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Inside PopTech's Solar-Powered Bag FLAP: Shining a Light Here at Home

In the final installment of our story about a new solar bag by PopTech, Cordelia Newlin de Rojas travels to the Navajo Nation to demonstrate how there's a need for the FLAP in our own backyard.READ»

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Live From PopTech: Bringing Design to Social Innovators

Robert Fabricant talks about his role as an adviser in the conference's fellowship program.READ»

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Inside PopTech's Solar-Powered Bag FLAP: Testing Across Africa

In the fourth installment of our story about a new product collaboration between PopTech, Timbuk2 Designs, and the Portable Light Project, White African's Erik Hersman takes the FLAP prototype to Africa for testing.READ»

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Inside PopTech's Solar-Powered Bag FLAP: Joining Forces With the Portable Light Project

The third installment of our story about the new bag by PopTech, Sheila Kennedy of KVA MATx discusses the importance of bringing clean, mobile energy to developing nations.READ»

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Inside PopTech's Solar-Powered Bag FLAP: An Introduction

With a group of partners, PopTech reinvents a staple of conferences, the swag bag, as a tool for the developing world.READ»

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Welcoming Guest Blogger Robert Fabricant: Designing for the Unpredictable

Camden, Maine in October is a pretty laid-back place. But when I saw Robert Fabricant, VP of creative at frog design, there last fall, he was a pretty distracted guy. The initiative he had been working on for more than a year, ...READ»

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Fast 50 Follow-Up: 10 Companies We Missed

When we last checked in with innovation expert Dev Patnaik, CEO of growth-strategy firm Jump Associates, he was chiding us for heralding company innovations--as opposed to innovative companies--on last year’s Fast Company 50. ...READ»

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America: The New Venezuela? 10 Commandments for Saving the Economy

With a week to go until the election, voters are desperate for our next president to outline a plan to save the U.S. from becoming the next Venezuela. At the Pop!Tech conference last week, Juan Enriquez brought down the house with his 10 point manifesto for salvaging our economy. He wants your feedback.READ»

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Pop!Tech: Ending the Conference Bag Arms Race

Rather than saddle participants with yet another logo-ridden conference bag, Timbuk2 and Pop!Tech conspired to create a cool bag that attendees could use -- and then pay forward.READ»

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