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The 12 Best and Worst Digital Characters

BY Kevin OhannessianFri Nov 20, 2009 at 7:15 PM

With the coming release of James Cameron's sci-fi epic, moviegoers are focusing anew on digital characters. It's tough to fashion from mere pixels believable beings that walk and talk and seem to feel the same emotions of real humans. Here are the virtual actors that lived up to their living colleagues, and those that fell flat on the screen.READ»

ROBERT A.M. STERN | 1 comment

What Do Presidential Libraries Say About Their Namesakes' Legacies?

BY Alissa WalkerFri Nov 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Laura Bush revealed Robert A.M. Stern's design for the George Bush presidential library this week. Our approval rating (low), plus the architectural legacies of six of his presidential predecessors.READ»

TGIFC | Comment

Drive a Mercedes with Your iPhone and Nine Other Mind-Blowing Stories This Week on Fast Company

BY Kate RockwoodFri Nov 20, 2009 at 6:45 PM

"Interferometric modulation," driving your Mercedes with an iPhone, driving your computer with your mind, Minute Maid's juicy new packaging, locavore Thanksgiving, a next-gen activity monitor to help you burn it off, and other great stories on Fast Company this week.READ»

ENTERTAINMENT | Comment

ComScore's New Study Finds Dope on "Movie Junkies"

BY Alissa WalkerFri Nov 20, 2009 at 6:30 PM

Research group comScore released its study on "movie junkies" yesterday that surveyed the behavior of 500,000 moviegoers who bought tickets online in September 2009.READ»

CHEGG | Comment

Can Chegg Beat the Kindle at the Textbook Game?

BY Ariel SchwartzFri Nov 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM

The Kindle may be the king of e-readers, but it has a long way to go before being accepted as an acceptable replacement for textbooks. When Amazon's device was introduced at Princeton for classroom assignments recently, it received ...READ»

BEN-PAYNTER | Comment

Workers Under Threat: Blamefest Stunts Innovation [Ed. Note: Who Wrote This Headline?]

BY Ben PaynterFri Nov 20, 2009 at 5:30 PM

If the chart above is giving you flashbacks to your last roundtable, chances are you've been blamed for something before. Was it your fault? Doesn't matter. Others in the room are likely to start feeling angry and defensive. ...READ»

AIR CARS | Comment

Study Says Compressed Air Cars Are a Pipe Dream--Focus on EVs

BY Ariel SchwartzFri Nov 20, 2009 at 5:00 PM

Compressed air cars are the ultimate romantic vision of our transportation future. A car powered by air? What could be better than that? A lot of things, it turns out. According to "Economic and Environmental Evaluation of ...READ»

GLOBAL WARMING | Comment

Ad With Dying, Computer-Animated Polar Bears Stirs Controversy

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 4:30 PM

What does shock marketing do for a problem as big as global warming?READ»

FUNNY | 3 comments

Friday Fun: Eight Ways to Kill an Idea

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Don't do it!READ»

BRAINS VS. BEAUTY | Comment

Infographic of the Day: The Brains vs. Beauty Quandry

BY Cliff KuangFri Nov 20, 2009 at 3:30 PM

Everyone understands the various categories displayed in this Venn diagram.READ»

SWINE FLU | 1 comment

Can Protein Sciences Produce a Swine Flu Vaccine in Time? Update: Likely No

BY Erica WestlyFri Nov 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM

As the start of a new school year begins, concerns over H1N1--aka swine flu--are growing. Everyone's waiting to hear when a vaccine will be available, and earlier this summer, the CDC predicted that 120 million doses ... READ»

SOCIALCYCLING | 2 comments

SocialCycling Turns Unrecyclable Products Into Usable Items

BY Ariel SchwartzFri Nov 20, 2009 at 2:30 PM

We write a lot about upcycling, or the practice of reusing products for new purposes to prevent waste. Now DMD Green, an environmental management consulting company, wants to make the process even easier with its new SocialCycling ...READ»

MIND READING | Comment

Intel's Mind-Reading Chips: Replace Your Mouse With Your Brain

BY Kit EatonFri Nov 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM

You know those neat mind-control toys? Well, Intel has some grand plans for mind control that go far beyond their limited power. By 2020, the company's researchers plan to have chips that let you control computers with your ...READ»

TWILIGHT | Comment

Inside the Vamp-artment of Twilight's Edward Cullen, Buy It for $3.3M!

BY Tyler GrayFri Nov 20, 2009 at 1:30 PM

Must every facet of Twilight's sparkly-skinned lead vampire Edward be irresistible? He may be a blood chugger, but his interior design sense doesn't suck. The character's (played by Robert Pattinson) digs are featured prominently in ...READ»