An improvement to decades-old LCD technology promises to turn the surface of almost anything into a full-color digital display. At the very least, it brings color-changing gadgets closer to reality.READ»
Fast Company's Lap(top) of Luxury contest prompted an outpouring of ideas from readers about how to cope with tougher times. Read their strategies and tactics, along with some compelling personal stories -- and meet the winner of a Dell Inspiron 4000 Notebook computer.READ»
Australia's Lend Lease Corp. is responsible for some of the world's most spectacular buildings. It's also a leader in mutual funds, computer services, and other far-flung lines of business.READ»
The world's largest wind farm, dubbed the London Array, has been given the go-ahead after months of doubt caused by Shell pulling out of the project. The project, funded by E.ON, Dong Energy, and Masdar, is back on thanks
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Living Architecture wants anyone with enough cash for a vacation to be able to rent a wild-eyed masterpiece, from a house that looks like a uncut gemstone, to a barn whose back half hangs over a hill.
The rental scheme got ...READ»
The much extolled iPhone has finally been released amongst a veritable storm of praise and acclamation into the hands of its adoring fans. But with all the praise must inevitably come some backlash. Just what are critics saying could be wrong with Apple's latest invention?READ»
Prediction is a dangerous game -- the future is never a straight linear extrapolation from the present. Unexpected innovations and events will conspire to trip up the best-laid plans -- but it's better than not thinking about the future at all. Futurist Richard Watson explores the future and innovation in this, the first chapter of his latest book Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years.READ»
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has built an empire of staggering proportions that nabbed him a record $100 million deal with Fox. And, with an innovative new series of animated shorts distributed by Google -- "Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" -- he’s even teaching the search giant new ways to exploit the Web. Could this crude frat-boy cartoonist really be a model for business in the postmodern age?READ»
