I was recently involved in an enterprise laundry management (ELM) project to automate the wash-to-dry value chain of the Cook household. The legacy systems were inefficient, maintenance was costly, ...

There was an interesting IEEE panel discussion in Silicon Valley recently, reviewing the microprocessor architecture wars of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. How did the Intel x86 architecture become so ...

Throughout my early life, my father would get up at 4:30 in the morning, six days a week, for his job as a contractor. I knew his work was taxing from seeing his coarse hands and tired eyes after he ...

Since its founding LA has been selling lifestyle and better living. It has produced residential archetypes, like California Ranch houses, Case Study homes, dingbat apartments, bungalow courts, ...

How did the invention of the modern dome tent change the story of homelessness in LA? And are they a form of “home” for their occupants? While Los Angeles officials work to build more permanent ...