It's time for some intelligent design in our traffic management. A new device can change light times to make things safer for oncoming bikes, and more convenient for impatient drivers.READ»
Buildings that produce more energy than they use may be a necessity in the future. A new design competition asked architects to design these net-zero buildings for a site in California, with impressive results.READ»
For three years the Aerospace History Project at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif., has been collecting and archiving thousands of documents, manuscripts, oral histories, and ...READ»
Obscura Digital, the creative tech agency behind this crazy live-action data visualization and this (even crazier) animated building facade, has unveiled surprisingly un-crazy headquarters in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood. ...READ»
The state's program will be able to test the theories about whether cap-and-trade reduces pollution without destroying businesses. If it works, expect other states to quickly follow.READ»
Enough with long lines at the DMV and other horrors of local government. It's time for cities to drag themselves into the 21st century. Here are the steps some are taking.READ»
Your chance to try the Chinese delicacy in California has passed. It's now illegal to buy the main ingredient in shark fin soup. It might save sharks, but some Chinese are outraged.READ»
Archaeologists are planning to use Microsoft's super-cheap Kinect to help plan progress and record data at a future dig in Jordan. If all goes as planned, the $150 piece of gaming tech could let them virtually walk around 3-D models of huge excavation sites.READ»
If Buckminster Fuller had been a California surfer dude, his buildings would've looked a lot like the weird, whimsical, and distinctly indigenous pods of San Francisco artist Jay Nelson. Nelson has the market cornered on turning ...READ»
The new fund is helping supermarkets open in poor neighborhoods, funding farmer's markets in others, and even offering money for innovative food solutions that no one has thought of yet.READ»
Bruce Mau Design recently worked as a part of a team with HWKN architects to develop the design of a new LGBT retirement community in Palm Springs, California. The project was recently featured on Co. Design in “BOOM! Palm Springs ...READ»
In a speech last week in Washington D.C., Arnold Schwarzenegger called on America to adopt three policies that have greened California's environment and its economy simultaneouslyREAD»
Tuesday, March 2, 2011: Time for Apple to reveal the iPad 2. But there's also plenty of other news, so let us help you tackle the early stuff, with iFive.READ»
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey warned in early 2011 that California would inevitably experience a winter megastorm--a big one. It might not happen this year, or next. But, based on California's history of storms in the past, another winter megastorm will happen sometime, these scientists say.READ»
As the Governator steps down he faces widespread criticism about the economic and environmental condition of California, but there is one particular issue that hasn't seen a whole lot of attention--and it should.READ»
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