Topic: Netherlands

Salinity Power Plants May be the Next Eco-Power Generating Tech

The quest for alternative "green" power sources has taken some surprising twists, but news of the latest technology is as interesting as it is surprising. In Holland and Norway, scientists and engineers are planning to use ...READ»

Layar: Augmented Reality Arriving for Android Phones, iPhone Soon

We've been writing about how amazing augmented reality systems could be for a while, but soon you'll be able to get a proper taster yourself. An app called Layar is due for Android phones this month, and it has several real ...READ»

College Majors and RIASEC Types (Part 1)

The six personality types described by John L. Holland and often referred to by their abbreviation, RIASEC, are used by many assessments and other resources for career development. I find the RIASEC approach useful because it offers ...READ»

Farewell to Polaroid instant film

Polaroid instant film went the way of the drive-in movie theater and the typewriter earlier this month when they announced they will close factories in Massachusetts, the Netherlands, and Mexico that make instant film. As part of a ...READ»

How Demographics Can Play Out in Fridge Design

A striking refrigerator concept actually tells a story about changes in the way we live.READ»

A Camper for Even the Fussiest Design Dweeb

Why leave the comforts of home, if you can camp in your very own Sydney Opera House?READ»

Meet The KaosPilots.NL

The KaosPilots Netherlands, international school for new business design and social innovation, has announced an open day that will be hold on Saturday, April 26th. The event will take place at the headquarters in Rotterdam.  The ...READ»

Floating Apartment Complex Goes With the Flow of Rising Sea Levels

Here's a unique way to adapt to global warming: build floating apartment complexes. That's what Dutch designer Koen Olthuis is doing in the Netherlands with the Citadel, a residential complex that will be built on top of a ...READ»

Dutch Treat: A New Pavilion for New York's Battered Battery

The Island at the Center of the World may have lost some of its luster recently,  as the city’s profligate bankers squandered the nation’s wealth in pursuit of watches, jets, and beachfront property. But the ‘hood will soon ...READ»

Radical Sabbaticals

Here's a sure-fire way to break the career monotony.READ»

IBM Makes Water Monitoring High-Tech with Splash Portal

Wondering whether your favorite Irish lake is clean enough to swim in? How about whether the local beach has enough sand to make some serious sandcastles? IBM and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland can help. The two ...READ»

Augmented Reality Is Here: Layar Goes Global on Android

We've written about Layar, which brings Augmented Reality skills to your smartphone, before--but now the company announced it's taking the app global, with a whole new bunch of content. It's quite possibly the biggest AR event ...READ»

Lawnge Chairs are Made for Green Lounging

Artist Lisette Spee and architect Tim Van Den Burg have collaborated on what may be the most covert lawn chair ever: the Lawnge Chair, a seat made from metal and covered in artificial grass. the Lawnge is one in a series of lawn ...READ»

GreenPeak Wants to Replace Batteries With Energy-Harvesting Chips

We spend a lot of time looking at the latest green batteries for our gadgets, but what if we could eliminate batteries altogether? GreenPeak, a Netherlands-based startup, thinks we can. The company plans to use its newly-acquired ...READ»

Stuck With an Old Sewage Plant? Remake the Neighborhood

Urban planners in Amsterdam had a problem: What to do with three old silos, from a derelict sewage treatment plant? So they held a competition to re-imagine the site. The winning entry is a multi-story cultural center that ...READ»

IBM Jumps on the High-Speed Rail to China

Oil prices may not be rising quite as dramatically as they were a year ago, but mass transportation--and more specifically, high-speed rail--is still growing in scope and importance. According to the International Monetary Fund ...READ»

• The Fast Company 50 - #19 IBM

Find Your Calling - Resources

JobHuntersBible.com This site is the online companion to Richard Bolles's ubiquitous "What Color Is Your Parachute?" John Holland's Self-Directed Search The SDS helps you describe your favorite activities and interests, ...READ»

The Amazing Race

Can the wisdom of crowds design a next-generation car?READ»

• Fast Talk: Designing a Next Gen Car

Floating Cruise Ship Terminal Slated for 2014

Waterstudios already wowed us with its plans for Europe's first floating apartment building. Among its future plans is an even more amazing project: A floating dock for three of the world's largest cruise liners.Check out their ...READ»

Rules for Radical Sabbaticals

Advice on how to take that break.READ»

Letter from the Editor

Greed, in all its goodness.READ»

Road Rules - Rule 22

Don't bookend with weekends.READ»

Marcel Wanders Designs Miami's Mondrian

As his multipart empire expands into the U.S., Marcel Wanders's moment has come. He's riding it for all it's worth. READ»

• 2008 Masters of Design
• Marcel Wanders’s South Beach Mondrian
• The Vision of John Maeda

Many Unhappy Returns

I heard a startling stat on the radio yesterday: Half of the consumer-electronics products returned to stores function properly, according to a recent study, but customers simply can't figure out to operate them. Yes, half. As part ...READ»

Dr. Dope's Connection

David Watson, the CEO of the Dutch RD company Hortapharm, has assembled what is arguably the world's most comprehensive cannabis-seed library.READ»