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This Week In Bots: Saluting The First President Of The Robot Epoch

In January of 2013, robots will be more political than ever. Probably also cuter.READ MORE

Dr. Leslie Saxon's Quest: iTunes For The Quantified Self

Feeling under the weather? In the future, you'll take out your smartphone--not to call your doctor, but to check your own vitals.READ MORE

This Week In Bots: Are You Ready To Be More Machine Than Man And/Or Woman?

All the recent advances in robots that grip onto asteroids, walk like dogs, and replace damaged human limbs. Enjoy! READ MORE

Innovation Agents: Fab's Bradford Shellhammer Embraces Risk, Defines Design

Watch the cofounder of the e-commerce design site explain how he figured out a way to share his obsession--a breakthrough (and risky) moment that established him as the curator of a wildly successful business. READ MORE

Hipmunk Took The Agony Out Of Flying Then Pivoted To Hotel Booking

A pivot doesn't have to be a change in business model. That's the case with Hipmunk, a flight search aggregator that turned to hotel listings when the airlines began cutting commissions.READ MORE

Listen: Steve Jobs On The Payoff Of A Great Employee

In this exclusive audio clip, Steve Jobs reveals "the secret to my success." READ MORE

Listen To Steve Jobs Explain How Running A Company Is Like Running A Marathon

In this exclusive audio clip, the late Apple founder explains how Pixar taught him to pace himself.READ MORE

"I Either Get Headhunted Or Fired": How A Real Mad Man Creates Work That People Line Up To See

A chat with Kash Sree, the most restless creative director in advertising. "Often the best work" is spec work, he tells us, "because it’s not overthought."READ MORE

Billy Chasen's $2 Million Pivot From QR Codes To Turntable.fm

After raising millions in venture capital to launch a QR code technology called Sticky Bits, Chasen pirouetted--some would say rebooted--to a whole new concept, and thus was born the social music service Turntable.fm.READ MORE

Steve Jobs Felt Like "Jeffrey Dahmer's Mother" During Apple's Worst Years

Listen to recordings of Steve Jobs from a quarter century of reporting by journalist Brent Schlender. In this installment, Jobs reflects on what it's like to see his own company go astray. At the time, he was sure he'd never get it back.READ MORE

This Week In Bots: Will Your Kids Give Robots Civil Liberties?

Our kids may think differently about robots than we do. They may get used to hugging them, for example, and also tackle the thorny issue of "robot rights."READ MORE

Hey Microsoft, Google, Apple: Where Are Our Smarthomes?

The house that Bill built, versus the house that Larry and Sergey built, versus the house that Steve built. Three of the biggest tech firms have designs on our future smarthomes, but we just want to be living there already!READ MORE

Design, Teamwork, And Leadership Lessons From Gen. Stanley McChrystal: Must Watch

McChrystal shared the lessons he learned as leader of the Joint Special Operations Command and talked about how they translate to business at Fast Company's recent Innovation Uncensored conference.READ MORE