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Scott Shim won another design award last year for the SHIFT tricycle that transforms into a bicycle.

Thinking Beyond the Box: Microsoft Hardware-Design Competition Spurs Windows PC Innovation

You can find the laptop computer in the first photo in the personal productivity section. The computer that started this article is the entertainment section.

Microsoft / IDSA PC Design Competition

There are some clever add-on keyboard designs

• for PDAs
• and mobile phones

Why? it's a complete ripoff of the sonos device here.

I think the Sonos System didn't influence the Mac mini's look, which would be the same regardless of the Sonos's existence. Of course, I'm not suggesting that the Sonos's design is a ripoff of the iPod mini's either. Except for the scroll wheel on the remote control, which is a total rip, the Sonos does look fairly novel.

I do say the Mac mini design deserves its gold award, for quality if not originality. And the Sonos Digital Music System, which didn't win any of last year's awards, deserved at least a bronze.

Was it really necessary to show the Vicks Digital Baby Rectal Thermometer IN USE??!! I think we could have gotten a nice appreciation for its design without an action shot.

I browsed through the furniture awards expecting to find goofy couches and uncomfortable chairs when I was surprised by a very cool toilet. http://www.idsa.org/idea/idea2005/g53.htm/

What a sleek looking throne, I'm sure everybody here is jealous. No tank? Doesn't plug? CAN BE PLACED ANYWHERE????? Sounds like my dream toilet.

an Apple G5. They are very quiet and well engineeredhttp://www.idsa.org/idea/idea2004/g294.h tm.

Check out the student section. Obviously these kids know what a pain in the ass college is. Layers of disgusting crud building up on your unbagged trash cans? Just get the "Re-Bag" can which bags itself! Toilet clogged up with vomit and fecal matter? Just assemble your "UnBathroom" cardboard toilet and get back in business.

I must add that even when the product seems promising when it comes to usability, it seems to ruin itself with a completely deranged description, like the Infinity Climber. The product is basically a twisted circular loop (it has two twists hence it's not a Mobius strip). I concede that it's an inspired product because it presents a wide range of angles for kids to climb and it's very compact for the range of angles it provides. BUT I vehemently disagree with phrases like "presents an appearance of organic movement" and "constantly flowing shape".

This description looks like it was written by someone with zero knowledge of even basic science and no sense of what words like "organic" mean. In addition he/she must be reminded that the shape isn't flowing anywhere, it's just a rigid stationary plastic sculpture.

As an aside, I've always wondered what would happen if my local grocery store started selling bottled benzene in the "Organic" division. Hey, benzene has at least as much claim to the word "organic" as does spinach!

Designed specifically to protect users in chemical labs.. The goggles do nothing!

Anyone notice Samsung's Smart Screen?

Sounds like a strange winner, but still, I'd like to see it/download it. Didn't find anything more than a press release blurb by googling for it.

The new iPod didn't win anything, yes, but I assume that the grandparent was talking about the iPod Mini, which did win Gold in the Consumer Products division

The updated version won silver. It doesn't look like it would comfortably fit in my pocket, but the judges seemed impressed by the handling of the device and the Dual Durometer Disc (which allows you to clean up bad guys). I guess they're the experts, but I'll stick with the old version.

On the site, in the Design Explorations area, you'll find these Nike golf tees. They look cool, and maybe they even have some good ideas (though if the ground is too frozen to drive a tee in, maybe it's not yet golf-season). But the quote about the "Mojo" tee is just frickin' priceless:

"'The Mojo' tee has a liquid center brewed from turf from Scotland, sand from Pebble Beach, tears from the Nike Goddess and sweat from Tiger Woods."

Yeah...

A new toy for those with terminal boredom.

And if you don't think you look odd ehough walking in public.

And a nice place to store CD/DVD disks.

A new toy for those with terminal boredom.

And if you don't think you look odd ehough walking in public.

And a nice place to store CD/DVD disks.

A new toy for those with terminal boredom.

And if you don't think you look odd ehough walking in public.

And a nice place to store CD/DVD disks.

Talking of apple, have a look at the comment they make on the Apple Wireless keyboard.

It is now available with any new CPU purchase.

OK, if the IDSA wants me to think highly of them, they could atleast try to figure out the difference between a CPU and a computer...

"'The Mojo' tee has a liquid center brewed from turf from Scotland, sand from Pebble Beach, tears from the Nike Goddess and sweat from Tiger Woods."

There are plenty of other companies who have excelled in these awards. I see multiple awards to HP and Samsung and awards to IBM, Nokia and other tech companies.

So why should this be classed as a story about 'Apple'?

What's confusing to me is the complete inability of other PC manufacturors to produce intelligently-designed computers.

Oh, so is that why a screen by Samsung and another by BenQ, a keyboard by Logitech, and a bunch of other 'PC' manufacturers won awards?

most PCs nowadays still require you to remove a handful of screws to get inside the case

I'd rather remove a couple of screws using my opposable digits (the lack of which apparently hampers those who pursue the iLife) and double my CPU power for $200 every 12 months than have a super ergonomic case that I can throw in the trash and shell out another $4000 to uncle Steve when it's obsolete.

There are plenty of other companies who have excelled in these awards. I see multiple awards to HP and Samsung and awards to IBM, Nokia and other tech companies.

So why should this be classed as a story about 'Apple'?

What's confusing to me is the complete inability of other PC manufacturors to produce intelligently-designed computers.

Oh, so is that why a screen by Samsung and another by BenQ, a keyboard by Logitech, and a bunch of other 'PC' manufacturers won awards?

most PCs nowadays still require you to remove a handful of screws to get inside the case

I'd rather remove a couple of screws using my opposable digits (the lack of which apparently hampers those who pursue the iLife) and double my CPU power for $200 every 12 months than have a super ergonomic case that I can throw in the trash and shell out another $4000 to uncle Steve when it's obsolete.

There are plenty of other companies who have excelled in these awards. I see multiple awards to HP and Samsung and awards to IBM, Nokia and other tech companies.

So why should this be classed as a story about 'Apple'?

What's confusing to me is the complete inability of other PC manufacturors to produce intelligently-designed computers.

Oh, so is that why a screen by Samsung and another by BenQ, a keyboard by Logitech, and a bunch of other 'PC' manufacturers won awards?

most PCs nowadays still require you to remove a handful of screws to get inside the case

I'd rather remove a couple of screws using my opposable digits (the lack of which apparently hampers those who pursue the iLife) and double my CPU power for $200 every 12 months than have a super ergonomic case that I can throw in the trash and shell out another $4000 to uncle Steve when it's obsolete.

If you notice, everything that won an award, is, no matter how complex, relatively simple.
None of the winning products had useless features or sails hanging off the side. These products had what they needed, and only that, to fulfill their purpose. take the winning website design, it is one of the most basic and simple designs for a site you can probably find, its simple to navigate, and is quite fast.
What is hard to understand is that why more compaines - mainly pc hardware companies don't take note. There weren't any tower PCs on the list, or websites filled with pop-up and banner ads. I think we can all learn alot if we just pay attention.

I love apple products. They're beautiful. And I'm just hoping I won't get modded down for what I'm about to say, given that this is the apple section.

However, of all the things there, I really think this one is the coolest. I want one of those!

And there's a cameo appearance by apple as well.

I love apple products. They're beautiful. And I'm just hoping I won't get modded down for what I'm about to say, given that this is the apple section.

However, of all the things there, I really think this one is the coolest. I want one of those!

And there's a cameo appearance by apple as well.

Going thew the site I have found some real good ones (Non Computer related) Like a Hammer I find it amazing that after millions of years of humans making hammers that they can still improve on it. It really gives me great faith in the advancement of science that we can improve anything for years to come. Also I found it odd that the best interface was for Mohawk Paper Mills While it is nice and all I didn't find the interface a wow that is so much more intuitive to use then any other site. But still I find it is nice that it won because I drive by the mill every day to get to work (With its huge smoke stacks billowing out tons of steam).

Since this will now result in the total demise of copyright infringement, the movie, recording, and video game industries then immediately pay taxes on the hojillions of dollars they claim to be losing per year, at the prevailing highest corporate tax rate, with no writeoffs on this amount. These additional taxes should be a small price for industry to pay for the increased profits that would result from all that sudden demand now that their material isn't available for copying in digital form, now that general purpose computers would be outlawed.

Oh--you mean they aren't going to sell all that, because the people they claimed as having been costing them money wouldn't have bought the product anyway? That's OK--we can just sell the assets of the companies benefiting from the SSSCA to take care of the taxes, then.

Since this will now result in the total demise of copyright infringement, the movie, recording, and video game industries then immediately pay taxes on the hojillions of dollars they claim to be losing per year, at the prevailing highest corporate tax rate, with no writeoffs on this amount. These additional taxes should be a small price for industry to pay for the increased profits that would result from all that sudden demand now that their material isn't available for copying in digital form, now that general purpose computers would be outlawed.

Oh--you mean they aren't going to sell all that, because the people they claimed as having been costing them money wouldn't have bought the product anyway? That's OK--we can just sell the assets of the companies benefiting from the SSSCA to take care of the taxes, then.

Since this will now result in the total demise of copyright infringement, the movie, recording, and video game industries then immediately pay taxes on the hojillions of dollars they claim to be losing per year, at the prevailing highest corporate tax rate.

Oh--you mean they aren't going to sell all that, because the people they claimed as having been costing them money wouldn't have bought the product anyway? Guess we can just sell the industries to pay the taxes, then.

• For old dos games, you might need Bochs
• Abandonware: Classic Trash
• ,
• theunderdogs.org, abandonware.universal.av7.net,
• arcade emulation: mame.net, mame.dk, mamefans.metropoliglobal.com
• To code new games that run on DOS/Win32/*nx/BeOS, use allegro.

• MPAA
• RIAA
• NAB
• BSA
• IDSA - stoopid anal idsa protecting 15 yr old dos games LOL!!