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When You Publish Via App, Expect Extreme Accountability

When you make a film, or write a book, it's completed long before the public or critics get to see it. The process of 'creating' is clearly separated from the people formerly known as the audience or the reader. But all that has changed, as once physically published objects morph into interactive conversations with the audience.READ»

Hitachi's Research Elevator: 40MPH Straight Up

Buildings get taller, and people get used to driving in fast cars and airplanes with new technology--but everyone forgets about elevators. Except Hitachi, which is soon to open an elevator research facility that's the tallest ever.READ»

Save the Twin Towers! Ji Lee Preserves the WTC

Walking down the street a few months ago, Ji Lee, a creative director at Google Labs, noticed a funny thing. Many New York businesses still had logos with the silhouette of the World Trade Center in them. It was, he thought, both a ...READ»