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...Communities". This material is taken from The Open University Course T307 Innovation: designing for a sustainable future... Design and Sustainability A short introduction to this album. Consumer product testing Representatives of Intertech, a product-testing company, discuss their methods of testing. Testing standards Emphasising the importance of standards in consumer...

...communication device, it does what it's meant to do, it doesn't break, and it's cheap to replace if you lose it. Jeff Johnson praises the mechanical pencil. Old water in new bottles? Why re-invent the bottle? Theo Zamenopoulos and the team explore the advantages and disadvantages of a new design for an old object. Are you sitting comfortably? What makes a good chair? Theo...

...of some of Fermat’s discoveries. Fermat and John Wallis How Fermat communicated his findings to Wallis. Isaac Newton’s input Newton invents the binomial theorem and publishes his great work Principia Mathematica. New insights emerge Leibniz and the physicist Huygens work together. The Newton-Leibniz dispute How the birth of calculus was a truly international effort....

...community is not hard to see. Understanding its relevance to the urban planning community, however, takes a more nuanced approach. We’re not the first ones to note Blade Runner’s bold urbanist vision. Urban critics as well as the mainstream media have commented on the role of urban space and the city’s “neon-laced decay” in shaping the mood of the film. Los...