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Fast Company Recommended Events February 2010

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Throw the Advertising Out of the Search Engines by Phillip Sheu Ph.D.

Aren't we tired of getting search results that are influenced by advertising? We need problem-solving that works objectively. It's time for organic search.READ»

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COUTURE - wedding dress - Brief Article

for the forward-thinking bride who wants to be stylish yet different on her wedding day, there are many options from mini-dresses to pant-ensembles to sexy form-fitting gowns that truly make a statement. European couture ...READ»

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Failure to Adapt Kills Too Many Companies

When everything from wealth to glory is on the line, athletes aren’t the only ones who freeze, choke or come up short. But in business, that shouldn’t and doesn’t have to be 'just the way it is'. | Biz Money Matters |READ»

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Zaha Hadid's Award-Winning Snack-itecture Inspired by Doodles, Chips, Funyuns

A new profile describes Hadid's affinity for potato chips, and we can't help but see the similarity in her work.READ»

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Thought-Powered Fingers for Amputees, 11 Other Feverish Stories This Week on Fast Company

Aside from those spammers taking advantage of the swine-flu frenzy by sending virus-laced e-mails about, well, the virus, it's been a big week for health innovations: British company Zilico is in the trial stages of a promising ...READ»

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Amputee Gets Real-Feeling, Thought-Powered Cybernetic Fingers

What if you could wire up your nervous system to a robotic hand so well that it actually felt like your own? Would you be a real-life cyborg or Six Million Dollar Man? Yup. It's not only the future of prosthetic limbs. It's the ...READ»

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Bing Introduces 3-D Photosynth Maps

In an effort to beat Google at mapping, Microsoft Bing will use crowd-sourced photos to create a 3-D virtual worlds in its Maps application, the company has told FastCompany.com. The 3-D models will eventually be knitted into Bing ...READ»

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Karim Rashid Creates Fabric Sheet Using Two Hummers Worth of Glass

The entire installation hangs from the ceiling--hope the fasteners are tight!READ»

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Jeffrey Katzenberg Plans on Living Happily Ever After

As a young prince, Jeffrey Katzenberg made billions for the Magic Kingdom, but his ambition got him banished. Now the CEO of DreamWorks Animation has a (smaller) kingdom of his own -- and every intention of living happily ever after.READ»

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There is a new Liverpool WAG on the block

Just when Alex Curran thought she was top WAG at Liverpool FC again next rival Claudine Keane's departure, another footballer's husband has motivated into her territory.New Liverpool signing Alberto Aquilani and his stunning fiancée ...READ»

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Apple Exec's Backyard Is Designed for Barfing

An Apple exec's avant-garde housing experiment.READ»

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Why You Need A Gucci?

Before purchasing a prize, it is important to have a mindset that allows you to find the right squeeze because it is right for you. Any designer rewarded, even a Gucci squeeze, can make or exceed your persona based ahead your own ...READ»

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The history of engagement jewelry rings

Engagement jewelry rings are always showing the beginning of a new relationship. It is kind of prospect of a new threshold of life. Engagement was a ritual of a long time ago. In story it was seen as a ritual which shows the symptom ...READ»

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Classic Bamboo Football Inspires Design for Sustainable Chinese Stadium

Sustainable stadiums are one of the biggest trends in sports--we've recently seen Miami's LEED-certified American Airlines Arena, and the EPA-approved New Meadowlands Stadium. Now architecture firm UNStudio is bringing green sports ...READ»

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The Future Of The Automotive Industry: Segway’s CFO Brian Cohen Shares His Views

In this Leadership Interview by Selker Leadership, Brian Cohen, Segway's CFO, shares his views and insights into Segway's strategic partnership with GM and its potential impact, the systemic reasons that have contributed to the U.S. auto industry's decline, and the actions which need to be taken by the U.S. and global automotive industry to have both positive economic and ecological impact.READ»

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21st Century Jewelry

 EgyptThe use of gold jewelry can be dated back to Egypt 3000 BC. Gold was the preferred metal for jewelry making during ancient times. It was rare, it was easy to work with, and it never tarnished.Magnificent bracelets, ...READ»

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A Serious Entrepreneur Should Have...

If you are ready to be one of the successful and top earning marketers online, there's one thing that you should be ready to invest, and that's the time to do the work this industry will demand from you. To learn exactly ...READ»

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Fortune Charms

The Swastika forms a combination of four Ls standing for Luck, Light, Love and Life. It has been found in excavations of ancient Rome, Grecian cities, as also on ancient Buddhist idols and on Chinese coins dated as early as 315 ...READ»

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Lady Gaga: Design Groupie in Disguise

If you're into poppy dance music, you've probably heard a track or two from the loopy songstress who goes by the stagename Lady GaGa. But among fans, she's at least as famous for her goofy outfits, which make Bjork ...READ»

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How to Revive an Ailing City Center: Ban Cars, Build Public Spaces

The Dutch have a way with urban planning, as the new Roosendaal Pavilion proves.READ»

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Where Have All the Colors Gone? Or, Why We're Now Living in a Spineless, Black and White World.

Ever wondered why the only colors many industries now offer you are black, white, silver, or gray? I love colors and it strikes me as odd how colors have been tuned out of so many products. While some colors are seasonal and ...READ»

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Mascoma Close to Achieving the 'Golden Dream' of Cellulosic Ethanol Production

It seems like major biofuel breakthroughs are coming down the pipeline every day, but cellulosic ethanol start-up Mascoma's announcement today that it has achieved a breakthrough in consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) is the biggest ...READ»

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Qatari Building Makes Like a Techno-Cactus In the Desert

It looks like Bankok-based Aesthetic Architects have taken the old adage--"When in Rome, do as the Romans do"--to heart in its design of a new building in Qatar's desert-like environment. In fact the firm is borrowing some ...READ»

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Cocoon Helmet Takes Virtual Reality Into the Smelly Dimension

Virtual reality has been knocking around for decades without ever quite hitting the mainstream--apart from in a limited 3D-goggle sense. But that hasn't stopped a U.K. team from putting together a gadget that takes the technology to ...READ»