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A Mirror That Plays Simple But Awesome Optical TricksVolkswagen Reveals Anthony Hopkins’ True Model for Hannibal LecterSci-Fi Illustrations That Hark Back To The 1980s Heydey Of MoebiusMissing People Launches A New Campaign That Requires Your Phone At The ReadyNike Takes A Swing At A Golf AppThe Week That Was: Our Porsche Challenge Winner, Universal Typography, And A Reinvented Clothes HangerIs A Zero-Waste Society Possible?Ex-Phish Manager Creates System For Shushing Noisy RestaurantsHerman Miller Taps Students To Rethink Our WorkplacesNo Joke: Subway Systems Obey Emergent, Natural Laws As They GrowSmart Shopping Cart Scans For Ecofriendly and Healthy FoodsSee The Golden Gate Bridge As You’ve Never Seen It Before In 75th Anniversary CampaignMicrosoft Downplays Windows 8 Adoption Numbers, Preps 80-Inch “Tablet”To Grow More Food, We Need Smaller PlantsBarry Sonnenfeld’s Cowboy Approach to “Men In Black 3”How Wes Anderson Used Google To Make “Moonrise Kingdom”A Playground For Blowing Giant-Sized BubblesA Tour Guide For Public Art, In Your PhoneGroupon Getting In On Square’s Game, Low Rates And Free iPod IncludedWatch: An Animated Short On How We Measure The UniverseHow This Virtually Painless Adult Circumcision Device Could Prevent HIV In The Developing WorldNASA-Inspired Garden Grows Plants In A Ferris WheelChemicals Aren’t Why You’re Fat, But They’re Making You FatterCargo-Bot, An Addictive iPad Game That Teaches Programming ConceptsApple Rewarding Staff With Dividends, But Tim Cook DeclinesConfused About Facebook’s IPO Flap? Here’s What It Means To YouFacebook Users Campaign For Vote On Amended Privacy RulesA TV Platform So Disruptive Everyone’s Suing It3 Things Professional Women Should Stop Apologizing ForSpaceX’s Dragon Capsule Makes Historic Rendezvous With ISSHow To Evolve Your CareerWhy Silent Meetings Can Be The Most Productive3 Lessons In Corporate Frugality From The Developing WorldTop 10 Most Popular Stories Of The WeekThis Week In Bots: Saluting The First President Of The Robot EpochHow Eli Broad Works 24/7–And Still Gets 8 Hours Of Sleep Every NightTweetfuel Gives Twitter Activity a Physical PresenceA Table-Bed Combo Perfect For Singles In The CityUnreasonables, Episode 16: Can Water Be Sold To Someone Who Earns Less Than $1 Per Day?Watch: 40 Years Of Pentagram Work In 3 MinutesZZ Top Reemerges With New Track And Promo With Jeremiah WeedLovely, Blobby Sculptures That Growl And Play Jazz When You Touch ThemPhotographer Goes Searching For Ghosts, Finds Awesome Smoke Bombs InsteadChitra Narasimhan: What is the first step to getting your team on board with a new idea or strategy?Nick Offerman & Craig Robinson Continue Chi-Town Showdown In New Era AdKitchensurfing: Bringing The Chef To The KitchenCapt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger: How do you deal with uncertainty?Reinvented Clothes Hanger Won’t Ruin Your NecklinesA New Approach To Drawing Women To Tech CareersWhy Not? A Shop Made Out Of 25,000 Lunch BagsHappy Leaders Day: Using Universal Skills of Parenting to Help You LeadA Champion Racing Yacht Designer, Chasing PerfectionRoman Polanski’s Short Film for Prada Stars Ben Kingsley and Helena Bonham CarterWeird But Genius: Feel Me App Turns Texting Into TouchingMIT’s Freaky Non-Stick Coating Keeps Ketchup FlowingBitponics: An Internet-Connected Hydroponic Home GardenBehind That Screaming, Spooky Track In The “Prometheus” TrailersGetty Ad Zips Through 873 Images In A One-Minute Life Story$78,000 Fine For Fake Angry Birds Android App MakerWorldreader Wants To Bring 1 Million E-Books To AfricaApple’s Sir Jony Ive Quashes Rumors Of Leaving AppleBump’s New App Makes Photo Sharing Between Phones And PCs A Simple, Physical GestureUsing Mobile Screens To Make Reading Easier For DyslexicsHow Touch-Screen Buttons Netted NYC Cabbies A Cool $144MYahoo Announces Axis, A New Visual Paradigm In Web Search UIInfographic: Here’s Why Designing Android Apps Is So HardEmploying Not-So-Good Strategy To Get To The Right Strategy$200 Million Funds Ultrafast Broadband To Six Communities In U.S.3 Old-School Organizations For Good That Have Mastered Social MediaGoogle Funds Teaching, Buying Raspberry Pi, Arduino Modules For UK SchoolsSiri Talks Life, Linguica With John MalkovichHow Ecodev Persuades Companies To Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S. (Hint: It’s Cheaper)Yahoo Accidentally Leaks Private Encryption Key For Axis, Its New Search SystemYahoo’s Axis And The New Search WarsPaula Wallace Is The Reason These Art Kids Today Mean BusinessVeriFone And PayPal Partner To Change The Way You Shop At Big RetailersThe “Hell Yes!” Approach To Better, Bolder Decision MakingOtoy’s Tech Streams Games, Apps, And More Across All Devices In A Browser WindowHow YouSendIt’s New CEO Plans To Take On A Mob Of Flashy, Well-Funded Cloud Competitors10 Rules For Hitting Your Stride At WorkThe Discovery Economy: How Your Credit Card Is Becoming A Data, Discounts Doorway5 Elements Of Creative ExecutionGoogle Brings Transparency To Copyright Removal RequestsWhat Yahoo Founder Jerry Yang Should’ve Learned From Firefox In 2005A Pioneering Prefab From The 1940s Finds New LifeA Stadium With An Infinitely Customizable RoofscapeJoel Weingarten: How do you create a corporate culture from scratch?Morgan P. Guenther: What have you learned from collaborating with others?Landscape Photography In The Age Of AirbrushingGE Innovators: Susan NapierkowskiGE Innovators: Sarah SoboleskiGE Innovators: Prabhjot SinghGE Innovators: Paul ChoppaSolar Microgrids Bring Power To People Who Have Been Off The Grid ForeverAn Old Bamboo Weaving Technique, Revived Using SteelThe Way We Shop NowThe Red Cross Introduces Rapid Rescue: An App That Locates Immediate HelpInfographic: Which Industries Have Bled The Most Jobs Since 2004?Nike’s Stefan Olander On Following The Wisdom Of TweensIBM’s Watson Could Help Mining Companies Stop Being So DestructiveHow “Call of Duty” is Making its Network More Social Through ContentMeet Mike and Maaike, The Design Studio Ushering Google Into Hardware4 Ways To Keep Your Brand Site RelevantArtist Depicts The Most Horrible Catastrophes In The Cheeriest ColorsBeckham Bends It Like Beethoven for SamsungA Cheap, Accurate Cancer Sensor, Created By A 15-Year-OldMaster Class: How To Shoot Your Dog In A CarKaraoke Breathalyzer Stops Drunk Driving While Enabling Your JourneyInfographic Of The Day: Why The Hispanic Vote Will Count More Than Ever In 2012Chuck Porter: How do you inspire your staff?Joel Weingarten: Can a founder become a CEO?In Chile, A Conflict Between Clean Energy And Pristine WildernessBaratunde Thurston: When is inspiration not enough?Oracle Spends $300 Million Buying Vitrue, A Social Marketing FirmAn Ant Ballet, Choreographed By Pheromones And RobotsA New Condom To Keep The Developing World Having Safe SexA Bike Rack That Relies On Basic Physics, Not Screws, To Stay SteadyReframing The Global Economy To Include HappinessIs This The First Logo Based On Touch-Screen Gestures?3 Ways To Design Toys That Boost Kids’ CreativityIBM Bans Siri, Frightened Of Privacy ImplicationsHewlett Packard Expected To Reveal Mass LayoffsPeople Want Jobs That Make A Difference, Even If It Means A Pay CutA Mind-Blowing UI That Could Finally Make Group Work IntuitiveGoogle’s Doodle Honors Synthesizer Genius MoogMotorola’s Police Car Of The Future Is An Unpaid-Ticket-Sniffing Scofflaw SlayerDan Beckmann And Tom Hallaran’s Plan To Bring Big Data To Big GovernmentScandal Brewing Over Facebook’s Actions At IPOThe Mouthwash Principle: For Max Effectiveness At Work, Rinse And RepeatPersonal Capital’s Beautiful App Convinces The Wealthy To Trust Their Money To Strangers4 Strategies To Turn “Big” Into A DisadvantageSurf And Destroy (Old Business Models)The Next SoundCloud Powers A Sonic Hackathon5 Ways To Prep For Your Next, Better JobTo Be Heard, Stop Following The HerdIf Your Employees Are Squabbling, Your Company’s Probably Standing StillHow To Identify Your Customers, Make Them Love You, And Keep Them HookedWhy Utah Matters To Virgin, Amazon, And LeBron JamesEcosystems Rule Over Products Now. Here’s How Samsung’s Designers Are CopingThis Is The Classiest Kids’ Play Center We’ve Ever Seen3 Game-Changing Insights For A Sustainable FutureReadlists.com Is Like Mixtapes For E-ReadingKaty Perry’s Latest Video Is An Ode To Facebook TimelineArchitects Turn A Forgotten American Factory Into A Beacon For The ArtsWhy Utah Matters To Virgin, Amazon, And LeBron James – SlideshowA Collapsible Water Bottle That Fits In The Palm Of Your HandSpinning Super Strong Carbon Fibers From Old Plastic BagsUnreasonables, Episode 15: The Power Of ConnectionsNetflix’s New Web App Is Stripped Bare And Utterly EffectiveHow Do You Brand A Members-Only Club Aimed At Startup Titans?Forage Kitchen: A Coworking Space For FoodClever Chair Rethinks Upholstery, With A Cover You Fold Into PlaceCharity “Aspire” Gets Funding Through Targeted Emails Bearing Mini-Graphic NovelsHow Gatorade Redefined Its Audience And A Flagging Brand3 Lessons (And Warnings) For Agencies Looking To Emulate StartupsSpaceX Takes Flight To The International Space StationNot Safe For Lunch: Terminix Ads Reveal The Horror Movie Bug-Monsters In Your HomeSafestore Brings An Epic Speech And Cinematic Scale To Storage AdvertisingTribord’s Stunning, Wordless World Of WaterBehind Nike’s Interactive Epic, “My Time Is Now”A Hair Salon That Harks Back To The Wackiest Days Of 1980s DesignAmerican Express Tries New Incentive Scheme: FarmVille In-Game RewardsJason Saul: What is social innovation?Douglas Lebda: How do you prepare for a big meeting?Paul Pluschkell: How do you prepare for a big meeting?Kevin Prentiss: How do you encourage a culture of creativity and innovation?Paul Steinberg: How do you change the strategic direction of your business?Paige Kindell: How do you inspire your staff?Justin Moore: How do you handle mistakes?Striking Images Of The Oil Economy (Now At Your Fingertips)Google Closes Its $13 Billion Purchase Of Motorola MobilityNailed It! Hammer Solves An Age-Old Handyman ProblemSmart Shirt Syncs To Your iPhone, Trains You In PilatesA 4-Inch iPhone Looks More And More LikelyDr. Leslie Saxon’s Quest: iTunes For The Quantified SelfNew UberConference App Brings Social Smarts And A Graphical UI To Conference CallingKickstarting: Engineer Seeks Cash For Family-Sized, Low-Cost AirplaneHulu Adding 10 New Original Shows This SummerThe Major Players Shaking Up Online EducationMcDonalds Tries Out Contactless Pay In Austria, Via The CloudGet More From Pinterest Than Just Expensive IdeasAirbnb Now Comps Hosts Up To $1 Million For Those Pesky PartiersWhat Your Brand Can Learn From Neil GaimanWith Guerrilla Networking, A Little Monkey Business Will Get You NoticedAmerica’s Most Innovative Neighborhood: 15 Square Miles In New Mexico, Population: 0SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Successfully Launches Toward ISS [Updated: Scotty Aboard]This Is How You Brew PassionThink Like An Entrepreneur, Act Like An EmployeeHey Shopaholics, This Little Birdy Will Keep An Eye On What You Are SpendingThe Discovery Economy: When Digital App Play Leads To Real-Life FindsPop Goes The PivotHow An E-Invoicing Company Could Disrupt The Banking IndustryAre You Really Managing For Results?Imgur Blurs Line Between Memes and Ads with Lipton Brisk/”Scumbag Steve” HybridWhat Airplane Cockpits Look Like To The Rest Of UsRed Bull Gives Your Tweets a BeatA Lamp That Looks Like A Glowing Alpine PeakTrack Record: Tracing The Evolution Of Subway Systems30 Years, 30 Posters: Milton Glaser, 2×4, and Michael Bierut Celebrate AIGA/NYAnd Now, At Last, The Winner In Our Porsche 911 Challenge Is…Reggie Watts, Terence Stamp, Dancing Monks Star in Hot Chip’s New VideoNovel Evokes Middle East’s Twitter Revolution, With Melting Paragraphs And Fold-Out PagesInfographic: How Weather Tweets Compare To Real Weather DataA Carbon-Fiber Bench As Big As A Warehouse Weighs Barely 10 PoundsViral Electronics: What Makes Us Sick Might Also Give Us PowerHeralded by LCD Soundsystem’s “Shut Up and Play the Hits,” Pulse Films Comes to the U.S.4 Lessons From American Express On How To Sell Social Inside Your CompanyAntique Tools For Brain Surgery Are The Stuff Of NightmaresGreece Orders Blocking Of Music Piracy Sites10 Ways To Make The Business Case For Sustainability In The Arab WorldAn Art Gallery With A Ghostly Chain Mail SkinFoxconn Spending $210 Million on New Apple Production Facility In ChinaAn Edible Serving Size Marker To Keep You From Eating Too MuchEurope Proposes Antitrust Settlement To Google, Gives Just Weeks To ComplyNokia Releases A Font Designed To Work In Any Language5 Opportunities For Ed Tech To Amplify Children’s Curiosity, Not Destroy ItCamp Nectar Grows Square Fruit to Make a PointShocking, Beautiful Images Highlight Humanity’s Impact On NatureEmpowerment Marketing: Advertising To Humans As More Than Just Selfish MachinesTo Get To The Root Of A Hard Problem, Just Ask “Why” Five TimesTo Get To The Root Of A Hard Problem, Just Ask “Why” Five TimesLeap Motion’s 3-D System Is Like A Kinect For Controlling Your ComputerYouTube’s Seventh Birthday Sees 72 Hours Of Footage Uploaded Every MinuteAlibaba Buys Back Half Yahoo’s Stake In It For $7BnMicrosoft Quietly Debuts New Social Network, So.clEveryme And Social Networking’s FutureTwitter Blocked Then Restored By Pakistan’s Censors On Blasphemy GroundsInnovation Agents: Oscar Morales And One Million Voices Against FARCMonster Seeks Fresh Mojo By Merging Facebook Networking App BeKnown With Its Job SiteRobert Caro’s Lessons From Lyndon B. Johnson About How To Lead In A CrisisFacebook IPO: A Mega Meta Mashup Of MediaAnytime Fitness CEO Chuck Runyon’s 4 Rules For Tattoo-Level Brand Loyalty“Ghost Recon” Comes To Facebook–Will It Zap Zynga?Why Greenville Is The Knowledge Economy’s Next Big ThingDude, This Diplomat’s No StiffPredictable Time Off: The Team Solution To Overcoming Constant Work Connection8 Rules For Creating A Passionate Work CultureMustafa’s Space Drive: An Egyptian Student’s Quantum Physics InventionHey Facebook, Google Is Still The Most Talked-About IPO In Internet History14 Amazing Questions For BuzzFeed’s Ben SmithThe Really Big Guide Of Small Business Success Tips