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One Small Electric Car and Its Big Fight for Buyers

In the race to build the first affordable electric car, one company is taking an unusual approach: they're not treating it as a race at all. "We don't want to be the first, or the biggest. We just want to be the best," says Mike ...READ»

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Microsoft Hohm: Micromanaging Your Energy Consumption

Microsoft's Hohm launched in Beta this morning, promising an easier way for consumers to manage their carbon footprints as well as energy costs. Does it deliver?READ»

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Marc Newson's Gobsmacking Fractal Necklace

The designer's new creation for Boucheron took 1,500 hours to craft, and 2,000 diamonds and sapphires.READ»

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Nokia Says No to Android Smartphone

The world's largest cellphone company won't be making a Google Android-powered Smartphone. But Nokia's recent partnership with Intel means a new OS is inevitable.READ»

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The Internet Makes Work for Idle Hands

The radical decentralization of the means of cultural production and distribution it has brought about, that I mentioned in the slidecast in my last post, "Social Begins At Home," has changed the very nature of the audience--of what ...READ»

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American Design, California Style

If the U.S. has its own brand of design, it's California's free-wheeling, try-anything-once culture that's driving it.READ»

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Introducing Guest Blogger Brett Lovelady: Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

It may shock you to hear that I know very little about video gaming. OK, that's actually an overstatement. I know nothing about video gaming. That's not to say I don't have deep admiration, nay, awe for folks who not only understand ...READ»

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Robotic Game Controller Adjust Itself, Frags Carpal-Tunnel

The device automatically adjusts itself, so that you never linger in one position long enough to develop repetitive stress.READ»

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Killer Apps for Microsoft Surface: The Complete Guide

Microsoft's interactive table, dubbed Surface, brings the heady dream of interactive computing closer reality. As developers find ways to make Surface's gorgeous multi-user interface shine, more and more companies are turning to the ...READ»

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Iran Declares War on 21st Century Media

Iran's government just vowed to prosecute people who "cooperate with satellite television programming providers." Along with blocking Twitter and messing with cell-phone networks, it means the power mongers are declaring war on ...READ»

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International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution

Let's not beat around the bush. Fifteen thousand of the world's medicinal plants are nearing extinction, thanks to pollution caused by population growth and rapid industrialization. Each die-off also produces a ripple effect; for ...READ»

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Starting a Design Studio During a Downturn, Part 5: Staying Focused

Eight months after its debut Kicker Studio has momentum. Here are their five tips for keeping things moving.READ»

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Cherry Lets You Slide Between WiFi and GSM Calling--Cheap

Cherry is going to have T-Mobile and AT&T more than a little worried. The Belgium-based startup modifies your GSM smartphone to allow it to switch seamlessly between WiFi and cell network calling, all at ultra cheap "WiFi calling" ...READ»

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Google's G1 Designers Reinvent the Electric Car With ATNMBL

Designers Mike and Maaike, already famous for the odd-looking Google G1 phone, have taken a stab at reinventing the concept of the car. Gone are speed, danger and human drivers, in are comfort, efficiency... and slowness. The team is ...READ»

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Sony Ericsson's Beefy New Android Phone Leaked

A Danish site has scored spy photos of Sony Ericsson's gutsy foray into the Android phone market. Part of the Xperia line of smartphones, the new phone is codenamed "Rachel" and boasts a killer 1GHz processor made by Qualcomm. For ...READ»