Topic: Saul Griffith

Pop!Tech: Live Long and Prosper

Is there an upside to the current recession? Well, maybe, if it means we travel less, turn down the thermostat, and think deeply before flagrantly consuming more stuff. The combined effect of that parsimonious lifestyle is likely ...READ»

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Powering Down: Q&A With Saul Griffith, Makani Power

Forget about a new gym membership or diet. The most important New Year’s resolution for 2009 may be slimming down your energy footprint. To that end, Saul Griffith and his colleagues have created WattzOn, a personal calculator that allows users to track energy consumption down to the last apple they eat.READ»

iFive: GM and Chrysler to Get Bailed Out Again, Peter Chernin Meets Peter Griffin, and Amazon-Digg? in Today's Innovation News

While you were sleeping, innovation plotted its comeback. Here's today's innovation news: President Obama's auto task force appears ready to keep GM and Chrysler afloat with more bailout loans, pending concessions from ...READ»

Five Great Green Gadgets (And a Few Stinkers)

At the second annual Greener Gadgets Conference in New York, the design competition was almost as notable for the gadgets that didn’t make the cut as for the ones that did. Note the Jiggy Bed, which promises to (you guessed it) ...READ»

Innovation Wednesday: Meet the 2007 MacArthur Fellows

Over the years we've featured our share of MacArthur Fellows in Fast Company. Choreographer Twyla Tharp. Jim Fruchterman, the founder of Benetech, which creates technology for the disadvantaged. The late Samuel Mockbee, an ...READ»