Diagnosis: FAIL. Poorly Designed Tech Infects Health-Care Industry

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 9:17 p.m.
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A medical devices manufacturer might spend millions of dollars over several years improving an old hospital standby--a bedside monitor, say, which measures blood pressure, heart rate, or blood-oxygen levels, and which sounds an alarm when a patient's vitals go awry. The manufacturer might program the gadget to distinguish between real alarms, triggered when a patient's blood pressure plummets, and false alarms, prompted by something as innocuous as a patient rolling over onto his arm. One

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Exclusive Video: Dr. Pepper's Super Bowl Ad Features Kiss and...MiniKiss!

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 9:09 p.m.
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This exclusive peek of Dr. Pepper's first-ever Super Bowl spot features the painted faces of rock band Kiss as well as their diminutive doppelgangers, MiniKiss. Agency Deutsch wanted to emphasize Dr. Pepper's "little kiss" of cherry. According to Dr. Pepper, the bands have met before, but this was their first offical performance ... Look for the full spot at the two-minute warning, just before halftime.  ...

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Restaurants of the Recession: Robert, New York City

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 3:35 p.m.
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Recession? What recession? Some brave restaurateurs are defying the economic gloom and doom and opening new places. We take a look at the design behind a select few. High atop the Museum of Arts and Design, New York's Robert commands a million dollar view ... With a wall of windows overlooking Central Park, and cocktail tables by one of Zaha Hadid's pet designers, Robert--the restaurant atop the new Museum of Arts and Design--starts with both enviable design cred and a million dollar view ...

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Leave No Trace: Boy Scouts Get Shipping-Container Cabins in California

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 2:48 p.m.
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Gensler's new low-impact cabins do away with the dust and grime of old-time designs ... For thirty years, L.A.-area Boy Scouts have been convening on Catalina Island for wilderness retreats. Naturally, when it came time to overhaul their Army-style bunkers, the organization wanted to minimize its environmental impact. So they turned to Gensler, which produced the EcoCabin, a cabin-in-a-box solution using shipping containers ... These aren't the dark, flea-bitten cabins of your own childhood.

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Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Please Redesign Valentine's Day So We Don't Puke on You

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 2:38 p.m.
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It's Groundhog Day, and you know what that means: No more holidays left between now and Black Sunday (also known as Valentine's Day). Instead of cavity-causing confections, why not give that special someone your best idea for redesigning the holiday from hell? You'll remember a few weeks back I helped Kurt Andersen launch the Redesign Valentine's Day Challenge at Studio 360, and last week we got a peek at some of the first entries. This week, husband-and-wife design team Armin Vit and Bryony

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Could Shapeshifting E-Readers Speed Up the Transition from Paper to Electrons?

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 1:30 p.m.
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Which is the better e-reader: the Kindle or the iPad? It's impossible to say for at least one reason--neither provides the physical feedback we expect from turning the pages of a paperback book. Until an e-reader arrives that can simulate physical interaction, many people will prefer to stick with dead trees. But designer Fabian Hemmert thinks such a simulation could be possible. He imagines an electronic device that could shift its weight or size to indicate how far along you are in a book, or

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Evason leaves Jacobus to start own firm

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 1:17 p.m.

Kenneth Evason said he has resigned as president of Jacobus Wealth Management Inc. and launched his own firm called Windemere Wealth Advisors ...

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The Lit World's *Other* Recluse: Calvin & Hobbes Creator Speaks!

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 1:14 p.m.
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Bill Watterson breaks a 15-year silence to joke about the death of newspapers. No word on whether he has an iPad ... Bill Watterson gave his first interview in 15 years to the Cleveland Plain Dealer yesterday. The reclusive creator of Calvin & Hobbes grew up near Cleveland and has been living there quietly ever since (you might remember the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's stegosaurus statue from Calvin's dinosaur visits) ... The interview is a bit awkward--poor Bill seems like he didn't

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C'Mon Get App-y! The Self-Help Section Comes to Your iPhone

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 12:57 p.m.
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We've all been there--so frustrated by an annoying co-worker or nagging spouse or whiny child or editor (ahem) that we feel like throwing whatever's in our hands. These days, that something is often a smartphone (for 75% of Web-browsing men, it's an iPhone) ... But before life's frustrations leads you to hurl 3Gs worth of connectivity at the nearest brick wall, try putting your device to a more constructive use. From reducing stress and conquering fears to controlling behaviors or managing

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Ink-Free Printing, on the Go

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Published Feb. 2, 2010 at 11:29 a.m.
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PlanOn's new portable printer uses thermal technology to print without ink ... If you've ever blogged, it's probably happened to you: You're in your coffee-shop office, typing away, when you need to print something--a contract, a transcript to read over--what do you do? Abandon your post and hoof it to that tenth circle of hell, Kinkos. Well no more ... Check out this tiny, portable printer from PlanOn. The Printstik weighs about a tenth of a pound, it's battery-powered, and it prints from PCs

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