Products of all types — cars, incandescent bulbs, your iPad and iPhone — are designed with planned obsolescence in mind. The need or desire to replace products quickly and a shorter product life-cycle ...

In 2015, Apple unveiled the iPhone Upgrade Program — a slick subscription model that lets devotees pay a monthly hardware fee directly to the manufacturer, with an option to trade in their phone for ...

Apple just got smacked with a class action lawsuit after the tech giant admitted it slowed down older iPhones. This act is also known as planned obsolescence. Wikipedia defines planned obsolescence ...

(This story appeared in the July-September edition of Army AL&T;Magazine.) Critical Thinking, a new feature in Army AL&T;Magazine, offers perspectives from those outside DOD and the defense industry ...

Have you ever wondered why major purchases — such as vehicles or large appliances — always seem to break down immediately after a manufacturer's warranty expires? Or perhaps you've asked how an ...

Functional obsolescence reduces property desirability due to outdated, hard-to-alter features. It includes curable issues (fixable by renovation) and incurable ones (costly or impossible to fix).

, e-waste becomes a major cause of air pollution and increased levels of air particulate matter. The various environmental effects associated with planned obsolescence and its consequent uptick in ...

While many consumer devices have lifecycles of 18 months, medical device developers often must deal with lifecycles in excess of a decade. Larry Bell Imagine this nightmare scenario: you have placed a ...

Workforces facing obsolescence sometimes behave in mysterious ways. Often, wages wind up spiking in an occupation at risk of disappearing. We examine what this means for the workforce as AI advances.

Members of the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center were recently recognized for their efforts to keep the Army's aircraft and missiles operational all while saving ...