"People know more about their iPhone than they do their own health," points out Travis Bogard, Jawbone's VP of product development. "So how do we make them consumers of their own wellness?" Today Jawbone is finally unwrapping their ...READ MORE›
Despite what some right-wingers would have you think, we’re making quick work of the planet. (Check out J Henry Fair’s environmental photos for some arresting evidence.) Swapping out incandescent bulbs for energy-saving CFLs can ...READ MORE›
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Ever since Diller Scofido & Renfro unveiled their sexy new rehab of Lincoln Center, the place has been a magnet for surprising design: Wet’s frisky fountain, Fashion Week’s ...READ MORE›
Ever since Diller Scofido & Renfro unveiled their sexy new rehab of Lincoln Center, the place has been a magnet for surprising design: Wet’s frisky fountain, Fashion Week’s footwear fetishists, the bizarre spectacle of ...READ MORE›
For all the talk about inner-city gardens and farms sprouting off the side of skyscrapers, growing and eating your dinner in the same place is still a pipe dream for most city dwellers. Leave it to the endlessly progressive Dutch to ...READ MORE›
Inspired by MIT's much-publicized One Laptop Per Child, the program sought an affordable housing solution for areas hit by natural disasters. And like OLPC, it revised its target price.READ MORE›
You're on iTunes downloading something. For the purposes of this article, let's just say it's the new Fast Company United States of Design iPad app (It's free!). You navigate the simple interface, click the well-designed icons, and ...READ MORE›
A prosthetic limb and bike pedal that allows amputee cyclists to experience a full range of motion has been named as the U.S. winner of the James Dyson Award. Interestingly, for the second year in a row, the winning design is ...READ MORE›
The survival of nonprofits increasingly depends on the web. Of the $229 billion that individuals confer on nonprofits annually, $15 billion is contributed over the Internet. That figure is growing about 40% a year, with web donations ...READ MORE›
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In 2003, Goldman Sachs issued a report predicting that by 2041 China would vault over the United States to become the world’s largest economy. Since then, China has been on a tear, ...READ MORE›
For the second time, San Francisco industrial designer Yves Béhar has won the INDEX Award, a 100,000 Euro prize given to five life-improving design projects by a Danish nonprofit. This year, Béhar's program "See Better to Learn ...READ MORE›
We've all known that a couch potato lifestyle puts you at risk for a variety of ailments, but evidence is piling up that the mere act of sitting can also be hazardous. The American Cancer Society recently released the results of a ...READ MORE›
There's no doubting the power of the dinner table -- the act of eating together has the ability to transcend differences and spark conversation. But while on research trips abroad to Myanmar and Kenya, Stanford d.school students Abby ...READ MORE›
Chances are, you've thrown out some plastic already today. And you're going to throw out a lot more. In fact, Americans generated 30 million tons of plastic waste in 2009. That's more than 12% of our total waste. Try as you might to ...READ MORE›
A bone drill is a nasty-sounding device that looks like something you'd find on the shelf at Home Depot. You wouldn't want to see one coming at you, but if you needed one, you'd likely be in such bad shape that you wouldn't even ...READ MORE›
My mom called me crying recently. She’s 68 years old, overweight, inactive, and suffers from a litany of “old-age ailments” including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, borderline diabetes, arthritis, and hearing and vision ...READ MORE›
First, a little background: We’re three undergrad industrial design students at the University of Cincinnati who teamed up for an experiment in education. We set out to partner with our university, a high school, and several ...READ MORE›
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