Aside from those spammers taking advantage of the swine-flu frenzy by sending virus-laced e-mails about, well, the virus, it's been a big week for health innovations: British company Zilico is in the trial stages of a promising ...READ»
CNN.com's simplified design grabbed the early headlines. But managing editor Meredith Artley tells FastCompany.com that it's just one component of a new collaborative storytelling philosophy starting to take hold. READ»
It's easy to see why some vacation spots are unethical. A region or country where locals live in squalor while visitors stay insulated in fancy hotels, for example, is not the ideal ethical travel destination. But some spots are ...READ»
Have you ever felt like you are stuck in a rut in your life? John Hunt, worldwide creative director of TBWA, believes you can change that by simply harvesting the ideas already swimming in your head.READ»
According to reports, Apple's ridiculously successful iPhone has stuttered badly in its attempt to conquer the Chinese market. Because conquering is very far from what's going on: It's sold just five units. But Apple probably ...READ»
After many months of waiting and debating, the California Public Utilities Commission has approved a plan for local utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to buy space-based solar power from Solaren Corp. The stealth startup, ...READ»
Sapporo breweries is selling Space Barley, the World's first beer made from barley that's been on a trip into outer space. Let's come up with a better name for it, shall we?READ»
In the spirit of making cars ever-smaller, Honda has revealed its P-NUT (Personal-Neo Urban Transport) concept vehicle at this week's LA Auto Show.READ»
With new translation and dictionary services--and an awkward custom keyboard--Google secures its position as the world's expert on "looking things up." Eat it, Webster.READ»
Yesterday marks a small but significant moment in history: Test pilot Markus Scherdel flew the Solar Impulse aircraft for the first time. It's amazing because Solar Impulse is entirely solar-powered, and took to the sky through ...READ»
This week the CrunchPad died. And bloggers sank their teeth into the meaty deliciousness of the fiasco, but there are some very positive lessons here about efficiency, innovation, and the inevitability of a tablet ... soon.READ»
Today is Jay-Z's birthday--he's 40! It's also marks the last weekday in the Worst Week Ever for Tiger Woods. Jay-Z has complained about his 99 Problems; Tiger's got at least as many. How do their problems compare?READ»
Coke has officially taken the lead in the ongoing sustainable cola wars with a pledge to cut hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), a potent greenhouse gas, from all vending machines and coolers by 2015. Pepsi, your move.READ»
Clean coal is the most elusive of green energy technologies--so elusive that nobody is sure if it's even possible. A New Jersey-based startup called Carbozyme not only thinks it is, the company also believes that human blood holds ...READ»
