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Is That A Giant Piece Of Nougat? Nope, A ChairWhy This Company Is Crowdsourcing, Gamifying The World’s Most Difficult ProblemsHow The Fourth Dimension Of Sound Is Being Used For Live ConcertsWayne Rooney HIts The Links To Take On Rory McIlroy For NikePlastic Dishes That Look Like CeramicThe Recommender: Lori Hoffman, The Dancing Queen12 Award-Winning Photos Beautifully Capture Daily LifeThis Artificial Hand Gives Wearers A Sense Of TouchA Suit Designed To Make Transgender Men And Butch Women Feel HandsomeSpotify Reportedly Launching Free Mobile Music StreamingThe Simplest Drone Of All Time?The Mind-Boggling Art Of Rube GoldbergA Crazy Atlas Of (All?) The 43,123 Swimming Pools In Los AngelesDon’t Like Pollution In Your Home? Plant A Row Of Trees And Breathe Easier By HalfLiquid-Plumr Pin-Up Calendar Hunks Turn On The Sexy TalkGiving Back(packs): A Buy-One-Give-One Bag That Goes Beyond DonationWith The Rise Of Crowdfunding In Higher Education, Donating To Your Alma Mater Could Be Cool AgainNow In Apple Stores: IBeacon Location-Tracking TechnologyNow You Can Buy Naming Rights To Toilet Paper, Tuna Cans, And Other Everyday Objects–For A Good CauseVanity Fair Profiles Marissa Mayer: Both “Dictator” And “Cool Fairy Godmother”A Map Of The Weird World Of CyclingMapping The Wealth Of U.S. ZIP Codes Shows The Haves Hiding From The Have-NotsGoogle’s Online Tribute To Nelson Mandela May Be The ClassiestYour Favorite TV Characters Probably Have Online Dating Profiles, And Here They Are“Ultimate Gay Fighter” Brings Mortal Kombat-Style Action And Gay Stereotypes To Your Mobile DeviceThe Growth Of Cities, Predicted By The Laws Of PhysicsRising Sea Levels Are A Lot More Scary When You Can See How They’ll Drown YouThis Gravity-Defying Robot Disco Ball Will Make Your Mind BoogieThis Missing Children Hotline PSA Is Long and HarrowingIn-Your-Face Shots Of Guns Put Our Firearm Obsession Into Focus5 Tips For Growing Changemaking Communities In Your CompanyWhy John Maeda Is Leaving RISD For A Venture Capital FirmShould You Be Ditching A Ton Of Your Facebook Fans? Here’s Why Burger King Did Just ThatA Light Show Turns A French Museum Into The Big Bang34 Posters Celebrate Braun Design In The 1960sIncredible Photos From An Urban Explorer’s Journeys To The Forbidden Parts Of The CityTaking Breaks–You’re Doing It Wrong5 Free Apps To Get You In The Door, Keep Your Life On Track, And Much More10 Famous Creative Minds That Didn’t Quit Their Day Jobs4 Easy Ways To Create A Workplace Culture That Doesn’t SuckPut Down The Business Books: The Classic Mold Of Leadership Has ChangedThe Neuroscience Of Trusting Your Gut7 Free Productivity Hacks For Bootstrapping EntrepreneursThe Surprising Science Behind What Music Does To Our BrainsHow To Create Organization Habits That You’ll Actually Stick ToThis Website Header Sets A New Standard For Interactivity, AdorablenessThe Makers Of “How Did This Get Made?” On How Not To Make a Bad Movie23andMe Founder Vows To Cooperate With FDA, Addresses Customer ConcernsNelson Mandela, 1918-2013Late Leader Nelson Mandela’s 5 Most Innovative MomentsA Space Startup Unveils “FedEx To Moon” Spacecraft To Shoot For Google’s Lunar X Prize12 Gifts For Brand SnobsThis Chat App Sends A New Selfie With Every MessageThis Popular Flashlight App Has Been Secretly Sharing Your Location And Device IDSaturn’s North Pole Has “Hexagonal” Storms That Look Like ThisKickstarter Loves This Camera That Lets You Take Street View-Like Panoramic PhotosTaco Bell, The Late Todd Mills, And The Actual Invention Of The Doritos Locos TacoRedefining The Digital Music Service Starts NowSmartThings Revamps Its Apps To Make Your Smart Home Even SmarterApple Patents “Siri Smart Dock” For Your HomeThe 2020 World Expo Will Look Like A Crystal Palace From SpaceU.K. Street Artist INSA Creates A Work Of GIF-fiti For Dwyane Wade’s New ShoeThe Gross Secret Behind Star Trek’s Old CostumesIt’s Amazing How Accurately This Guy Carves Celebrity Portraits Into CardboardXbox One Game Gets Breast Physics Comically WrongChina Forbids Its Banks From Dealing In BitcoinsHow To Virtually Unite Remote Teams With RFID, Arduino, And BeerJawbone Tracked Hundreds Of Thousands Of Up Users To Find The Most Sleep-Deprived StatesHow Having A Baby Made Me Learn To Love Comic SansGoogle And Facebook Keep Supporting Laws That Gut Their Own Renewable Energy InvestmentsDynamic Duos: Airbnb’s Brian Chesky And Joe Gebbia On Design Running The BoardroomFoursquare’s “Smart” Push Notifications Roll Out On IOSMicrosoft’s New 3-D Maps Boast 121 Trillion Pixels, “Grand Theft Auto”-size RangeWith Michron, Even Amateurs Can Master Time-Lapse PhotographyThis Glider Could Make Wind Power Cheaper Than CoalAn Ad Campaign To Get Parents To Care About BullyingThe World’s First 3-D Printed Car Seeks Funding To Become A Showroom RealityA Search Engine To Find The Secrets The Government Doesn’t Want You To KnowReport: The IPhone Is Coming To China MobileHow Ninja Sphere Is Making The Internet Of Things Less DumbA Solar Array On The Moon Could Make All Of Our Energy Problems Go AwayFinally, A Serious Critique Of iPhone Fart AppsTwitter Names Its First Female Board MemberWhen Sex Doesn’t SellTerrifying Before And After Pictures Of How Climate Change Is Already Destroying The Planet5 Surprises At The New Big City Walmart In Washington, D.C.“Cause Design” Has Impacts Beyond Doing Good: Changing How You Think About DesignNSA Tracks Movements Of Hundreds Of Millions Of Foreigner’s Cell PhonesThe Newest Thing In Music Marketing Is The World’s Most Boring Video GameAll Your Favorite Pop Culture Robots–Now In One PlaceWith Video On Demand, Americans Watch More TV Than EverIs This The Worst Logo Update Of 2013?Free Google Glass Hardware Update Now Available For ExplorersA New Video Puts Rap’s Roughest Words In The Mouths Of KidsSanta’s Satanic Sidekick, Krampus, Invades AmericaWhite House Security Nixes Presidential iPhone, Says ObamaPinterest’s Head Of Engineering Departs To Start His Own BusinessSoylent Meets Whole Foods: Ambro Is An Organic, High-End Meal Replacement ShakeWhat It Was Really Like To Fly During The Golden Age Of TravelThis 24/7 Porn Channel For Women Lets You Choose The Movies–And It’s Coming To The U.S.Exclusive: What Really Drove 23andMe And The FDA ApartNike Unveils The Kobe 9 Elite, $225 Hightop SocksIn The Hospital Of The Future, Big Data Is One Of Your DoctorsThe Architecture Of Filmmaking: See Your Favorite Movie Scenes As Floor PlansAre You Sure You Want To Be An Entrepreneur?How Square Is Structured For Rapid Decisions, Awesome ProductsCreating A Kinder, Wiser, More Efficient Work Environment Isn’t As Impossible As It SoundsSecond Chances And Workplace Regrets: How To Ask For Your Old Job BackThe Secret To Changing Your Habits: Start Incredibly SmallSoulCycle Founders: You Know Your Business Better Than Your Critics DoThe Micromanager MakeoverRISD President John Maeda Leaving For Silicon ValleyGoogle’s Next Life-Changing Project? Real AndroidsBehold The New, Reversible USB ConnectorActivist Investor Carl Icahn Turns Up the Heat On Apple For A BuybackThe Coolest GIF Of Saturn You’ve Ever SeenCirca’s 10 Most Followed News Story Lines Of 2013Oh My God, Yes: A Blade Runner FanzineJohn Maeda, Innovative President Of RISD, Departs For Silicon ValleyWith Medium 1.0, Ev Williams Tackles The Platform’s Identity CrisisInvestors Are Interested In Tech Startups That Help Citizens Improve Their CommunitiesA Textile Designer Radically Rethinks The Look BookApple Skeuomorphism Reconstructed In 3-DLeaked Document Purportedly Reveals Uber’s FinancialsLook Out, Spotify: Beats Music Eyes January Launch DateDo Developers Need A Standardized Code Of Ethics?“Printing” Metal Objects Is Now Possible With This DIY 3-D PrinterWhy Doctors Make Great Object-Oriented Software DesignersThe Doctor, Veterinarian, And Lactation Specialist Will See You Now–On Video ChatThe Maker Of Misfit Shine Raises $15.2 Million To Bring More Wearables To The MarketZombie Drones! Hacker Finds A Way To Hijack UAVsThe 11 Most Resilient Cities In AmericaInfographic: See Just How Popular The Most Popular Books Ever Written AreElectric Car Owner Arrested For Stealing 5 Cents’ Worth Of PowerKobe Bryant and Lionel Messi Go On a Worldwide Selfie SpreeThe Average Student Loan Debt Is Now Up To $29,400Burger King Has A Counterintuitive Solution To Your Deep Hatred Of Pre-Roll AdsEuclidean Geometry Meets Mondrian In These Stunning 3-D Paper SculpturesTodd Mills, The Man Who Dreamed Up Doritos Locos Taco, Passes AwayForget Fingerprints: Your Face Could Be Your Next IPhone KeyThis Glowing Purple Cube Is An Indoor FarmThe Health Care Industry: Big Data Is Great, But We Can’t Find Enough Talent13 Portraits That Humanize The HomelessScientists Now Know When You’ll Get The Flu Nine Weeks Before It HappensThese “Disabled” Mannequins Will Challenge Your Notion Of The Perfect BodyThe Rise Of The Enterprise HackerAre Company Hackathons Still Worthwhile?What Does ‘Mobile First’ Mean To You?After 2,500 Years, The Paper Airplane Goes DigitalA Simple, Lightweight IV Bag With Astronaut Tech, To Prevent Death By DehydrationMobile Suburbia, Get A Tiny On-Demand Lawn For Your High-Rise ApartmentFascinating Old Chart Maps World’s Tallest Mountains, Forgets Mt. EverestUber Will Deliver Your Christmas Tree… For $135So You Don’t Have To Wait Around All Day, Luna Begins Moonlit Deliveries In San FranciscoYotaPhone, With Its Clever E-Ink Dual-Screen, LaunchesPregnant Women Could Soon Take A 3-D Tour Through Their Own Birth CanalDoes A Company’s Social Responsibility Policy Increase The Risk Of Being Evil?These Countries Have The Best Quality Of Life In The WorldHop, Skip, And Jump Across The Street With New Artist-Designed CrosswalksA One-Stop Shop For Cheating (Ahem, Homework Help) Is Now Available On The iPhoneMazda Turns Movie Theaters Into A Massively Multiplayer Mobile GameSpotify Produces Quirky, Territorial, Slightly Wonky “Year In Review 2013” WebsiteCustomers Of Genetic Testing Company 23andMe Are Caught In DNA LimboHP Collaborated In Real Time with Rising Hip-Hop Stars And Fans to Create A Music Track and Video. Here’s How.Snapchat Snaps Up Facebook And Instagram’s Emily White As Its New COOSee The Stunning Sprawl Of Mexico City’s 20 Million People, From AboveSpaceX Successfully Launched Its First Commercial SatelliteRanking Countries For Climate Change Performance–And Why The U.S. Is Just 43rdCan We Design A More Protective Approach To Genetic Testing?New MIT Media Lab Tool Lets Anyone Visualize Unwieldy Government DataX-Ray Photos Show What Love Looks Like Beneath the SkinThe 4 Biggest Barriers To Connecting Everything, And How To Tear Them DownThis Scientist Uses The New York Times Archive To Eerily, Accurately Predict The FutureInside The Minds Of 23 Design StarsAlways Be Squinching And Other Tricks From A Portrait Photographer For Taking Flattering PicturesOnce You Find It, The Journey Of Innovation Never Really Ends7 Critical Mistakes You’re (Almost Certainly) Making On Social MediaOne Surprising Reason You Never Have Enough TimeSuper Achievers’ Secret Power: HumilityIs The Ad Tech Industry High On Its Own Stash?Hearst’s Troy Young Spills: This Is How You Make Money In Digital MediaCool Tools: A Whole Earth Catalog For The Post-Internet EraHow To Tell If You Are In A Dysfunctional Relationship With Your BossWhy Openness To Experience Is The Key To CreativityA Short Guide To Doing Less10 Annoying, Irritating, And Absolutely Unbearable Co-Worker Behaviors That You Deal With Every DayAdidas Reveals The Brazuca, A World Cup Soccer Ball Two And A Half Years In The MakingGoodbye High-Speed Car Chases: This Pulse Tech Shuts Down A Car’s EngineA Humble Cabin In The Desert Becomes An Art PhenomNetflix Gets Its First Original Kids Series: “Turbo FAST”R/GA Announces The 10 Startups In Its Connected Devices AcceleratorA Dead Simple Explanation Of NSA SurveillanceSwatchMate Lets You Capture Any Color With A ClickThe Sproutling: Why A Fitbit For Babies Might Be BrilliantGuillermo del Toro’s Ratty Viral Promo Will Ruin Your DayParis Métro Stops Come To Life In This Surreal Art ProjectThe 10 Most Viral Tumblr Blogs Of 2013Rdio Hires Former Amazon Exec As New CEOInside Microsoft Research’s First Artist-In-Residence ProgramTest Scores Show American Kids Are Worse Than Ever At MathThe Evolution Of Major League Baseball Was A Hot MessNike’s New World Cup Ad Dares You To Be BrazilianYou’ll Be Seeing This Scary Japanese Tire Commercial Again In Your NightmaresCommuting Sucks. This Interactive Window Would Make It BetterPinch, Swipe, Ka-ching: Cyber Monday Shopping On Mobile Devices Up 80%Darth Vader Takes a Funeral SelfieAmazon’s Drone Delivery Is No Match For This Fleet Of Owl Book CarriersUPS Is Researching Drone Deliveries, TooLady Gaga Replicates Self With Life-Size “Gagadoll”50 Shades Of Grey Lingerie Is Surprisingly PrudishScientific Proof That Exposing Kids To Art Really MattersA Simple Water Meter That Knows When You’re In The Shower Too LongWe Just Found This Hidden Location-Tracking Map Inside iOS 7Goodbye Memes, Hello News: Facebook Tweaks Its News Feed…AgainThis Great Public Transit GIF Was Missing One Thing: BicyclesHow To Defuse The Population Bomb: Soap Operas Activism Cannily Enabled By Millions Of (Free) Missed CallsA Look Inside The Hellscape Of One Of The World’s Largest Electronic Waste DumpsGE Is 3-D Printing An Anti-Hacking Device Designed By The Founder of 4ChanJames Corner On The Final Phase Of The High Line: “It Will Look Like A Floating Garden”Domino’s Responds To British Airways “Look Up” Billboard With Its Own Cheeky VersionSpotify Tries To Woo Artists With New Analytics Tools And More TransparencyJohn Krasinski Wants You To Hold His Bud LightSnap An “Unselfie” And Join In On A Day Of Giving, Not BuyingTake A Seat On The Ergonomically Correct Toilet Of The FutureThe Insanity Of Bitcoin, ExplainedA Coffee Maker That Looks Like It Comes From A Chemistry LabFrank Darabont Rises From The Dead With “Mob City”The 8 Smartest Cities In Latin America4 Ways Digital Technology Boosts InnovationThe One Thing That Truly Motivates Creative Talent–And How To Foster ItThe Science Of Great Ideas–How to Train Your Creative BrainHow To Use The Dreaded Annual Holiday Letter To Make 2014 The Best Year EverHow Circa Is Rethinking News For A Mobile-First Audience4 Lessons Your Startup Can Learn From A Rust Belt IncubatorA Surgeon’s Review Of Google Glass In The Operating RoomCan You Really Learn a Skill in A Week? The Secrets Inside Tim Ferriss’ Insanely Fast Learning StrategyTell Us: What Is The Best (And Worst) Thing About Working From Home?Why Hustling Helps People To Become Insanely SuccessfulWhy Everyone Is Wrong About Working With MillennialsEmbracing A Dynamic Life In Times Of Constant ChangeShowing versus sharing your travelsTNT Debuts Frank Darabont’s New TV Series “Mob City” On TwitterAmazon Chat Support Gave This Man “The Worst Customer Experience”Apple Buys Social Analytics Firm Topsy For $200 MillionCheap Drones Are Transforming The Ancient Art Of MapmakingWhat’s So Hard About Building A CMS?FAA Reminds Us: The U.S. Has Approved One Commercial Drone Operator, And It’s Not AmazonA Text Message Designed To Stop Texting And DrivingKate Brodock And danah boyd On The Value Of Real-Life NetworksTime Warner Offers TV Bundle With Local Channels And HBOThe First Image Of Smaug From “The Hobbit” Is On An Airplane In New ZealandBlack Friday Saw A Huge Surge In Bitcoin TransactionsComcast Wants To Put New Ads In Old Recordings Of ShowsThe Results Are In: What Kind Of Productive Person Are You?An Awesome Neon Map Of ParisBallantine’s Takes Skateboarding To The OperaToday You Can Order A Gadget Pop-Up ShopThis Virtual Workshop Illustrates The Cost Of Christmas By 3-D Printing Maids-A-Milking And Lords-A-LeapingThe Ultimate Guide To Your ToolboxThe Baby Jesus Takes A Backseat To French Premium Cable TV In New Holiday SpotHow To Make The World’s Healthiest PizzaHow Dropbox Spawned A Cottage Security IndustryWith This Take-Home Kit, You Could Find The World’s Next Lifesaving AntibioticWhy We HateSoft, Deformable Robots Are A New Frontier In RoboticsTurning Vacant New York City Office Space Into A Fun Pop-Up HotelForget The Internet Of Things. The Future Is Smart DustNetflix Wants To Bring Everyone Together For HolidaysThis Stealth Camera Produces 3-D Images In Near DarknessThere Is A 30-Foot-Tall Eyeball In Downtown DallasNPR Is Tracing The Life Of A T-Shirt, From Cotton Plant To Store ShelfHarvey Nichols Encourages You To Have The Selfish Christmas You Really WantAmazon’s Drone Delivery System Is Met With SarcasmAre @Instagram.com Email Accounts On The Way?These Urinals Turn Pee Into Fertilizer For Local Food3 Ideas To Save The Seafood Industry Of The FutureOne Day We’ll Fix Everything With Glues Copied From Mussels, Oysters, And BarnaclesChinese Visions Of The Future, From 1960 Looking Forward To TodayPhotographing The Peculiar Borders We Make In The Name Of Property And PrivacyDuring An Outage, TV Network Lets Viewers “Watch” Shows Via TwitterWifey.TV Aims to Shake Up Television for WomenThe IPad Won Black FridayEnjoy Some Extremely Tiny Living In These 173-Square-Foot Micro ApartmentsCompanies: Stop Crowdsourcing Your CharityAn Amazing 360-Degree Simulation Of The Big BangHow Our Brains Play Angry Birds With The WorldThe Future Of Relationships: 10 Ways We’ll Be Dating, Having Sex, And Breaking Up In 20255 Surprising Principles For Designing SmartwatchesHow To Make A Globe-Spanning Short Film Using InstagramFueling Our Future: This Is What School Lunches Actually Look Like19 Ways To Keep Your Company Holiday Party From Being A Complete Waste Of TimeThe 10 Worst Things About Working In An Open-Office–In Your WordsWhy Focusing On The Bacon Is Killing Your Creative Department7 Powerful Facebook Statistics You Should Know AboutHow Creativity Works–And How To Harness Its PowerShake Shack CEO: If You’re Hungry For Success, You Need To Be On Your Customer’s Side5 Fundamental “Don’ts” That Every Business Owner Should Know AboutPerformance Reviews Don’t Have To Be Absolutely AwfulIn A Few Years, Your Amazon Prime Deliveries Might Arrive Via Octocopter