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How Video Games Are Infiltrating--and Improving--Every Part of Our Lives

Games are sneaking into every part of our lives -- at home, school, and work. Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, and even the Army depend on games. and Pretty soon, you'll be a part of one. We guarantee it.READ»

What Does The Perfect Mobile Interface Look Like? (Don't Ask Siri)

Why we’re still waiting for the perfect mobile interface.READ»

This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business

The future of business is pure chaos. Here's how you can survive--and perhaps even thrive.READ»

How To 3-D Print With MakerBot's Thing-O-Matic

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As Smartphones Get Smarter, You May Get Healthier: How mHealth Can Bring Cheaper Health Care To All

Smartphones and tablets are transforming the future of health care. Can we really trust them to save lives?READ»

Leaders At Alibaba, Youku, And Baidu Are Slowly Shaking Up China's Corporate Culture

Three top Chinese tech companies--Alibaba, Baidu, and YouKu--are remaking the country's moribund, hierarchical corporate culture with an injection of new ideas from the West.READ»

The AeroShot Lets You Inhale A Perfectly-Sized Shot Of Caffeine

Humans have sought new caffeine fixes for hundreds of years. But the AeroShot inhaler might be the strangest yet: Compress the tube, and it burps a puff of lime-flavored caffeine powder that instantaneously dissolves on your tongue. ...READ»

Human Lie Detector Paul Ekman Decodes The Faces Of Depression, Terrorism, And Joy

Since he experienced tragedy at age of 14, the real-life psychologist who inspired the show "Lie To Me" has searched for signs of hidden human emotion in faces. New applications based on his findings are getting attention from Apple, Pixar, Google, the Army, and others. READ»

Fresh Copy: How Ursula Burns Reinvented Xerox

Ursula Burns wants to remake her firm into the company American business can’t live without. But can Xerox succeed in a world without Xeroxing?READ»

The Case For Girls: A Mock Ad Aims To Become A Legitimate Campaign With Global Impact

For Fast Company's "Case for Girls" package, several advertising agencies came up with mock ads as a response for the rampant cultural preference for baby boys over baby girls. One agency, AKQA, hopes to transform their campaign for Chinese women from a thought experiment into the real deal with a new website, a gripping video, and the push for a mobilizing event in March 2012. READ»

The Case For Girls

Most would-be parents prefer boys, not girls. Is part of the trouble, dare we say, a branding problem--one that advertising could solve?READ»

Martin Scorsese On Vision In Hollywood

How Marty Scorsese risked it all and lived to risk again in Hollywood.READ»

How To Lead A Creative Life

Our complete guide to making your inner genius your greatest on-the-job asset.READ»

Reconsideration Of The Month: Versace's H&M Collaboration

On January 19, Versace will launch an exclusive pre-spring collection for fast-fashion brand H&M--much to the chagrin of 2008’s Donatella Versace.READ»

Fast Company's Must-Attend Events In December 2011 And January 2012

KEY (OUT OF FIVE): LEARNABILITY: SCHMOOZABILITY: COSTABILITY: DECEMBER 1: Silicon Valley Rocks Entrepreneurs moonlight as rock stars at this fundraiser for music education.   1: Interaction South ...READ»

The Death Of Google Health: Whose Fault Is It?

After more than three years of struggle, the online records service Google Health will cease to exist come January 1. But whose fault was it--Google's (for bad execution) or the health-care industry's (for being too resistant to ...READ»

Would You Watch An "All My Children" Web Show? Prospect Park Is Betting On It

Soaps are known for bringing folks back from the dead, but this January may be their biggest resurrection yet: A production company, Prospect Park, hopes to relaunch some favorite soaps as web shows. (ABC recently killed off All My ...READ»

What The Auto Industry Can Teach Us About The EU's Airline Emissions Trading System

In January, the European Union's Emissions Trading System--the largest carbon market for greenhouse gases--plans to forcefully enroll any airline that stops in Europe. Airlines are livid and warning of increased ticket prices. But as the history of fuel-economy standards in the automobile industry shows, today's environmental obstruction is tomorrow's common sense.READ»

How Does P90X Make So Much Money Selling Age-Old Fitness Advice?

Fitness phenom P90X has sold more than 3 million DVDs since its 2004 debut--and this December, sales will surely rise with the holiday release of P90X2. But it's not as if creator Tony Horton invented anything new.READ»