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Can Design Get People To Take Their Meds?An Interactive Whiteboard For Bell Labs Maps A Century Of InnovationiPhone’s New Maps Might Look Like Your Napkin DoodlesStart An Education Revolution In Seven StepsGoogle’s 3D Model Of An Infamous Oil Wreck Is Awesome And UnnervingWearable Technology Should Be Simpler. Here Are Eight IdeasHow Zaha Hadid Turns Household Items Into StarchitectureInfographic Of The Day: Relax, There’s No Tech Bubble Here!The World’s Fastest Solar Cars Gear Up For An 1,800 Mile Race Across AustraliaInfographic Of The Day: Relax, There’s No Tech Bubble Here!Ace Hotel’s Communal Workspace Shows A Winning HandIncrease In Alternative Fuel Vehicles Doesn’t Mean That Drivers Are Using Less GasolineOnce Your Doctor Knows Your Genes, The Sick Become More Than Just A DiseaseVibeDeck’s YouTube Service, Fake Apple Stores, Games On Google+, Post-Riot Social Media Crackdown, Chip ImplantsIncrease In Alternative Fuel Vehicles Doesn’t Mean That Drivers Are Using Less GasolineExploding Malaria With Human-Sized MicrowavesRachel Sterne Vs. New York’s Digital BureaucracyParkingAuction: Sell Your Spot When You Leave To Reduce Congestion And PollutionDon’t Let Your Brand Go The Way Of Day-Old BreadFocusing On Problems Instead Of SolutionsWhat Were They Thinking? The Cautionary Tale Of Kinoki’s Snake-Oil Ad TacticsRiot Rebuild: The U.K’s Post-Riot Urban InterventionTo Make The Ocean Drinkable, Scientists Are Re-Inventing DesalinizationThe Two Simple Paths To Successful Brand-Building: Be Entertaining, Or Be UsefulTo Make The Ocean Drinkable, Scientists Are Re-Inventing DesalinizationSenegalese Village Wipes Out Malaria With Mosquito Nets And Fines For Not Using ThemParkingAuction: Sell Your Spot When You Leave To Reduce Congestion And PollutionExploding Malaria With Human-Sized MicrowavesRiot Rebuild: The U.K’s Post-Riot Urban InterventionThe 15-Year-Old Creator Of The Trimit App Makes Regular Old Entrepreneurs Seem Like SlackersNon-Organic Chicken Is Creating Drug-Resistant DiseasesSenegalese Village Wipes Out Malaria With Mosquito Nets And Fines For Not Using ThemBox Launches Android, RIM Playbook Apps, Continues Quest For Cloud DominationThe First Bank of Blizzard: Are Virtual Currencies The Next Safe Havens?How To Break Your Daily Caffeine Habit And Use Coffee StrategicallyWhy Social Impact Investing Is A CrockRedefining Search, One Locale At A TimeChi Marketing: Why Marketing Doesn’t Have to Be HardInfographic Of The Day: Using Nike+ To Map A Year Of RunningNot Just For Dorm Rooms: Batik Hangings Show Eco CatastrophesTrippy Textile Patterns Make Walls Look 3-DUnderstanding Americans: The Answers According to Social MediaLoyal Dean Turns Cast-Off Wood Into Artful LongboardsA Cast That Helps Fracture Patients Heal FasterBadly Designed Electronic Medical Records Can Kill YouSifteo Cubes Are Out Today, And Even Better Than You ImaginedRafael Viñoly Flexes His Architectural Muscles, With Opera SetsMeet Ed Jacobs, Designer Of America’s Meanest MotorcycleAdam Lisagor Is Advertising’s Quietest PitchmanWhy It Feels Good To Get Inside Master Chief’s HelmetNintendo To Make Games For iPhone?, Intel Bets Against Tablets, QR Codes Scanned By 14 Million In JuneTabCo Says Its Tablet Tech Knows What You Want Before You Do [Update: It’s Fusion Garage]Non-Organic Chicken Is Creating Drug-Resistant DiseasesThe First Bank of Blizzard: Are Virtual Currencies The Next Safe Havens?Muslim-Majority Nations Stifling Online Expression: ReportWant To Keep (And Motivate) Your Best Employees? It’s Not About The MoneyLego Brand-Hijacks The Space Shuttle, Takes Over The NewsOnce Your Doctor Knows Your Genes, The Sick Become More Than Just A DiseaseTake A Page From The Steve Case PlaybookGroupon’s Revised S-1 Offers Hints At Its Profitable FutureSkype Finds Its SwaggerRelying On Customer Trust To Help You Weather A Tough EconomyWehab: Wii Homework For Stroke VictimsWhy Social Impact Investing Is A CrockWe’re Hiring: Coordinator Of Digital Advertising OperationsCrash-Test Dummies You Can Pull From A 3-D PrinterArchitects Of Air Create Inflatable, Futuristic Hobbit HolesA Dutch Duo Crafts Lamps Beaming With PersonalityFour School Buildings That Foster Cutting-Edge LearningInfographic Of The Day: Google’s Hotel Finder Is D.O.A.Herman Miller Unveils The Ultimate Desk For WorkaholicsA Pop-Up Gelato Shop Brings An Italian Beach To LondonSexy Scaffolding Remakes NYC’s Street LifeA 9/11 Memorial App Poetically Re-Creates The Twin Towers’ SilhouettesInfographic Of The Day: Google’s Hotel Finder Is D.O.A.Decaying Buildings Remade Into Awesome Miniature ModelsA Magical Student Project That The Brothers Grimm Could LoveWorld’s Most Complex Dot-to-Dot Drawing Has More Than 6,000 DotsStefan Sagmeister On Co-Directing His First Documentary, “The Happy Film”Rich Ross Makes Moves (And Movies) At DisneyRalph Lauren’s $13 Billion BetBurning Man’s Big Plan To Reshape A Depressed San Francisco NeighborhoodGenerating Electricity From Buried CarbonA.K. Pradeep, Mind ReaderUsing Data To Determine The Most Effective Use Of Your $50 DonationLinkedIn’s Algorithm Taps Talent Graph, But Still Needs Human TouchWould You Like Some Solar With That? Ford To Sell Panels Along With The Electric FocusKill The Myth: Incandescent Bulbs Are Not BannedWhen The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Allow Trade CreditRags2Riches Empowers Impoverished Women To Turn Recycled Scrap Into Haute CoutureKill The Myth: Incandescent Bulbs Are Not BannedThe True Cost Of A “Free” Hotel Buffet, And Why It’s Squeezing Our EconomyGenerating Electricity From Buried CarbonTo Get Things Done At Work, Know The Personality-Driven Shortcuts To SuccessA Portable Urban Farm, Made Entirely Of Milk CratesVudu’s iPad App, Groupon Revises S-1, Walmart Shuts MP3 Store, Bing’s Search Market Share, Anonymous Plots Against FacebookGlymes: The Next Big Group Of Chemicals That Everyone Is Going To Freak Out AboutRags2Riches Empowers Impoverished Women To Turn Recycled Scrap Into Haute CoutureCivil Resistance Simulator Teaches Players To Topple DictatorsA Portable Urban Farm, Made Entirely Of Milk CratesUsing Data To Determine The Most Effective Use Of Your $50 DonationTo Curb Malaria, These Mosquitoes Shoot BlanksPunchdrunk’s Felix Barrett Drops You In His Theater With No Directions HomeDisney Reinvents The Vibrator … For Sensational Movies And GamingThe Business Of ServiceBluefinger: The Race To Freeze Or Breed Bluefin Tuna Before ExtinctionWould You Like Some Solar With That? Ford To Sell Panels Along With The Electric FocusNASA Flying Into Space Commercially With Virgin, For The Very First TimeA Music Video Made Out of 100-Year-Old Newspaper ComicsNorth, A Location-Aware Lamp That Acts As A CompassWhat Schools Can Learn From Google, IDEO, and PixarWhy Do We Hold Fast To Losing Strategies?Wanted: Rocker, The Best Way To Crush GarlicInfographic Of The Day: Why Should You Care About Typography?David Baker’s S.F. Senior Complex Is Not Your Father’s Old Folks HomeSimple Genius: A Cigarette Box So Ugly, It Could Save LivesA Student Designs A Tactile Set Of Tools For The Visually ImpairedWith Biophilia, Björk Creates Album Art For The 21st Century (It’s An App!)Infographic Of The Day: Why Should You Care About Typography?Does the World Have Financial PTSD?Glymes: The Next Big Group Of Chemicals That Everyone Is Going To Freak Out AboutHow Schools Of Fish Can Lead To More Efficient Wind FarmsBluefinger: The Race To Freeze Or Breed Bluefin Tuna Before ExtinctionTo Curb Malaria, These Mosquitoes Shoot BlanksBurning Man’s Big Plan To Reshape A Depressed San Francisco NeighborhoodCivil Resistance Simulator Teaches Players To Topple DictatorsChina’s Clean-Energy Ambitions And The Role Of The U.S.RIM Hacked In London, LinkedIn Price Tumble, Facebook Releases Messenging App, CERN Brings Large Hadron Collider To HomesWant To Give Yourself A Raise? In Personal Branding, It Pays To Be The ExpertAfter London Riots, Social Media Plays Janitor, CopDon’t Have Time To Haggle Your Daily Deals? oBaz Can HelpPut On Your Bald Cap: How Creative Storytelling Helps Raise Money To Fight CancerS&P Vs. Moody’s: When It Comes To Credit Ratings, S&P Has Stumbled (Badly) BeforeWhole Foods’ Ramadan Marketing HeadachesLousy Economic Times Are The Right Times To Start A Small BusinessHow A Robot Fingertip 3-D Sensor Could Change Forensics, Medicine ForeverThe Netflixes Of Business AnalogiesAn Exhibition Imagines A Transformed L.A., in 2060PBS Debuts Short Film Focused On Type Design [Video]The Cloud Is HeavyA Dance Performance Amid Countless Bouncing Ping-Pong Balls [Video]How Twitter And Facebook Helped Bing Thom Design A Public LibraryArduino-Controlled Robot “Paints” Like Georges SeuratWatch LulzSec Strike Back At The Empire [Video]You can tag brands in Facebook photos. Test: Will they untag?Almost Genius: Molo Creates Emergency Shelters From Pleated PaperStudent’s Stunning Furniture Evokes Motley Origins Of Israeli CultureSurfboards That Are Gnarly Even Out Of The WaterThe Creator Of TED Aims To Reinvent Conferences Once AgainFacebook Lets You Tag Companies In Photos. Test: How Fast Will They Untag?Dude, Where’s My Startup?Reader’s Feedback: June 2011Winfried W. Wilcke On Building A Bigger Battery For The Electric CarBrian Parsonnet’s “Ice Bear” Makes Air Conditioning More Energy EfficientPer-Ivar Sellergren Talks Electric Power AirplanesPaula Hammond On Creating Batteries That Release Energy RapidlyMaria Strømme On Making A Lithium-Ion Battery Using AlgaeFrom The Editor: The B WordNeuroFocus Uses Neuromarketing To Hack Your BrainIsrael: IEI’s Land Of Oil And MoneyCramming For College At Beijing’s Second HighWhat’s Next For Michael BloombergToy StoryRock SteadyGlobal EffectStick ItLight BrightDream WeaveriDominationTrade Phones For Cash With EcoATMBeat The Heat (And Save Energy): Show Some Leg!Hawaiian Shirts Lower Japanese Energy UseThe New Political (Smartphone) PlatformsPixazza Photo Tagging Sells The Big PictureEsther Duflo Bribes India’s Poor To HealthPlaying Games With NetworkingGreen Sports Alliance: Go Green Or Go HomeNovel Ideas For Indie BookstoresWhat 9/11 Taught Us About Designing SkyscrapersAmerican Business Women’s DayOktoberfestWorld Textile SummitRugby World CupAIDS Vaccine ConferencePrimetime Emmy AwardsInternational Day of PeaceVendy AwardsFood and Nutrition ConferenceWorld Engineers’ ConventionLabor DayFixing UnemploymentIn Drought-Stricken Texas, They’re Drinking Water Recycled From UrineCanada’s Devastated Cod Fishery Begins To RecoverSocial Sleuthing: How Companies Use Social Media To Hire And Fire EmployeesComcast’s Low-Income Net, Groupon’s Accounts, New York Times Social Experiment, Tech In London Riots, Coder Hiring Made EasyIt’s Hard Out There For A Transportation Entrepreneur (But It Doesn’t Have To Be)Monsanto Plans To Sell Sweet Corn In Your Local SupermarketAOL iPad Mag “Editions” Missed The Memo About The AOL WayWill Insect-like Flying Machines Revolutionize Surveillance?Secrets To A Successful Fake Twitter CharacterIBM Partners With Portland To Play SimCity For RealMonsanto Plans To Sell Sweet Corn In Your Local SupermarketWhy India Is “Geek Nation”Storytree Wants Families To Spin, Share, And Save Good YarnsCanada’s Devastated Cod Fishery Begins To RecoverWhat A Detroit Supper Club Teaches Us About Co-CreativityIn Drought-Stricken Texas, They’re Drinking Water Recycled From Urine5 Ways To Get Back In The GameStorytree Wants Families To Spin, Share, And Save Good YarnsMeet Google’s Voice Hunter On A Quest For 300 Languages3 Rules For Outsiders Who Want To Be InsidersMove To The City, Save The RainforestIBM Partners With Portland To Play SimCity For RealVisualizing Data And Telling Compelling Stories With OkCupid And FlowingDataThe Material Genome Initiative Puts High-Tech Development On The Fast TrackHow The BBC Is Quietly, Confidently Shaping The Future Of TVThe Smart Grid’s Intelligence Could Cause It To CollapseVu Déjà: Tricking Yourself Into Looking At Problems With A Fresh PerspectiveIt’s Hard Out There For A Transportation Entrepreneur (But It Doesn’t Have To Be)London Rioters’ Unrequited Love For BlackBerryMobile Apps That Reward Impoverished Students With Food, MedicineGoogle Plus, Pseudonyms & ActivistsThe Best Way To Develop A New ProductFive Ways To Solve The Diabetes Crisis With Data-Driven Design