Although only a select few of the millions of iPhone 6 Plus models sold ever (reportedly) suffered from the effects of Bendgate, it would make sense for Apple’s industrial design team to avoid another PR circus centered around the integrity of their designs with the upcoming iPhone 6S Plus (assumed model name). In a newly-uploaded video, YouTuber Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy – who some might remember as the original iPhone 6 Plus Bend Tester – compares the rear casing of an iPhone 6 with the leaked rear casing of the purported iPhone 6s. According to the video, Apple has used a stronger and lighter aluminum alloy (the 7000 series…

Thanks to a number of new platforms, tools and infrastructures, bringing a viable hardware product to market has never been easier than it has been in the past decade – and the momentum is only continuing to grow. In 2014, venture capital investment in connected device hardware startups alone reached nearly $1.5B – more than triple the amount invested just two years earlier. Additionally, thanks to a general increased interest in hardware design from the general public thanks to design-centric consumer brands such as Apple and Nest, more people are lining up to be among the first to purchase these new products and share their experiences with friends and through…

Considered by many to be the first consumer robot, iRobot’s Roomba Vacuum Cleaning Robot has sold over 10 million units since it was introduced in 2002. Yesterday, iRobot announced that those who have come to rely on automated vacuum cleaning will now be able to rely on automated robotic lawn mowing af ter they were given technical clearance by U.S. regulators. The biggest hurdle for the Bedford, Massachusetts-based company was getting clearance from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make sure that transmissions between its machines and the antennas wouldn’t interfere with other devices using the same frequencies. Currently, the company’s competitors rely on complex underground wiring networks and other…

For most users who run Windows programs on a Mac, Boot Camp has always – and will likely always continue to be – the very best option for partitioning drive space without resorting to laggy virtual machines that can create problems down the road. With the recent release of Windows 10, users could install the latest OS from Microsoft, however Apple never officially supported it. Now, users of 64-bit Macs that were released in the past few years – including iMacs, MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs and even the latest Macbooks – are now fully supported by Apple to install Windows 10 using the company’s Boot Camp Assistant partitioning tool. With…

Tasked with re-packaging an existing product for semester-long Package Design course, industrial design student Jessica Stoll turned to creating a new user experience for one of the most iconic meals of our generation: The Big Mac Value Meal. Designed for an on-the-go lifestyle, the new package plays double duty as both a carrying purse and a one-handed eating vessel pouch with compartments for both the Mac itself as well as those hot and crunchy french fries. But perhaps the most important aspect considered by Stoll includes the ability for the package to adapt to multiple eating conditions and positions – including the all-too-popular “between the legs while driving” position when…

For all those mobile modeling mavens waiting for another 17″ workstation option, your wait is over. Today, from SIGGRAPH 2015, Lenovo has announced they are bringing back the 17″ workstation, and not only that, a completely redesigned 17″ workstation.