Design
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Designing Responsible Behavior
August 24, 2009
We visit the somewhat chaotic desk of an industrial designer who is leveraging the power of design to convince people to live greener lives.
decision making, design, innovation, social science, workbench
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Summit Notes: State of Innovation
July 07, 2009
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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A New Map for Design
June 03, 2009
As the focus of design shifts from the production of finite goods to a practice of experimentation, ideas take precedence over products.
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(F)Innovation in Helsinki
May 12, 2009
The new Aalto University in Helsinki merges business, technology, and design.
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An Icon of Sustainability
May 08, 2009
Since opening last September in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences has fast become an icon of architecture for the eco era.
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The Dymaxion Tomorrow
May 07, 2009
A city-wide vehicle sharing program, a latrine block that treats sewage on-site, and bicycles that double as ambulances take top honors in the Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge.
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Design and Being Just
March 23, 2009
At some point during the show, VL started growing too fast. It was time to stop it. But did that mean killing it?
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Designing the Human Mind
March 02, 2009
[Video] Is it possible to create a complete model of the human brain? Henry Markram explains that it will to take a computer 20,000 times more powerful than any that exists today.
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Neri Oxman: Materialecology
February 17, 2009
The artist looks to biology for inspiration when producing works that mimic forms found in nature.
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Core Principles
February 10, 2009
Both science and design—forward motors, providers of perspective, guardians of beauty and truth—are essential to progress.
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Greg Lynn: New City
February 04, 2009
Is a sphere the optimal shape for our world? If physical laws were no longer a concern, how would we mold the Earth to better suit our global economy?
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Philip Anderson on Computers and Emergence
July 09, 2008
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Design and the Elastic Mind
April 02, 2008
In the emerging dialogue between design and science, scale and pace play fundamental roles. By MoMA curator Paola Antonelli.
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Out of the Blue
March 03, 2008
Can a thinking, remembering, decision-making, biologically accurate brain be built from a supercomputer?
cognition, complexity, design, information, innovation, neuroscience
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Architecture’s Scientific Revolution
March 30, 2006
Seed presents five examples of contemporary architecture that have been influenced by science.
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Richard Errett Smalley, “father of nanotechnology”, dies at 62
November 10, 2005
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Message in the Sky
November 08, 2005
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Ig Nobel Pursuits
October 07, 2005
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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.
