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I joined the staff of EMI in Middlesex in 1951, where I worked for a while on radar and guided weapons and later ran a small design laboratory. During this time, I became particularly interested in computers, which were then in their infancy. It was interesting, pioneering work at that time: drums and tape decks had to be designed from scratch. Godfrey Hounsfield

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The problem with 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' was that it was designed to be a PG-13 movie. It was literally a horror movie for a younger generation. I was trying to do the film equivalent of teenage, young adult readers, and when they gave it an R rating, the movie couldn't sustain an R. Guillermo del Toro

Generation Problem Dark Young Teenage Gave Horror Rating Horror Movie Adult Readers Equivalent Trying Young Adult Afraid Sustain Movie Literally The Problem With Younger Younger Generation Film Designed

When I am reading for research and making notes, I use a cleverly designed curved lap-desk, and I sit up dutifully, mindful of ergonomics and suchlike concepts. When reading for pleasure, I take advantage of the 'recline' in recliner. Guy Gavriel Kay

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I've designed exercise video games, running shoes, healthy beverages, and workout equipment. Harley Pasternak

Video Games Healthy Shoes Running Exercise Equipment Video Games Workout Designed

Evolution is all about passing on the genome to the next generation, adapting and surviving through generation after generation. From an evolutionary point of view, you and I are like the booster rockets designed to send the genetic payload into the next level of orbit and then drop off into the sea. Harvey V. Fineberg

You Generation Drop Adapting Booster Evolution Evolutionary About Point Point Of View Through Genetic Like Genome Passing Rockets Off Surviving Send Orbit After Then Next Next Generation Next Level View Sea Level Designed

We designed a car that is for daily commutes and that you charge every day. The less you use the gasoline engine, the better mpg. Essentially, the Karma can achieve dramatic savings and low CO2 output when used as intended, as a daily commuter. Henrik Fisker

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by things large and small. I wanted to know what made my watch tick, my radio play, and my house stand. I wanted to know who invented the bottle cap and who designed the bridge. I guess from early on I wanted to be an engineer. Henry Petroski

Remember Engineer Made Long Guess Invented Small Bottle Tick Know House Been Wanted Cap Stand Who Radio Fascinated Large Bridge Play Things Designed Watch Early

Too much redesign has to do more with fad and fashion than with fitness and function. It is change for the sake of change. Such redesign is not only unnecessary, it is all too often also retrogressive, leading to things that work less effectively than those they were designed to replace. Henry Petroski

Work Fitness Fashion Change Too Much Too Those Unnecessary More Only Fad Leading Also Redesign Sake Were Effectively Replace Than Often Much Less Function Things Designed

Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China. Hideki Tojo

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Basically, New York housing is designed by formula, with lots of restrictions. Hugh Hardy

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An adult human can last 40 days without food, a week without any sleep, three days without water, but only five minutes without air. Yet nothing is more taken for granted than the air we breathe. However, not just any air will do - it must be exquisitely designed to meet our needs. Too little oxygen in the atmosphere will kill us, as will too much. Hugh Ross

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I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions. Ian Hamilton Finlay

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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty. Indira Gandhi

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I always believed that clothes should be designed to conform to our bodies and not our bodies to conform to the clothing. Indya Moore

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Once the Third World has become a mass market for the goods, products, and processes which are designed by the rich for themselves, the discrepancy between demand for these Western artifacts and the supply will increase indefinitely. Ivan Illich

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