Coming up with a new product that benefits the environment and meets the highest design standards can seem to hold the potential for a successful new business. But without strategic entrepreneurial choices, good ideas and great ...READ»
Pandora's Tim Westergren and MOG's David Hyman agree that automobiles are slow, fractured, and generally a pain the tailpipe for web-powered services like theirs. And yet there's nowhere they'd rather be. Here's why.READ»
In many ways the design of robots inches closer to human form every day, and also approaches sci-fi's visions (although some say that's a bad thing):READ»
Stéphane Couturier, the French photographer who was recently shortlisted for the Prix Pictet, once said that the greatest picture he never took was “the birth of matter.” Heavy stuff -- but then again, Couturier’s photographs ...READ»
What would a Prius look like if it were a bike instead of a car? That's what Toyota, Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Deeplocal, and Parlee Cycles wanted to explore with their PXP project. The final design was just revealed on John Watson's ...READ»
Toyota is charging ahead with three new plug-in EVs for 2012. Other automakers are being more cautious, but remember: Toyota got the Prius to sell when no one was excited about hybrids.READ»
Toyota plans to teach its well-honed assembly line techniques to community organizations like the St. Bernard Project, a New Orleans recovery initiative. Will it make them better?READ»
Toyota is working on a social networking service--with Microsoft's help--so that drivers can interact with their cars. Imagine if KITT had a Twitter account. READ»
As Pandora rumbles toward a possible IPO, its founder and Chief Strategy Officer Tim Westergren talks to Fast Company about the secret ingredient in its future formula (hint: it's not an algorithm).READ»
Toyota had a rough time in 2010, but its Prius line is still the iPod of hybrid vehicles: iconic, ubiquitous, and essentially a synonym for the whole concept of "hybrid vehicle" itself. Now, with its Prius C concept, Toyota is ...READ»