A new list of the most admirable companies has some curious additions, including oil and tobacco companies. Is there more to being a good business than not destroying people or the environment?READ MORE›
Teamwork, communications, listening and body language, diversity sensitivity, and problem-solving are key skills described as areas of personal and professional growth by volunteers returning from international pro bono deployments. READ MORE›
Goal: Save Firefighters' Lives
Project: Intel Fireball
THESIS:
Firefighters might not know what they're up against when they enter a burning building. But if they have a way to assess the danger inside before going in, they'll be ...READ MORE›
Thunderbolt, Intel's latest input-output interface, transfers data at lightning-fast speeds--20 times faster than USB 2.0. Introduced to Apple products last February, Thunderbolt hits PCs this month.READ MORE›
If you're like me, you haven't earned a badge since the Brownies (or Cub Scouts) in second grade. But a growing chorus believes that badges are a very special tool for 21st-century learning. They're everything that a standardized test ...READ MORE›
2012 is thought to be the year of the Ultrabook, but though these slim machines may prove successful they can't disguise one odd fact: The laptop is a dead design. When will it actually pass away and leave room for a future device?READ MORE›
As 2011 winds to a close and 2012 begins, we do a little bit of Fast Company drumbeating. We predict a lot of stuff around here. Sometimes we're wrong some. But we also nailed a few things this year. Take the death of the spinning computer disk...READ MORE›
Computers use a lot of energy to keep all their parts going, but a new chip from Intel is able to operate with the bare minimum amount of electricity--as much as could be drawn from a postage stamp-sized solar cell or even, yes, a ...READ MORE›
Plastic Logic's e-reader may yet live as an educational tool in Russia, just as Apple and Microsoft bid for millions of tablet PCs destined for Turkish schools. The e-education game is getting serious.READ MORE›
QR Codes Used By 14 Million In June Alone While different augmented reality technologies are gaining ground, All Things Digital on Thursday reported that in June 2011 alone, some 6% of U.S. phone owners, or a whopping 14 ...READ MORE›
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