Topic: U.S. Army

The United States Is Losing Its Innovative Edge: Report

Education, in particular, threatens the state of innovation in America.READ»

From Oil to Asphalt: How a Powder Could Turn the Gulf Slick Into Future Highways

Brian Merchant of Treehugger is reporting on location about the efforts to contain the Gulf oil spill (seen here in a photo taken this morning by astronaut Soichi Noguchi from the International Space Station). The latest idea to ...READ»

Mullen on the Move

Korea Greeting soldiers during an all-hands call at the U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan New York Backstage with Jon Stewart before a January appearance on The Daily Show George Washington University Using what he ...READ»

• Joint Venture
• Military Time
• The Military-Industrial Complex

U.S. Military Won't Be Weaponizing iPhones Any Time Soon

Earlier this year the Army launched a competition to design apps, of a sort, that would assist U.S. soldiers in the field, by giving them unprecedented access to information over smartphones like the iPhone. The Army has just ...READ»

Infographics Shed Light on IED Strategy in Afghanistan

Researcher and former Army officer Alec Barker creates heat maps that illustrate how the Afghan fight is evolving.READ»

Military Deployment Yearbooks Help Returning Soldiers Tell Stories

Returning members of the armed forces share their deployment stories with military yearbooks.READ»

Military Deployment Yearbooks Help Returning Soldiers Tell Stories

Returning members of the armed forces share their deployment stories with military yearbooks.READ»

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Pentagon's "Contact Us" Button Yields Innovative Anti-Terror Ideas, Bear-a-troopers

There are many facets to what makes a good, innovative company, these days. Great products. Competitive prices. Top-notch service and support. A symbiotic relationship with one's customers. Even the Pentagon, it seems, is in on that ...READ»

How to Buck the System the Right Way

One reason that General Motors might be on the right track to becoming a viable business once again may be the result of something its former CEO, Fritz Henderson, did before he was sacked. Last year, according to an article in ...READ»

Militainment: Is Shooting People Virtually Changing Our Opinion of War?

Snatching the pixelated pin from a virtual hand-grenade and tossing it to frag a digital enemy may be thrilling for gamers, but isn't close to the real thing. But it is close enough for military involvement in gaming tech. Over at ...READ»

A discussion on HealthGrid technology and Private Equity with Dr. Jonathan Silverstein

 As we continue to search for value in the highly volatile market, it's clear that the value will lie in areas that don't have electronic price quotations which can be delivered at lightspeed by fingers adept with command ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - All Stars

These companies, featured on our 2008 and 2009 honor rolls, fought a dour economy with renewed creativity and bold initiatives. (Alas, not all fared ...READ»

The Germans Are Coming: Volkswagen's Drive to Succeed in America

Volkswagen wants to be the world's No. 1 carmaker, but first the company has to win over America.READ»

• Slideshow: The History of Volkswagen
• Willkommen to Chattanooga
• Remembering Never to Forget

Would You Feel Safe Driving Across a Recycled Plastic Bridge?

Bridge safety has been a hot topic lately, mainly because of the recent Bay Bridge nightmare that saw a cracked load-bearing beam come crashing down onto rush-hour traffic. But amidst all the news of unstable steel beams, the U.S. ...READ»

EnerDel to Give the Clunky Army Humvee a Hybrid Makeover

The U.S. Army has proven its dedication to sustainability through biofuels and alternative energy, but we still never thought the day would come for a hybrid Humvee. It's coming thanks to a partnership between between lithium ion ...READ»

Milcom 2009

Seems impossible, but it's true: Until April, the U.S. Army did not have mobile-Internet capability. This is particularly ludicrous since the Department of Defense's budget for military communications this year is $23.7 billion. (For ...READ»

Fast Company Recommended Events October 2009

October MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN       01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 ...READ»

Forget "Shrink It and Pink It": the Femme Den Unleashed

Boobs. The Femme Den talks about them easily and often -- and about the challenges they present to designers. Backpack makers don't seem to have a clue what to do about boobs. Ditto designers of unisex hospital scrubs, famous for their gaping V-necks. "One surgeon told me there wasn't a woman at the hospital whose boobs he hadn't seen," says Femme Den member Whitney Hopkins.READ»

• Femme Den's Five Tenets of Designing for Women
• Design in Action

Who’s Hiring? Week of 9/25/09

Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth. Despite the recession, these companies are all expanding. READ»

Seattle: City of the Year

The capital of the Pacific Northwest is blessed with divine geography, frontier spirit, and an abundance of both artists and geeks. Plus, it's not even that rainy.READ»

• Fast Cities 2009

18. Military Intelligence

Previous | Next The lives of U.S. troops in Iraq are being saved because they can read each other's minds. And they can thank Steve Roth, who developed the software to let them do it. CoMotion originally started as a ...READ»

The Army's New Anti-Sniper Technology

Slowly but surely, the U.S. Army is adjusting to the reality of hard-fought, guerrilla wars like the ones we're fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and redirecting its R&D towards a new breed of battlefield technology. This year, ...READ»

Changing Course Can Lead To New Direction – Abiomed Focuses On Heart Recovery

To assist or replace? That was the question that Mike Minogue focused on during his first few weeks as the new chief executive officer of Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD), a technology company that created the first artificial heart. A student ...READ»

iPod Goes to Boot Camp to Help You Snipe Better

This is a wonderful (or perhaps just sickly bizarre) mix of pleasure and danger: It's an iPod Touch mounted to a sniper rifle. And it's not just there to deliver some banging battlefield tunes to the ear of the guy behind the trigger, ...READ»