Following a successful joint bid for World Design Capital 2024 (WDC 2024), the UC San Diego Design Lab (Design Lab), Design Forward Alliance (DFA), Burnham Center for Community Advancement (BCCA), city of San Diego (San Diego) and city of Tijuana (Tijuana), today announced the creation of a new, 501c3 organization to coordinate the binational initiative. The new organization, the San Diego-Tijuana World Design Capital 2024, also announced its executive leadership team, which will guide the nonprofit organization and provide oversight and direction for community involvement, planning, preparation and execution of the year-long 2024 World Design Capital initiative.
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Lanzamiento público de la Organización, se contrata equipo ejecutivo para liderar la Capital Mundial del Diseño Binacional San Diego-Tijuana 2024
Dando seguimiento a la exitosa designación para La Capital Mundial del Diseño 2024 (WDC 2024), Encabezado por UC San Diego Design Lab (Laboratorio de Diseño), Design Forward Alliance (DFA), Burnham Center for Community Advancement (BCCA), Ciudad de San Diego (San Diego) y la Ciudad de Tijuana, el dia de hoy se anuncio la nueva organización 501c3 que se creo para poder llevar a cabo la iniciativa binacional. La nueva organización, Capital Mundial del Diseño 2024 de San Diego-Tijuana, también anuncio su equipo de liderazgo ejecutivo, que es el que guiará a la organización sin fines de lucro y brindará la supervisión y dirección para la gestión, planificación, preparación y ejecucción de la Capital Mundial del Diseño 2024 que se llevará a cabo durante todo el año.
The Award-Winning Squeezium and Rehabit — Incentive Games for the Elderly from Chula Architects
Two Chula architectural graduates have developed Squeezium and Rehabit innovations to provide an incentive for the elderly to get up and move to strengthen their bodies. As a nod to their creativity, the innovations received Gold Medal and Special Award at the 7th World Invention Innovation Contest, Korea Invention Academy (KIA).

Designers find better solutions with computer assistance, but sacrifice creative touch
A computer-guided approach to design can propose more solutions and balance out human inexperience and design fixation.
Built To Survive
When the earth shakes, there’s a chance the walls will come tumbling down. CSU engineering faculty are working to make sure California’s structures can withstand the quaking.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Awards and Appointments
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces its most recent awards and appointments for the institution’s physicians, scientists, nurses, and staff.
FDA Guidance Fails to Ensure Security of 3D-Printed Masks and PPE
New Brunswick, N.J. (Sept. 16, 2020) – FDA guidelines for making 3D-printed masks, face shields and other personal protective equipment (PPE) in the COVID-19 era fail to defend against cyberattacks, according to Rutgers and Georgia Tech engineers. Due to the…

Design facility pushes innovation boundaries
A new design facility, located at the University of Adelaide, will offer organisations and individuals a space in which to push the boundaries of technical, industrial and business innovation.
Computer Vision Technology Helps Analyze Michigan Dam Collapse
New Brunswick, N.J. (June 26, 2020) – Rutgers engineers have created a 3D model of last month’s devastating break in the Edenville Dam in Michigan, using the emerging technology of computer vision to analyze a smartphone video posted on social…
Sculptor designs, builds ‘interactive contraptions’ from everyday materials to simulate human connections
Even in isolation, Stacey Holloway can hold a hand, receive a swift kiss on the cheek or give a high-five. She can offer a nose rub, just like the ones she shares with her mother. She just does them all alone — that is, if you don’t count the kinetic, prosthetic models she created to help.
Designers offer tips for constructing remote workstations to optimize productivity, health and well-being
Many people are finding creative ways to design productive office space at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but might lack the design mindset for constructing space that fosters good health and wellness. Virginia Tech interior and industrial design experts offer…

‘I saw you were online’: How online status indicators shape our behavior
After surveying smartphone users, UW researchers found that many people misunderstand online status indicators but still carefully shape their behavior to control how they are displayed to others.

How people investigate — or don’t — fake news on Twitter and Facebook
UW researchers watched 25 participants scroll through their Facebook or Twitter feeds while, unbeknownst to them, a Google Chrome extension randomly added debunked content on top of some of the real posts.

Breaking Through Computational Barriers to Create Designer Proteins
Using advanced computational methods to find working designs, researchers created six protein pairs in cells.

Engineering students to build human-carrying drone
Engineering students at South Dakota State University are designing a drone large enough to carry a human for their capstone senior design project through a nearly $80,000 grant from NASA.