to provide the initial design of the software and prepare it for the next stage -- the prototype. Now that the basic idea and flow of the development is in play, it’s time for prototyping.

For listings and software associated with Design Ideas published after June 7, 2001, you can find them directly in the Web versions of the Design Ideas in which they ran.

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the U.S. and the U.K. The Imagine Cup is Microsoft’s worldwide software design competition for students. This year it challenged participating teams to build a product that can enable better ...

Two new additions to the Studio 5000 design software allow for industrial engineers to design machines and processes more efficiently. The Simulation Interface tool transforms how users design ...

The software category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors projects whose main feature is a software component, in any discipline. See the finalists and honorable mentions below ...