Jon Gertner

Fast Company Magazine

Inside Obama’s Stealth Startup

President Obama has quietly recruited top tech talent from the likes of Google and Facebook. Their mission: to reboot how government works.

Inside Obama’s Stealth Startup

Leslie Dewan

For throwing salt on traditionally nuclear technology.

Leslie Dewan

NASA’s Chief Scientist On The Possibility Of Finding Alien Life: “It’s Going To Be Mind-blowing”

Ellen Stofan explains how the space agency is thinking big as it looks to the future.

NASA’s Chief Scientist On The Possibility Of Finding Alien Life: “It’s Going To Be Mind-blowing”

Klaus Lackner Is Pulling CO2 Out of Thin Air

Stopping global warming has long been an environmentalist’s fantasy. Not anymore.

Klaus Lackner Is Pulling CO2 Out of Thin Air

Cree

For its speed and ingenuity in becoming the leading consumer LED brand in the U.S.

Cree

Fast Company Magazine

What’s Lurking In Your Microbiome? Possibly, A Cure For Disease

Startups are harnessing the trillions of bacteria inside us to eradicate diabetes, obesity, arthritis, and more.

What’s Lurking In Your Microbiome? Possibly, A Cure For Disease

Fast Company Magazine

We’re Running Out Of Water

It’s a global problem–but the greatest minds in Silicon Valley don’t seem interested in fixing the problem. Why not?

We’re Running Out Of Water

This Home Makes All Its Own Energy. Will We All Soon Be Living In One?

It’s a grand experiment in “net zero” living–and it’s working. But we can’t move in just yet.

This Home Makes All Its Own Energy. Will We All Soon Be Living In One?

Inside Toyota And Tesla’s Duel to Fuel the Cars of the Future

The collapse of the automakers’ partnership points to the next crucial car-world debate: batteries vs. hydrogen fuel cells.

Inside Toyota And Tesla’s Duel to Fuel the Cars of the Future

Fast Company Magazine

Behind GE’s Vision For The Industrial Internet Of Things

CEO Jeff Immelt is pushing to turn jet engines, locomotives, and other giant machines into data-spewing computers.

Behind GE’s Vision For The Industrial Internet Of Things

Julia Greer

Professor of materials science, Caltech

Julia Greer

Fast Company Magazine

The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind The Secretive Lab’s Closed Doors

Space elevators, teleportation, hoverboards, and driverless cars: The top-secret Google X innovation lab opens up about what it does–and how it thinks.

The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind The Secretive Lab’s Closed Doors

Medtronic’s Symplicity And The Complexity Of Healthcare Innovation

Even the most promising products can fail.

Medtronic’s Symplicity And The Complexity Of Healthcare Innovation

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GE

For making the “internet of things” real.

Fast Company Magazine

Why Companies Are Lining Up To Test Golf Clubs (And Other Products) On The Space Station

After 13 years in orbit, the International Space Station is finding new life as a near-weightless lab for private enterprise.

Why Companies Are Lining Up To Test Golf Clubs (And Other Products) On The Space Station

Fast Company Magazine

How Philips Altered The Future Of Light

Eight surprising lessons in innovation from Philips’s 50-year exploration of LEDs.

How Philips Altered The Future Of Light

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Philips

For learning eight surprising lessons in innovation from a 50-year exploration of LEDs.

Philips

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iHub

For connecting, amplifying, and accelerating Africa’s tech community.

iHub

Fast Company Magazine

New Life For The Bell Labs Building Where Cellphones Were Born

Once the center of the tech-innovation universe, New Jersey’s old Bell Labs building now sits abandoned. But not for long. A look at the plan to save it.

New Life For The Bell Labs Building Where Cellphones Were Born

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Alta Bicycle Share

For pedal-powering urban transportation networks.

Alta Bicycle Share

Impact

Everytown is starting to fund lawsuits designed to curb gun violence

These 4 entrepreneurs are building financial products that make it less expensive to be poor

It’s not even August and we’ve already used up the Earth’s resources for the year

News

IRS unemployment refund update: Timeline for next round, direct deposit, mailed paper checks

Robinhood stock makes Nasdaq debut in IPO: Here’s everything to know about HOOD

Duolingo is now worth $6.5 billion, and its CEO is having a very big day

Co.Design

Why U.K. bus stops suddenly smell like roses and cucumber

“Make your mess beautiful”: How to navigate the chaotic world of startups

A 20-foot sea wall won’t save Miami, but these nature-inspired innovations just might

Work Life

3 must-have soft skills for the hybrid workplace

These are the most common (and annoying) types of jargon in job ads

5 ways to ‘miss each other’ less at work