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Decoding Design
Reena Jana
Reena Jana
Contributing Editor
Reena Jana has written for the New York Times, Wired, Harvard Business Review online, Fast Company, Architectural Record, Artforum, Time Out New York, Harper's Bazaar, and GQ. Previously, she was the innovation department editor at BusinessWeek. She holds degrees from Columbia University and Barnard College.
Reena Jana
Reena occasionally consults with companies, and when her writing discusses a corporation or other organization with which she has worked, she will disclose this fact. Reena does not hold any investments in the companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Sun Joo Kim
Sun Joo Kim
Contributing Editor
Sun Joo Kim is an architect and creative consultant based in Boston. Her projects include design and master planning of museums, public institutions, hospitals, and university buildings across the U.S. She holds a degree from Carnegie Mellon University and is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Sun Joo Kim
Sun Joo is an independent architectural designer who contracts with design firms. She does not hold any investments in the companies she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Beth Carter
Beth Carter
Contributing Editor
Beth Carter is a freelance journalist based in New York City. She has worked for Catalyst magazine, the New York Times Syndicate, BBC Travel and Wired. She holds degrees from the University of Oregon and New York University.
Beth Carter
Beth does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers in her writing.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Contributing Editor
Mary Catherine O'Connor has written for Fast Company, Wired, Outside, Entrepreneur, Earth2Tech, Earth Island Journal and The Bold Italic. She is based in San Francisco.
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Mary Catherine has written white papers and marketing material for technology companies and will not write about companies with which is actively engaged. She will disclose any instances in which her work mentions companies for which she has worked. Mary Catherine does not hold any investments in the companies that she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
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Archive: 08-2011
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Why design is key in haptics innovation
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, an assistant professor of innovation in mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and a newly named PopTech Science fellow, discusses why engineers who...
August 20, 2011, 11:30 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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In UK, recycled signage points to Climate Trail
Reused oil drums, wooden shingles, and rubber tires send ecological messages in a new park trail in Leicester.
August 20, 2011, 7:56 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Mixing new and old fashioned social interaction in Meeting Bowls
In Times Square, a public art installation encourages New York visitors and citizens to face each other and relax.
August 18, 2011, 6:56 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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New Sundance Channel show demystifies product design
Quirky.com is a product-design social network where aspiring inventors create and market new gadgets with the help of an online community. A new Sundance Channel show goes behind the scenes.
August 18, 2011, 6:05 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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In Beijing, a second life for the National Aquatic Center
Now that the 2012 Olympic Aquatics Centre is complete, what happened to Beijing’s Water Cube?
August 17, 2011, 6:57 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Cricket: A mobile basecamp designed by a former NASA architect
Designing better living quarters for astronauts helped an architect create a compact yet comfortable camper for his own family.
August 16, 2011, 5:23 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Report predicts what new tech will be mainstream in ten years (and beyond)
When will biometrics, 3D printing, or computer-brain interfaces be in widespread use by designers, engineers, and consumers alike? A new report by Gartner predicts what emerging tech will become...
August 15, 2011, 10:56 AM PDT | By Reena Jana
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Interactive toy dances from clinic into stores
An interactive robot originally designed as a therapeutic toy for autism research will be available this fall.
August 15, 2011, 10:14 AM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim
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Innovation lessons from a breakthrough interactive toy: Sifteo
Sifteo, a new game system of tiny, interactive, and motion-aware blocks, is garnering early critical praise. The reviews suggest ways that Sifteo can serve as a model for designing imaginative...
August 13, 2011, 2:44 PM PDT | By Reena Jana
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New app brings 3D models to life
Using Augmented Reality, a new app allows designers and would be designers to see what their creations would look like on actual ground with real sky above.
August 12, 2011, 7:39 PM PDT | By Sun Joo Kim