Your impatience to get to your destination is costing you money. But a new app helps pressure you to slow down just a little bit, maximizing your car's efficiency, and your savings.READ»
The award-winning apps from this years Cleantech Hackathon do everything from comparing the efficiency of appliances to figuring out which building in your city is the worst polluter.READ»
After running your blood through an exhaustive number of tests, the new health company will project your future illnesses and give you a plan to stop them. It's pricey, but so is going to the emergency room.READ»
That's what you thought Kiva did already? Not quite. But the new Kiva Zip lets you lend directly to a real person, with a higher chance it won't get paid back. It's a vast experiment in online trust and it could change the face of ...READ»
In San Francisco, a new form of covert agriculture is taking root: making fruit trees out of trees that normally don't bear fruit, and turning an entire city into an orchard.READ»
At some point in the near future, solar will be cheaper than the power from the grid. At that point, it won't be a do-gooder energy choice, it will be the smart thing to do. New maps pinpoint when that day is coming to your city.READ»
Want bicycles to be safe? You could pull them over for minor infractions, but in San Francisco, they're going the carrot route. You can now get a free bike light from the city--if you find the right secret locations.READ»
A new culture of small, local companies could still use the Rust Belt's ingenuity and know-how, and the Rust Belt could use their energy and cachet. If they figured out how to work together, they might change the way things are made ...READ»
A San Francisco office will get the world's first wind-energy "wing," designed to generate wind power from the gusts blowing through city streets.READ»
Obscura Digital, the creative tech agency behind this crazy live-action data visualization and this (even crazier) animated building facade, has unveiled surprisingly un-crazy headquarters in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood. ...READ»
From HBO to Cisco, from digital entertainment to startups changing the world, our Innovation Uncensored event in San Francisco will be touching on everything that is shaping business today. Register to be part of the conversation.READ»
Instead of relying on almost-never-correct schedules, Kicker Studio has come up with an innovative system to use the city's data streams to give up-to-date transit information. When can we start using it?READ»
The Summer of Smart hackathon resulted in several sites and apps that can make transportation or food shopping easier. And the city is embracing them. READ»
San Franciscans are viciously proud of their little gingerbread village of a city. Rightfully so. But soon, the demands of population growth will force San Francisco to expand its infrastructure, and all that quaint character could ...READ»
Burning Man isn't just about getting crazy on the Playa anymore. The organization is now taking on urban revitalization, aiming to fix up the area around its new HQ.READ»
