Delhi to get its first sunken museum

Source: The Hindu

The Capital will have its first sunken interpretation centre linking three historic sites -- Humayun's Tomb, Sundar Nursery and Nizamuddin Basti -- if multiple agencies required to give clearances come together and give the go-ahead for the pro ...
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B.C.'s Powell River a treat for history buffs

Source: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

Powell River has been on my list of places to visit ever since I moved to Vancouver more than 10 years ago, but its remoteness up near the top of the Sunshine Coast kept it from happening until I finally made the trek with ...
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Why Intel Deserves Another Look

Source: Barron's Online

Intel is going mobile. It's taken awhile. Shares of the world's largest producer of computer chips have been stuck in the mud in recent years because Intel (ticker: INTC) failed to adapt its high-powered chip ar ...
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Some buildings stand out in both form, function

Source: L.A. Daily News

There is often debate in the building and art community about "form" and "function." California and it's a building that's open to the public, in fact, it's on a busy intersection and when I was there, the place was bumper to bumper. I am a ...
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MIT Media Lab creates new UI iPad app to make group work more intuitive

Source: Designbuzz

Back in the good old days, having a team collaborate on a group project translated into people huddling over a bunch of papers on the meeting desk where people would be free to provide inputs via doodles and gestures or s ...
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Lit Motors' C-1: A 2-wheel car? Or untippable motorcycle?

Source: Los Angeles Times

Lit Motors calls it the C-1, but the San Francisco start-up's untippable motorcycle seems nothing short of magic. It uses gyroscopes to stay balanced in a straight line and in turns in which drivers can, in theory, roll down their windows and ...
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Eva draws a fine line between work and life balance

Source: Designbuzz

Class has found a new name in Eva, the designer secretary; the modern version of a classic writing table. The idea of the whole concept has been conceived by designer and innovator Valerian Papillier-Ghelfi. The whole concept took over 6 months of ...
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Delphi looks to widen holdings

Source: Detroit News Online

Delphi Automotive Plc, the former parts unit of General Motors Co., said it is open to more acquisitions after announcing Thursday it has entered "exclusive talks" to acquire a unit of FCI Group from Bain Capital for about $958 million. Ch ...
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Chicago architect designs a beacon for health care in Haiti

Source: Chicago Tribune

MIREBALAIS, HAITI — Under a blinding Caribbean sun, far from the sleek Chicago residences she usually designs, architect Ann Clark saw well-laid plans turn to improvisation, yet again. Overhead, a 2,850-pound ventilation system dangled from a broken c ...
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