Frederick P. Brooks Jr., whose innovative work in computer design and software engineering helped shape the field of computer science, died on Thursday at his home in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 91.

In 1994, my mom, a working interior designer, decided to jump on the home computing bandwagon and get 3D Home Architect.The Broderbund program was part of an awkward, curious wave of computer ...

Software is a messy business. Last March the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation publicly abandoned a $170 million software overhaul because of unforeseen technical problems.

But generative design, and software that enables it, is still in its early stages, and the design process required much more human input than something made purely by a computer. As a result, much ...

Richard D. Ward, Eugene G. Koeller, Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD): An Advanced Designer's Tool, SAE Transactions, Vol. 82, SECTION 4: Papers 730669–730990 (1973), ... Recent advances in ...

Want to become a software developer? There are a lot of ways to learn how to write software code – and it doesn’t have to happen in a formal program. While you need to invest significant time (and ...

Barbie Fashion Designer, meanwhile, released in 1996 for PC. As much a design program and what we'd now call an interactive toy as a game, Barbie Fashion Designer let players design clothes for ...

Synthace is a bioprocess-turned-software company founded in 2011, and it wants to accelerate the inevitable equivalent shift in biology by making high-throughput experiments easy and ubiquitous.

Computer Aided Design (CAD) is the use of software to create precise digital drawings and 3D models of products. It allows designers to visualise and modify designs quickly, ensuring accuracy and ...

Studio Designer, which is used by numerous AD100 firms, including Tucker & Marks, Thad Hayes, and McAlpine, works in much the same way and costs $35 to $45 per user, per month.On May 1 the company ...