Jeff Morgan took an unlikely route from Silicon Valley to Haiti and Cambodia--but he brought his startup expertise and venture capitalist training with him. READ»
Ah, the 1950s. The war was won, populations were populating, and
babies boomed. But six decades later, a new specter haunts Europe and
North America: age. In America, more than 5 million baby boomers suffer
from Alzheimer's, ...READ»
These days, "ambition" is a dirty word. People who are "ambitious" are viewed as either selfish or unrealistic. ("That sounds a bit ambitious" is code for "you are going to fail.") Yet it wasn't always this way.READ»
Talk about reinventing yourself! Marjorie Alfus is someone who has successfully navigated numerous iterations of her career including scientist, lawyer, real estate, television producer, entrepreneur, mother, grandmother, and health care advocate.READ»
Walter Hood transforms run-of-the-mill public spaces—city parks, highway underpasses—into pillars of the communities they serve. His goal: to prove that every place, and every person, can benefit from good design.READ»
Let's hear it for second chances. Ryan Murphy, the award-winning creator of Glee and Nip/Tuck, takes another stab at translating a best-selling memoir into film (his first was the poorly received Running With Scissors).
This time, ...READ»
An epic journey of selling that's guaranteed to leave a bad taste in your mouth, "Eat Pray Love" is released this week. Outside of most children's movies, it must be the most marketed film in existence.READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation was reviewing its quality-control policy down at the factory, before jumping in a robot-controlled van and heading out to the car wash.1. What is it about BP and its ongoing relationship with the ...READ»
When we test drove the Brammo Enertia and the Zero S last year, we learned three valuable lessons about electric motorcycles: 1. They don't go very fast (50 - 60 mph was top speed) 2. They can't travel very far on one charge (35 - ...READ»
As Little Italy drowned its sorrows with buckets of grappa and espresso chasers, innovation was poking fun at oil giants, skittering around on its bionic paws and playing Hunt the New Facebook Employee in the corridors of the White ...READ»
Just when you thought -- or at least hoped -- the Automobile Age was sputtering to its inglorious end, China went and planned itself a car museum.READ»
Spain has long been celebrated as a leader in solar power generation. The country, which covered 2.8% of its electricity demand in 2009 with solar energy, is the fourth largest manufacturer of solar power technology in the world. ...READ»
Italy has some big issues with trash collection--there is even a documentary film, Biùtiful cauntri, about the notorious illegal toxic waste dumping in the south around Naples. The garbage situation isn't nearly as bad in Rome, but ...READ»
Just outside of Barcelona there is a pretty little seaside resort called Sitges. Beloved by the gay community and horror movie aficionados, it is this year's venue for the Bilderberg Club's annual general meeting. "The what?" asked ...READ»
Although it seems that all we ever talk about these days is the tablet--how gorgeous the iPad is, how the tablet will kill off the netbook, a little bit more about the iPad--the more dynamic market of the moment is e-readers. Not a ...READ»
