Solar Impulse Foundation aircraft, tug back on the stick and pull it into the air. Then he'll fly it right around the world. The impressive technology demonstrator's ...READ»

Don’t throw in the towel this Holiday Season!

How you could still make out well with shoppersREAD»

Designers, Take a Look at Evidence-Based Design for Health Care

Evidence-based design (EBD) is a methodology for the design of health-care environments that can and should be translated across the industry.READ»

Polaroid SX-70 and Other Classic Products That Have Social Media at Their Core

Products like the Polaroid Instant Camera and the Sony Walkman provided technology that enabled sharing pictures, music, and ideas--in other words, social media.READ»

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Three High-Tech Tools for Understanding Consumer Behavior

These three products, while not specifically intended for customer research purposes, each have valuable features that can capture the customer’s perspective accurately and efficiently.READ»

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Introducing Guest Blogger Rob Tannen: Your Hands Are in Good Hands

As director of user research and interaction design Bresslergroup, Rob Tannen is responsible for making sure that power tools, medical equipment, even touchscreen kiosks fit our hands like proverbial gloves.READ»

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Creating Virtual Interfaces for Physical People

Interaction designers have long been restricted to an input vocabulary of buttons and pointers. Now they're gaining a complex and dynamic palette limited only by the physical capabilities of the human body.READ»

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Autonomy Without Intelligence?

Competition requires speed. Wisdom requires patience. In a hyper-computerized world, which one wins?READ»

Something about being near planes helps government organizations "get it."

A while back we discovered that the Transportation Safety Administration had started what appeared to be a public relations campaign that included -- believe it or not -- a blog. Evolution of Security has become quite an ...READ»

Airship Surveillance - continues at high pace

Courtesy of www.airshipworld.blogspot.com Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Airship Surveillance - continues at high pace PUBLICLY TRADED AS WNRC   © Airship Surveillance It's been just over a month since our last ...READ»

The Courageous Few

Courage is leadership's essential ingredient, and we clearly suffer from a leadership deficit these days. So we celebrate this year's courageous few: the 10 rare leaders who did the right thing.READ»

The 10 Lives of George Stalk

The star strategy consultant was declared dead three times -- and came back unrepentant and tougher than ever. His new book sees competition as a matter of life or death.READ»

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Some Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines

They won't end up in every garage, but a new generation of low-cost "personal" jets could really take off. Tiny Adam Aircraft is racing to be first on the runway.READ»

The Strategy of the Fighter Pilot

Business is a dogfight. Your job as a leader: Outmaneuver the competition, respond decisively to fast-changing conditions, and defeat your rivals. That's why the OODA loop, the brainchild of "40 Second" Boyd, an unconventional fighter pilot, is one of today's most important ideas in battle or in business.READ»

High Stakes, Big Bets

Tom Burbage and his 500-person team at Lockheed Martin went after the biggest military deal in U.S. history -- and scored a $200 billion victory: a contract to build the Joint Strike Fighter. They didn't play it safe; they played to win.READ»

Fresh Start 2002: Nonstop Flight

America's B-52 bomber doesn't need a fresh start. It is a marvel of patience and persistence -- and it may fly for 40 years more. In a world gripped by recession and war, it may be a symbol of the future.READ»

Tom Peters's True Confessions

On the 20th anniversary of In "Search of Excellence," Peters admits, "I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' "READ»