BMW have done it again. This time it’s with a car that changes it’s shape based on the driver’s whims. The car, which is built on a Z8 frame and covered in cloth, morphs in shape. This is clearly where car design is headed. Customizing your driving experience need not…

Can somebody please create some good carry-on airline food? Is it really that hard?

“Hofstadter’s law, conceived by the cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter, goes like this: any task you’re planning to complete will always take longer than expected – even when Hofstadter’s law is taken into account. Even if you know a project will overrun, and build that knowledge into your planning, it’ll simply…

Simplicity has always been the cornerstone of successful design. Who can argue with the genius of E=mc2 or the architecture of Mies van der Rohe? The problem with the word simplicity is that is sounds like a really good idea for a strategy – and it’s not. Often I hear…

Last week I made an idiotic mistake and dropped my BlackBerry Pearl in the vicious slush and rain of our Boston winter. I didn’t notice I had dropped it and proceed to leave it there for the next 3 hours.  It had slipped out of my pocket when I made…

I have XM Radio in my car, which I love. However, when I tried to sign up for my online account I encountered something from the Internet Dark Ages. Why must my password have “7 – 12 characters, one numeral, one upper case, one lower case and not contain my…