Hoffman's previously tossed cash at Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga. Now the Greylock partner sees potential in the data you can collect from watching who gives what kinds of gifts to whom, and when, and why.READ»
There’s no question that technology has eroded our patience. Can you imagine waiting a full minute for your dial-up modem to connect to the Internet today? In architecture terms, that’s like waiting 60 years for a project to be ...READ»
Our furniture choices tend to reflect our station in life: We trade in our futon for a real bed and the Ikea sofa for a nicer Ikea sofa, and then merge our stuff with our partner’s. But what if our furniture evolved as we matured, ...READ»
Freeways, man. They sever neighborhoods, terrorize nature, and create dark, ugly spaces below their unsightly underpasses. Yet cars continue to need them, and cities continue to build them. So how do we turn those hulking rivers of ...READ»
Surgeons have transplanted an entirely engineered artificial trachea made from his own cells to save the life of a cancer patient. It's the future of organ donation, but it's here right now.READ»
Skype has unveiled a happy, neato, fun-fun office in Stockholm for 100 of its happy, neato, fun-fun employees. Designed by Sweden's own PS Arkitektur, the design revamps the inside of an old brewery with soft, poofy furniture and ...READ»
There have never been more luxury hotels for business travelers to choose from -- and there have never been more gimmicks, either, whether it's a giant golden log in the lobby or an Edie Sedgwick lookalike lounging theatrically in a ...READ»
Green thumb, meet the golden shower. Golden shower, meet Guldkannan Towa, a plastic watering can designed explicitly to hold and pour pee.
The can addresses a curious, albeit patently gross, fact of the organic-gardening world: ...READ»
Biofuel comes from some strange sources--watermelon, coffee grounds, and poop, to name a few. But when does the weirdness cross over into immorality? Perhaps when we start burning bunnies for biofuel.
As unbelievable as it may ...READ»
