Two screens, Android OS and ebooks a-plenty: no, not Barnes & Noble's nook, but the Spring Design Alex. Promising extra flexibility than its big-name rival and an imminent partnership with Borders, ...

• Stock springs are generally intended for prototyping, and their use in production can compromise designs. • Experts recommend discussing specific design requirements with a spring manufacturer. The ...

Spring are mechanical devices that store and apply kinetic energy. They’ve been around a long time and continue to play essential roles in a wide range of machines, vehicles, and engineering tools.

Despite the drone of analyst chatter related to whether e-ink based eReaders are here to stay or simply a transition display medium that will shortly be replaced, plenty of electronic manufacturers ...

We asked Smalley marketing engineer Justyna Rapacz to fill us in on the design of wave springs and their utility to engineers designing products. We turned to Smalley as the inventor of the edge wound ...

As this gloomy pandemic winter barrels on, there appears to be some light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. The promise of warmer temperatures and more vaccinations beckons, and in the design world ...

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Each spring, design lovers flock to Palm Springs, California, for Modernism Week. After its cancellation in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the powerhouse festival returns this year with great ...

When one needs a spring, a 3D-printed version is maybe not one’s first choice. It might even be fair to say that printed springs are something one ends up making, rather than something one sets out to ...

Since ancient times, the life of "living near the lake" has been the lifelong pursuit of officials, nobles, literati and scholars. American writer Thoreau wrote: " The lake is a tear of God and the ...