Why bother to specialize in making cars, or boats or eVTOLS, when you can create a module that could work as either of these, depending on the owner’s needs? Pierpaolo Lazzarini of Lazzarini Design ...

Dell's easily disassembled laptop prototype, which we saw first in 2021, returns with a new design that promise benefits for Dell, the consumer, and the environment. I’ve been a consumer PC expert at ...

While components in most desktop computers can be easily — well, relatively easily — replaced, laptops tend to be far more difficult to upgrade or replace. Intel is pushing a modular concept that ...

With the concept of downsizing in mind, Danish architectural company Njordrum is elaborating innovative concepts for housing. Basing their modular design on Scandinavian aesthetics, the office hopes ...

Multiple automakers have developed EV skateboard platforms to streamline vehicle development. A new Citroën concept car takes that idea a little further. The Citroën Skate concept is a modular EV ...

Dell, one of the world’s major PC makers, is working on bringing more user-friendly repairability to its laptops. It teased us last yearwith an early version of Concept Luna, which promised to use ...

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Compal has introduced the Adapt X, a modular laptop concept that takes inspiration from Framework’s user-upgradable design. The Adapt X recently won an iF Design ...

The European motorhome market is flush with modular camper vans, but more models than not are midsize and smaller vans with simple, compact interiors. Vans like the Pössl Vanster and Terracamper VW ...

Breaking down a machine into systems based on both functionality and resources can simplify design and maintenance, a concept explored in a recent column from Control Design. For controls engineers, ...