Zaha Hadid's Award-Winning Snack-itecture Inspired by Doodles, Chips, Funyuns

A new profile in the 'New Yorker' describes Hadid's affinity for potato chips, and we see the similarity in her work.READ»

Reasons to Be Charitable in a Tough Season of Giving

Amid all those candles and evergreens, baked goods, freely pouring cocktails (and the promise of sneaking in a tax deduction) we humans are inclined to give to those less fortunate this time of year. But there isn't much incentive ...READ»

Smart Wheelchair Uses Lasers to Navigate, Stave Off Enemies

It may not be mind-controlled, but the smart wheelchair designed by Lehigh University researchers is still pretty impressive. The wheelchair, built with money from a $480,000 National Science Foundation grant, harnesses a light ...READ»

Meals on Wheels Online: New Site Tracks Food Trucks Nationwide

An inescapable trend in 2009, especially for city-dwellers, is that of the food truck. (Being in a recession didn't hurt.) Enter RoamingHunger.com, the first nationwide food truck tracker. READ»

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: iPhones Accepting Credit Cards

Last week we wrote about Twitter creator Jack Dorsey's credit card-reading gizmo Square for the iPhone. It looks like it's just the beginning, though: In the future you're pretty likely to be paying for stuff at an iPhone cash ...READ»

What a Bikesharing Program Should Look Like

Copenhagen unveils two smart bike-sharing systems that capitalize on wireless tech and GPS.READ»

Will TwitVid's Real Time Search Inject Life Into Twitter Video?

TwitVid.com is trying a new tack to make its Twitter-friendly video-upload service enticing for users: It's launching a real-time search function. As well as jumping on the real-time bandwagon, it's an attempt to get more people ...READ»

Novomer, Kodak Team Up to Turn CO2 into Plastic

In this month's issue of Fast Company, we looked at a startup and Cornell University spin-off Novomer, which claims it can make plastics from CO2 captured from factories. Now comes word that Novomer plans to make good on its claims ...READ»

Plug-in Prius to Go Mass Market in 2011

Good news for Prius groupies: The plug-in hybrid version of the best-selling vehicle will be rolled out en masse in 2011, with tens of thousands of plug-in Priuses set to hit the road. 500 lucky customers in Japan, the U.S., and ...READ»

Infographic of the Day: The Many Species of Geek

A sprawling diagram of geek culture, including all the objects of geek affection.READ»

Need An Agent? Here's How to Find One

Dos and Don'ts on finding someone to represent your work. [Viral Loop Chronicles Part 7]READ»

Climate Power Brokers and Influencers: 10 People Who Count at Copenhagen

This morning's espresso-fueled breakfast debate centered on "who really matters" at Copenhagen amongst 15,000 world leaders, negotiators, scientists, business chiefs, NGOs who have descended on Denmark for 2 cold weeks in December.READ»

Cheese for Tweets: @HuffingtonPost's Twitter-Based Revenue Scheme

Twitter still isn't showing interest in hunting down hard cash profits, but the ever-sneaky Huffington Post has worked out how it can profit from Twitter instead: By charging to embed Tweets into its blog comments. Genius? Or ...READ»

The Train Depot-Theater and Three Other Ideas for Miami Transit

The design competition DawnTown has given awards to four radical visions for its Metromover transit system.READ»

The Googlephone's Biggest Limitation: Price?

Boom! The news is out: People are certain the Googlephone has been pseudo-revealed, and will be on-sale in January. Many commenters are going gaga over the idea. But as details emerge, I'm worried about one huge thing: Price. When ...READ»

Why Is the World Bank Subsidizing Dirty Coal Power?

If you've been following our coverage or have been, say, awake for the past few days, you probably know that there is a fairly monumental climate change conference going on right now in Copenhagen. Delegates from around the world at ...READ»

Jeffrey Katzenberg Plans on Living Happily Ever After

As a young prince, Jeffrey Katzenberg made billions for the Magic Kingdom, but his ambition got him banished. Now the CEO of DreamWorks Animation has a (smaller) kingdom of his own -- and every intention of living happily ever after.READ»

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Architecture Bloopers, Cutting-Edge Kicks, and 12 Other Mind-Bending Stories This Week on FastCompany.com

This week, Fast Company was all about eye candy--for better and for worse. We found 300 of the world's hottest poster designs, 13 cutting-edge kicks, 12 groundbreaking pieces of digital art, and nine of the world's coolest cool ...READ»