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Alumni Masters of Design

Jennifer Siegal Jennifer Siegal first grabbed our attention in 2006, as a prefab pioneer with an abundance of percolating ideas. Fast-forward, and the 44-year-old's eco-friendly visions are coming to fruition. Her first completed ...READ»

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Volkswagen to Debut Hybrid Beetle

We recently looked at a Volkswagen Beetle rigged to run on human waste. But for sustainability-happy VW fans who have a hard time stomaching the idea of a poop-powered vehicle, we present a second, more sterile option.READ»

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Stink Bug: VW Beetle Powered By Human Waste Makes Debut

Electric cars seem downright inefficient compared to the Bio-Bug, a VW Beetle rigged to run on gas from sewage plants.READ»

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15-Year-Old Turns 1972 VW Beetle Into Electric Car

With a passion for electric cars, this Oregon teenager has turned an old Bug into a battery-powered ride DIY style.READ»

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Interview: Will Butler-Adams, CEO of Brompton Bikes

In an unprepossessing brick block, in an equally nondescript industrial estate on the West of London lies the factory and headquarters of Brompton Bicycles. It's tucked behind a Mercedes-Benz van depot, and I only know I'm in the ...READ»

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Checkered Flag VW in Virginia Beach Holding 2009 Model Clearance Sale

Virginia Beach VW shoppers can now take advantage of reduced prices during the 2009 model year-end clearance sale at Checkered Flag VW.READ»

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Greenville VW Dealer Announces 2009 Jetta Clearance Sale

2009 Volkswagen Beetle, Jetta and Passat among the VW models on sale at Steve White VW in Greenville.READ»

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The History of Volkswagen

1933 - 39 Adolf Hitler approves Ferdinand Porsche's design for the "people's car," or volkswagen. A town called Stadt des KdF-Wagens, now Wolfsburg, is established for factory workers in 1938. Full-scale production is planned for ...READ»

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Yesterday's Vision of Tomorrow: Cracking Open a Time Capsule from 1999

A voice from yesteryear calls out through the decade -- via his iBook with a 56k modem on Al Gore's series of tubes -- to see how far we've come.READ»

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Ad Doc 'Art & Copy': The Real 'Mad Men'

The documentary Art & Copy, the advertising documentary about the industry's creative greats and the campaigns that made them will have its New York premiere at IFC on Tuesday, May 5 as part of the One Club's Creative Week.READ»

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Why We'll Take Longer Baths in the Future

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»

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Driving Innovation

Traditional car companies are courting a new group of consumers with hard-driving innovation. Learn about the unconventional branding campaigns launched by Chrysler, Toyota, and Mercedes-Benz to inject some soul in new cars created for generation Y.READ»

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The 15 Best Product Designs

Craig Vogel and Jonathan Cagan offer their list of the top-15 best-designed consumer products of the past 100 years. What's on your list?READ»

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Give 'em Something to Talk About

Your product may be good, but will it spark a conversation?READ»

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Calling All Geeks

At the office IT will handle it, but when the home network is down who do you call? These two businesses are on-call, and they don't come cheap.READ»

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Send in the Clowns

When it comes to the health of your company, it's time to stop clowning around.READ»

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Trendsetter - Barry Shepard

He helps some of the world's best-known companies cut through marketing clutter and communicate effectively with their customers. His secret for helping brands get and keep your attention? A picture really is worth a thousand words.READ»

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Can This Off-Site Be Saved?

Skip the PowerPoint. Forget the whiteboards and butcher paper. If you want to organize an off-site that is energetic and memorable -- an event that actually makes a difference -- then follow our seven-point guide.READ»

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Where Is the Next Frontier of Innovation?

Fast-paced experimentation. Distributed intelligence. Total teamwork. The scientific formula behind the new economy is still disrupting the status quo -- in this case, 20,000 leagues under the sea.READ»

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Fast Forward

If you think the past five years were something to behold, well, you ain't seen nothing yet!READ»

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Man With a (Talent) Plan

Electronic Arts makes some of the world's most popular computer games. It's Rusty Rueff's job to fill the company with some of the world's best gamers and software programmers.READ»

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Change Agent - Issue 38

"The core curriculum at business schools is as close to irrelevant as you can imagine."READ»

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GM Has a New Model for Change

"Change takes guts. It takes imagination. It takes commitment," declares John Taylor of General Motors's APEx team. APEx is designing radically new concept cars -- and changing the concept of change inside GM.READ»

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Unleash Your Ideavirus - Part Two

Here's a big idea: Ideas are driving the economy. Here's a bigger idea: Ideas that spread fastest win.READ»

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Unleash Your Ideavirus

Here's a big idea: Ideas are driving the economy. Here's a bigger idea: Ideas that spread fastest win.READ»