Innovation
“Traditionally, when the economy goes bad, everyone cuts down on science and R&D. The message now is that new knowledge and innovation are the way out of this crisis.” — David Nordfors
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Lo and Behold: the Internet
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.
communication, information, innovation, networks, technology
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Catching the Wind in Rural Malawi
October 13, 2009
With a tinkerer’s imagination and farmer’s grit, William Kamkwamba transformed junk into the beginning of one small town’s green energy revolution.
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Folding Our Way to a Revolution
October 12, 2009
With a few strands of nucleic acids and some ingenious programming, DNA origami is remaking nanotechnology, from drug delivery to chip design.
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Why In-Vitro Meat Is Good for You
August 31, 2009
Jason Matheny on the world’s addiction to meat and how to grow ground beef in a test tube.
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Here Comes the Sun (and Wind)
August 27, 2009
Four experts discuss the balance between pristine land and renewable energy, the pros and cons of photovoltaics versus solar thermal, and how much rooftop solar can help.
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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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A Bloom in Biofuels
August 05, 2009
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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The Enchanter of Objects
July 14, 2009
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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Week in Review: July 10
July 10, 2009
A year of magical thinking on climate change, making headway on the science of medical science policy, a new human genome, probiotics for famine victims, and China’s science budget.
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Building Without Walls
July 09, 2009
A new breed of architectural objects, inspired by theoretical science, is changing how we think about building and what counts as art.
cooperation, creativity, innovation, structure, visualization
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The Coming Oil-Free Utopia
July 08, 2009
In $20 a Gallon, Christopher Steiner argues that rising oil prices will not unravel society, but rather change it for the better.
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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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How to Build a Better Tree of Life
July 01, 2009
An unconventional approach to analyzing molecular sequences allows researchers to construct larger evolutionary trees.
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Immortal Information
June 15, 2009
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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Malaria: Five New Weapons
June 11, 2009
Profiles of the most promising and innovative approaches to fighting malaria, from a living drug pump to strategic computer models.
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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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Planet Hunting, Down to Earth
May 26, 2009
The emerging technology of laser frequency combs may usher in a new golden era of ground-based astronomy.
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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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The Salon Conversation
May 12, 2009
Biodiversity expert Thomas E. Lovejoy talks with architect and urban planner Mitchell Joachim about victory gardens, vertical farms, senators in the jungle, and more.
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Why We’re Not Obsolete
May 12, 2009
As scientific data accumulates, volume can overwhelm understanding. A new Cornell computer program is using the technological advances that created this data-understanding problem to help solve it.
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