Dell XPS M1330 & M1530

Computer Equipment
Client: Dell (U.S.)
Design: Dell (U.S.), M3 Design (U.S.)

The design of the M1330 and M1530 notebook computer family builds a bridge between utility and aesthetics, adding appeal to the company's reputation for utilitarian value and mass production efficiency. The design's package is as much art as tool, delivering unprecedented fit and finish, premium color choices and outstanding connectivity. The notebooks are super slim, with an elegant wedge shape made possible by a two-point barrel hinge. High-tech buttons glow blue at the lightest touch, adding responsiveness to the interface.

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Belkin RockStar

Computer Equipment
Client: Belkin (U.S.)
Design: Belkin (U.S.)

RockStar is a simple device that allows up to six audio devices, speakers or headphones to be shared with one another. Input jacks are the same as output jacks, so any port can be used to put sound in or get sound out.

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SonoSite S-Series portable ultrasound tools

Medical & Scientific
Client: SonoSite (U.S.)
Design: Carbon Design (U.S.), SonoSite (U.S.)

This product line is a suite of five specialized ultrasound tools customized to meet the specific needs of physicians at the point of care. With its highly simplified user interface, clinicians need only manipulate two knobs to get the image they need. Transducers, exam settings, software and algorithms are all customized to the specific clinical application. These tools are also the first ultrasound devices able to offer a zero footprint; they can be mounted on a pole, fixed on a wall or ceiling, or hand-carried to the patient, saving valuable floor space in crowded hospital and office environments.

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Spyder roadster

Spyder roadster

Bronze
Transportation
Client: BRP (Canada)
Design: BRP (Canada)

The Can-AM Spyder roadster combines the open-air benefits of a motorcycle with many of the convenience features of a traditional roadster to define a new paradigm for an on-road power sport vehicle. The unique Y-architecture with three wheels (two in the front, one in the rear) provides stability at rest and in motion, balancing performance needs with safety concerns. The Vehicle Stability System, which includes ABS, traction control and stability control, comes as standard on each vehicle. This makes the Spyder roadster user-friendly and the road accessible to many people who want to enjoy the open-air experience.

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Russian Submarine Appears Near the Beach

This is a city port of Severodvinsk city, the city in northern part of Russia on the shores of cold White Sea.
The city has a big marine base so sometimes people on the beach can see submarines appear from underwater right before them.
That’s not thing you would see often on other beaches of the world, it could be a set for new James Bond action movie.

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Underwater Fountains of St. Petersburg

Just a few days ago the authorities of St. Petersburg city has launched the set of new fountains in the city. These ones remarkable though. Now they placed the main part of the fountain underwater, not underground, under the waters of Neva river of St. Petersburg.
Now from many points in the city people can see the new fountains, illuminated in the evening, which make different unpredictable structures with the water.

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Moscow City in Fog

 Today our dish is picturesque photos taken from one of the balconies of the business complex “Mirax Plaza” in Moscow.

 So, let us begin. The Third traffic ring. Dorogomilovsky highway bridge is spanned over the Moscow river. Initially it used to be Smolensky railway bridge used to span two stations – Kutuzovo and Testovskaya on the smaller ring of the Moscow railway in Byelorussian direction. Then in 1998 with the beginning of the international centre “Moscow-City” construction the railway platform of the bridge was dismantled, its bearings were modernized and a new double-deck platform was set up: on top are the lines for cars and lower are the lines for high-speed trains from Sheremetyevo in the centre and for pedestrians on the periphery. The urban beauty as it is.

 The view of “Moscow-City” itself. On up front is the complex “Embankment tower”, it used to be the highest, now the leadership belongs to a multifunctional complex “Capital City”. As the overpass is narrowing, there is a terrible jamming in the “Moscow-City” area. And now the overpass is actively being widened.

 And here is the “Northern Tower”, one of the ugliest buildings in the Moscow International Business Centre. It is constructed in the manner of “a yacht” and it looks especially awful when multi-colored lighting is on. It seems that the terrible giant starts smiling with its toothless wonder smile. Cute colorful lights, cheap composite panels, merry blue glass, what else for the modern Moscow architecture? Only such a tutti-frutti picture.

 The traffic interchange of Kutuzovsky Avenue with the Third traffic ring. That is a unique for Moscow five-level system providing traffic of cross transportation flow. The Moscow wonder has been built for 23 months.

 Many design conceptions are rather enigmatic. Thus it is not clear what for these nice sheds have been made. And what is the purpose of these flowerbeds, benches and alleys on the junctions? It is really hard to imagine people who would like to take a walk here.

 By the way, the skyscrapers are very beautiful in fog embracing their upper floors. Time seems to stop when you look at it. But the fog won’t prevent us from peeping in the windows. Well, what’s there? Let’s zoom in a little. Aha, the working day is over but someone is still on the “groupmates” website.. And let us not have a look in the windows of the government house…for some ethical reasons. We’d better admire the foggy scenery again, all the same – the skyscrapers in the fog are gorgeous.

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