The Blink family of electric vehicle charging stations consists of three products: a wall-mounted unit for overnight charging in private garages or carports, a pedestal unit for retail locations and a DC Fast Charging unit for gas stations and in between major commute corridors throughout the country.

Credits: frog and ECOtality

Contact: Sara Munday: sara.munday@frogdesign.com

The Versaflo respiratory system gives users flexibility as they move from one environment to another or from one application to the next. Each system consists of three easy-to-select modules—headgear, breathing tubes and air sources—that can be combined into dozens of system configurations for protection from a range of respiratory, head, eye and hearing hazards.

The Circulating Water Bath is a refrigerating and heating temperature control unit used for laboratory applications. The LCD touchscreen technology guides the operator through setup and operation, and a powerful pump circulates heated water throughout the reservoir to deliver consistent temperature control. Temperatures can be monitored from anywhere in the laboratory with the pivoting control head.

The Welcoming Vehicle Control System controls access to buildings and residential areas. An RF reader identifies residents as they pass by the controller, automatically authorizing their entrance and exit. Visitors use the interphone to call the person they are visiting, who authorizes their access to the site. The vehicle controller plate sensor number monitors and records the vehicles that pass in case of accidents or a disaster.

The Hyper Variaxis can completely machine a work piece, including multiple surface machining, from raw material to completion in a single work-piece setup to provide improved productivity in the production of complex components, such as those found in the aerospace and automotive industries.

Credits: Yamazaki Mazak Corp. (Japan) and of Ken Okuyama Design Co. Ltd. (Japan)

Contact: Bruce Dozier: bruce_dozier@mazak.co.jp

The Articulating Scaffold has the ability to walk with the motion of the user, eliminating the need to constantly climb up and down and reposition the equipment. The work table provides a space to store tools, keeping them safe and organized while repositioning. A few simple, intuitive motions collapses the unit, making it easy to transport to the truck or job site.

Credits: Alexander Spurrier of Auburn University

Contact: Alexander Spurrier: apspurrier@gmail.com

DaVinci Resolve is a precision hardware control surface and integrated software solution for color grading motion pictures. Color correction is like holding the images in your hands and molding them into absolute perfection. Color artists work endless hours, so the team engineered the design and placement of the controls to increase capabilities while reducing complexity.

Credits: Blackmagic Industrial Design Team, Carbon Design Group

Contact: Simon Kidd: simonkidd@blackmagic-design.com

This custom-designed ATM for the Spanish bank BBVA was designed from the user experience up, rather than from the components down. The design team listened to people’s banking experiences and observed people’s behavior at ATMs. The team also examined analogous self-service experiences, such as those at gas pumps and train-ticket kiosks, leading to a design that doesn’t further automate the teller, but that humanizes the transaction experience.

Credits: IDEO Design Team, BBVA, NCR and Fujitsu

Contact: Katie Clark: kclark@ideo.com