September 10, 2012
Some sad news on the technology front, as an early pioneer in the field of laptop computing has died. Via the Associated Press:
Bill Moggridge, a British industrial designer who designed an early portable computer with the flip-open shape that is common today, has died. He was 69.
The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum said Moggridge, its director since 2010, died on Saturday from cancer.