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OK Go's Human Kaleidoscope, All Is Not Lost, And How It Translates Into Sales

Damian Kulash and director Trish Sie walk us through the making of All Is Not Lost, and OK Go's approach to the music experience.READ»

Rise Of The Machines: How Rube Goldberg Inspired A Decade Of Creative Copycats

Look! Another RGM. What is it about Goldberg’s contraptions that’s made them such an enduring commercial form and reliable source of web traffic?READ»

Syyn Labs Hacks Saturday Night Fun With Tuxedos, Charity, And "Chess Boxing"

The League of Extraordinary Nerds takes over Saturday night with cultural exploration and charity fundraising.READ»

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Android Also Tracking Location, Ok Go GPS Art, Synthetic Brain Cells, And More...

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day.READ»

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CNN Tries to Explain Syyn Labs

Syyn Labs hit the headlines with its viral-success music vid for OK Go and a promo for Google's new science fair initiative. But what happens when the crazy, ephemeral group of scientists and dreamers hits CNN? This:READ»

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Syyn Labs's League of Extraordinary Nerds

The geek darlings behind Syyn Labs have created feats of fancy for the likes of Google, Disney, and the band OK Go. Now it's time for their biggest challenge yet: Create a business from their techy passion projects.READ»

OK Go's Damian Kulash: I Spend More Hours on the Business Than the Party

The frontman for the indie band talks about this month's uber-creative projects--a new video with toast animation, a street parade in L.A., and a stunt with the "Today Show" hosts--and how he focuses more on the business side than he'd like. READ»

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Converse: I'm With the Brand

The shoe already worn by rock royalty is opening its own recording studio and hosting unsigned artists. But brands are a long way from replacing record labels. READ»

Boy Scouts Updating With New Merit Badges, Including Invention

The Boy Scouts of America do good, we all know that. And now they do invention. The 100-year-old organization--it celebrated its centenary on Feb 8 of this year--has teamed up with the Lemelson-MIT Program, founded by the father of ...READ»

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iFive: SF's Cellphone Radiation Law, Whale Poo Cleans CO2, OK GO on Facebook, LinkedIn Lawsuit, Maicon's Goal

After you put your book down and turned out the light last night, innovation was cramming hard for its exams today--and finding the time to score a goal from an impossible angle.1. San Francisco is the first city in the U.S. to pass a ...READ»

Lo-Fi Design Is Conquering the World of Tech

One of the things that excites people most about technology is that it is seen as a gateway to the future. So how does that explain the recent glut of lo-fi adverts, software, and user interfaces that seem to be being spewed out by so-called hi-tech companies? READ»

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OK Go Ditches Label Over YouTube Embedding Rights

How many times does a band have to take the music video world by storm before its record label gets that its members might know a little something about music videos? We may never find out, because OK Go, the band in question, has ...READ»

Pink Floyd to EMI: We Don't Need No Digital Singles

Although it's been clinically proven that sympathy for major record labels is a medical impossibility, some people may be feeling a slight twinge of compassion towards EMI*. Yesterday, OK Go dispensed with their services following a ...READ»

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Eye Candy: OK Go's Insane Rube Goldberg Machine

You'll just have to watch the new OK Go to appreciate its geeky awesomeness. But a little bit of background: The video, directed by James Frost, began with a sketch dreamed up the band. Then, they put it to Mindshare/Synnlabs, a ...READ»