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Entries Tagged as 'Industrial Design'

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: Velcro® Trademark is Registered

May 13th, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – May 13, 1958 – Velcro® trademark is registered for a fabric hook and loop fastener. The way George de Mestral, a Swiss mountaineer, tells the story, he was hiking with his dog in 1948 and was frustrated to see all of these burrs covering them both when he returned home. He says [...]

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Tags: Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering · Engineering Design · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Industrial Design

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: First Earth Day

April 22nd, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – April 22, 1970 – First Earth Day. Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day, says that the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962. He wanted President Kennedy to give visibility to pollution and the environmental degradation that was appearing throughout the country, but [...]

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Tags: Chemistry · Earth Sciences · Engineering Design · Environmental Engineering · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Industrial Design · Materials Engineering · Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education "Today in History" Blog: Vacuum cleaners, engineering design and prototype testing

February 18th, 2010 · Add a Comment

Today in History – February 18, 1901 – First vacuum cleaner patented by Hubert Cecil Booth, an English structural engineer. This design had the disadvantage that it had no way to collect the dust and never became a commercial success. In 1907, James Spangler, a janitor working in Canton, Ohio, was not aware of this [...]

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Tags: Engineering Design · Engineering Management · Engineering Mechanics · Industrial Design · Industrial Engineering · Manufacturing Engineering · Mechanical Engineering

Engineering Education “Today in History” Blog: First Barbie doll goes on sale and the recent announcement of the first computer engineer Barbie

February 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Today in History – February 13, 1959 – the first Barbie doll goes on sale. Barbie’s inventor, Ruth Handler, was inspired by seeing that her daughter, Barbie, and her girl friends enjoyed playing with adult female dolls, but most dolls at the time were baby dolls. Handler created 3D models of dolls that she thought [...]

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Tags: Community Service Learning · Computer Engineering · Computer Science · Computing · Gender Equity · Industrial Design · Information Systems · Information Technology · Software Engineering

Engineering Education "Today in History" Apple Macintosh personal computer introduced

January 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Today in History – January 24, 1984 – Apple Computer unveils the Macintosh personal computer. Apple introduced “the Mac” through its famous “1984″ television commercial that was played at the 1984 Super Bowl. The imagery pitted Apple’s new generation of the people’s personal computer against the Orwellian IBM. The Mac was an innovation breakthrough in [...]

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Tags: Computer Engineering · Computer Science · Computing · Electrical Engineering · Engineering Design · Engineering Mechanics · General Engineering, Engineering Science · Industrial Design · Industrial Engineering · Information Systems · Information Technology · Manufacturing Engineering · Mechanical Engineering

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