Congrats Felicia!

We recently got to know that Felicia's entry has made it to top ten in the 2011 3D Extreme Redesign Challenge. She will receive $2500 scholarship if she receives the first place. In the meantime, she will receive her design, a snap-on handle for wine glasses for people with arthritis or other issues affecting grasp, in the form of an ABS plastic model printed by a Dimension 3D Printer in the mail in the coming weeks!

Teleportation? Not Yet, But These Guys Are On It

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/nyregion/05about.html

a D.I.Y. 3-D printer!

Google’s Chrome OS: Putting Everything in the Browser Window

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/googles-chrome-os-putting-everything-in-the-browser-window/?ref=technology

What do you think about it? Do you think it's a good idea?

Christopher Alexander: An architectural theorist who has inspired smart-growth advocates, counterculture DIY-ers, and computer programmers

http://www.slate.com/id/2237109/

This article briefly refers to the influence of Christopher Alexander's work on computer-aided design.

Apple's new iPad tablet

I Love the iPad. Apple's new tablet is the computer I've always wanted.

With Its Tablet, Apple Blurs Line Between Devices

See the links above. What do you think?

Field Trip to DiVE, Duke Immersive Virtual Environment

DiVE is a six-sided virtual reality theater. The class visited the DiVE on February 25.

Field trip to the Furniture Manufacturing and Management Center, NCSU