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This Week In Bots: Saluting The First President Of The Robot Epoch
Bot vid: Darpa's Robbie One of the more interesting robotics programs that DARPA funds is the Autonomous Robotic Manipulation project, designed to produce robots that can perform relatively complex... Continue reading »
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SpaceX's Dragon Capsule Makes Historic Rendezvous With ISS
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors. Following a successful launch on Tuesday--and a series of complex maneuvers demonstrating that it could be controlled both from the ground and by... Continue reading »
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How To Evolve Your Career
Call it vocational Darwinism: Seeing similarities between the Galapagos Islands and our recession-era ecosystem, Nacie Carson wrote The Finch Effect to help you be more like those titular... Continue reading »
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3 Lessons In Corporate Frugality From The Developing World
As the Western formula of sustained growth--think top-down management, expensive R&D, and highly structured innovation--loses touch, American leaders can learn from companies in the developing world.... Continue reading »
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A TV Platform So Disruptive Everyone's Suing It
We chat with Chet Kanojia of Aereo, the new TV-where-and-when-you-want-it service that has a few legal troubles. Could Aereo finally disrupt the loathed cable bundle--and TV altogether? Chet Kanojia... Continue reading »
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Facebook Users Campaign For Vote On Amended Privacy Rules
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors. In the week after its IPO, it's now being reported by The Register that close to 50,000 Facebook users have commented negatively in regard to... Continue reading »
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Paula Wallace Is The Reason These Art Kids Today Mean Business
The former kindergarten teacher co-founded the Savannah College of Art & Design and serves as its president. She's preparing students for creative careers by teaching collaboration and the art of... Continue reading »
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Google Brings Transparency To Copyright Removal Requests
Google has been asked to remove more than 1.2 million urls from its search index in the last month from more than a thousand copyright owners. Want to know how? You can find out using a newly... Continue reading »
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How Ecodev Persuades Companies To Bring Manufacturing Back To The U.S. (Hint: It's Cheaper)
Ecodev, a Minnesota-based economic development consultancy, helps American businesses see that manufacturing products stateside isn't just a matter of national pride, it's good for their bottom line.... Continue reading »
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The Discovery Economy: How Your Credit Card Is Becoming A Data, Discounts Doorway
The fast rate of credit card innovation continues apace. Is this only about money? Or is it also about the discovery of new things and ideas? Square and similar systems have changed the way we pay... Continue reading »
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Otoy's Tech Streams Games, Apps, And More Across All Devices In A Browser Window
Otoy, the company behind the tech that made Benjamin Button age in reverse and the actors playing the Winklevii look identical in "The Social Network," is developing tech to flawlessly port any... Continue reading »
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Verifone And PayPal Partner To Change The Way You Shop At Big Retailers
Verifone and PayPal have just announced they're teaming up to bring PayPal's next-generation payment system to the country's large retailers. PayPal can already be used in about 2,000 Home Depot... Continue reading »
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Yahoo's Axis And The New Search Wars
Yahoo is reimagining the front end. Google is working on the back end. And Bing is tackling both. Who will win the new search wars? On Wednesday, Yahoo released Axis, a new browser plug-in and iPhone... Continue reading »
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Yahoo Accidentally Leaks Private Encryption Key For Axis, Its New Search System
News updates all day from your Fast Company editors. Last night Yahoo introduced Axis, a browser extension/ mobile app designed to turbo-boost Internet searching. It's a bold new front in the Search... Continue reading »
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How YouSendIt's New CEO Plans To Take On A Mob Of Flashy, Well-Funded Cloud Competitors
With Dropbox, Box, and now Google Drive hankering to usurp YouSendIt's market leadership, newly minted CEO Brad Garlinghouse is keeping a cool head--and an eye on customers. He’s a week into his... Continue reading »
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The "Hell Yes!" Approach To Better, Bolder Decision Making
Over the past few years, I've worked with and interviewed hundreds of CEO's, authors, entrepreneurs, and creatives. One key factor that separates inspiring and successful leaders from those who are... Continue reading »
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Dan Beckmann And Tom Hallaran’s Plan To Bring Big Data To Big Government
If your elected officials suddenly seem less clueless, you might thank Beckmann and Hallaran, creators of Congressional analytics dashboard, Correlate. After the inauguration of President Barack... Continue reading »
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If Your Employees Are Squabbling, Your Company's Probably Standing Still
In today's changing work environment, it's important for leaders to provide clarity of direction. If they don’t, fear, frustration, and inefficiency start to creep in. In the same way that a... Continue reading »
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4 Strategies To Turn "Big" Into A Disadvantage
Whether you are writing your first business plan or have been in business for years struggling against a larger competitor, you can multiply your chances of success by stacking together strategies... Continue reading »
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5 Ways To Prep For Your Next, Better Job
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Baby Boomers held an average of 11 jobs from the ages of 18-44--and the trend continues with their children, members of Generation Flux. The BLS... Continue reading »
