Lo and Behold: the Internet
Benchmarks / by / October 29, 2009
On the 40th anniversary of the first internet connection, a look back on how a flash of insight and a 20-minute meeting got it all started.
Now In Innovation
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Technology in the Trash
In the Trash Track project, garbage becomes a window through which we are able to see our once invisible and energy-intensive removal chain, prompting us to consider the impact of our waste.
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A Bloom in Biofuels
The same organisms that created the oil and gas now powering our industrial society and warming the globe can also be used to make carbon-neutral fuels.
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Getting Solar Off the Ground
William Maness on why alternative energy and power grids aren’t good playmates and his plans for beaming solar power from space.
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Living Off the Land
The same technology that keeps astronauts alive in outer space could foster more sustainable lifestyles right here on Earth.
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The Enchanter of Objects
David Rose on how his new company will get people to take their medicine and what Frodo Baggins’s sword can teach us about ubiquitous computing.
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Building Without Walls
A new breed of architectural objects, inspired by theoretical science, is changing how we think about building and what counts as art.
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Summit Notes: State of Innovation
Seed and The Council on Competitiveness brought together thought leaders from science, business, academia, and design to discuss the future of innovation.
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Serious Fun
Kodu doesn’t have realistic graphics, huge explosions, or even a way to win. But it just might change the way we think about the world.
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Immortal Information
A new nanoscale storage device could preserve all the digital information you want, for as long as you want—and longer.
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A New Map for Design
As the focus of design shifts from the production of finite goods to a practice of experimentation, ideas take precedence over products.
Power Player
A Rocket for the 21st Century
Former astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz explains how his plasma rocket engine could revolutionize space travel and why we need nuclear power in space.
Visualization
The Evolution of Evolution
Ben Fry has created a tool that allows you to watch the theory of evolution evolve. Here, he introduces us to his amazing exploration of scientific thought.
Power Player
Why In-Vitro Meat Is Good for You
Jason Matheny on the world’s addiction to meat and how to grow ground beef in a test tube.
Workbench
Designing Responsible Behavior
We visit the somewhat chaotic desk of an industrial designer who is leveraging the power of design to convince people to live greener lives.
Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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World
Sad Sacks
As a UK adviser is fired over politically unpalatable advice and an English teacher is suspended over an article about animal sexuality, the fate of facts is on the line.
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Ideas
Sweet Obesity
As obesity rates soar, Americans are consuming more low-calorie artificial sweeteners. But do artificial sweeteners actually help people lose weight?
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Books
Books to Read Now
November releases feature the mysteries of Grigori Perelman, the evolutionary origins of reading, and strategies for containing strains of flu.
