Blog Profile / Fast Company
| URL : | http://www.fastcompany.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Business & Finance | |
| Posts on Regator: | 14421 | |
| Posts / Week: | 97.7 | |
| Archived Since: | July 26, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
Billionaire Says Babies Destroy A Woman's Focus In Wall Street Jobs
Quicklink Attribution: Fast Company Paul Tudor Jones told an audience at the University of Virginia that having children makes women unsuitable for the finance industry. His comments were not well received. Speaking at a symposium at...Show More Summary
Swedish House Mafia Bids Adieu with Music Video for Volvo
The dance music trio hits the road with Volvo. EDM trio Swedish House Mafia disbanded earlier this year, and they’re bidding a final farewell in this music video for Volvo. The video features their song Leave the World Behind You, featuring...Show More Summary
The Truth About Kids And Social Media
According to a recent study, 78% of parents helped create their children’s Facebook pages, and 7.5 million users are under the age of 13. The way your kids use social today will shape their future. It's time for everyone to get educated on how--and how not--to live online. Show More Summary
Five Non-Obvious Things This Google Study Reveals About Smartphone Shopping
Walk into any appliance store and you get it: People are using their phones to look up product details, scan reviews, and match prices. You know it's common, and you know that "showrooming" is a tricky but omnipresent part of retail culture. Show More Summary
This Map Shines A Light On Every U.S. Single Drone Attack
Obama is making changes to how the U.S. drone program operates, but the past of the program is still shrouded in secrecy. This map helps clarify exactly what our killer technology is doing overseas. On May 24, President Obama addressed the U.S. Show More Summary
This Strange Looking Funnel May Be The Future Of Wind Power (Or Not)
The people behind the Invelox turbine claim that it can take a small gust of wind and make it much bigger. If they’re right, it could change the equation of renewable power. Daryoush Allaei thinks the wind power industry has it all wrong. Show More Summary
See a Music Channel Challenge Shazam In A Different Kind Of Epic Rap Battle
French music channel Trace apparently subscribes to the idea that in order to be the man, you’ve got to beat the man. And by man we mean machine. The game of Name That Tune got a whole lot easier in the aughts when Shazam came on the scene. Show More Summary
12 More-Sad-Than-Funny Cartoons That Illuminate The War On Science
From lobbyists gutting science bills to Congress not knowing the Earth is round, have a sigh and a chuckle at the punchlines in these entries in the Union of Concerned Scientists anti-science cartoon contest. From climate change to evolution, science is under siege. Show More Summary
Lest We Forget: Retro-Styled Posters Personalize Fallen Soldiers
Artist--and member of the armed forces--Poto Leifi puts a new, poignant face on classic WWII posters. Poto Leifi designed belts, blue jeans, shoes and vintage jazz posters, but what he really wanted to do, in post-9/11 America, was join the Army. Show More Summary
Very Early Web Page Unearthed After CERN's Plea For Online Relics
The page includes an innovative new way of spelling demonstration. Demonfdgfgstration, anyone? What are your earliest memories of the web? What site did you first visit? How old were you? What browser were you on? A webpage dating back...Show More Summary
Argue Like America's Most Controversial Philosopher
Dan Dennett explained consciousness, skewered religion, and pumped intuition. Now he wants to teach you how to argue. The New York Times has described Daniel Dennett as "perhaps America’s most widely read (and debated) living philosopher": cognitive scientist, outspoken athiest, and eminently bearded scholar. Show More Summary
This Anti-Gravity 3-D Printer Can Make Objects Anywhere—Even Space
The Mataerial printer squirts quick-drying polymers from a nozzle, like it was frosting a cake, creating a new model for 3-D printing that doesn’t require layers and supports to make a new object. While many creators look at 3-D printing...Show More Summary
The Boy Scouts Vote To Allow Gay Youth
But adult gay scouts are still banned. With a vote this afternoon, the Boy Scouts of America made official a policy that’s been in the work for months: gay youth will no longer be excluded from the troop. As for gay adults, they’ll still have to sit on the sideline. Show More Summary
Tracking: Drones And The Law
Armed drones abroad and autonomous commercial and law enforcement aircraft at home are entangled in ever-changing legal issues. Here is Fast Company's look at the evolving legal aspects, and what they mean for the future. 6:15 p.m.,Show More Summary
Hop On Prague’s New Love Train To Find A Date
The city is planning to introduce cars for single people, in an attempt to get their young people having babies. Prague has one of the most heavily used public transport systems on the planet; most local commuters use the system four times a day. Show More Summary
Farewell, It’s Been A Privilege
Co.Design’s founding editor bids adieu. After three-and-a-half years as founding editor of Co.Design, I’m departing to pursue another opportunity. But it’s just me leaving. Co.Design’s talented staff, which has made this site what it is day after day, is ready to take it to the next level. Show More Summary
Watch Musical Water Dance Inside A Bottle Cap
A simple DIY rig becomes a beautiful, interactive exploration of music flowing through water. Amongst all the CGI dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, the visual that’s etched most deeply into my memory is a simple glass of water. As the tyrannosaurus loomed closer, ripples in the water’s surface grew larger. Show More Summary
Can This Sleek Lighter Challenge The Zippo?
Alessi’s new Sushi lighter is at home both in your pocket and your kitchen. Design is a search to perfectly integrate form, function, and meaning. A single design can take years of iterations and refinements and still may never embody that ideal. Show More Summary
The Fifty Shades Factor: Amazon Gives Fanfic Authors A Shot At A Publishing Payday With Kindle Worlds
Recognizing that the world of fan fiction has produced a bona fide blockbuster, Amazon is now turning fanfic from a grey market to a sanctioned revenue opportunity with Kindle Worlds. The site FanFiction.net, one of the larger outposts...Show More Summary
Summer Heat Is Going To Make New York Deadly
The amount of people dying from heat-related deaths in the city is going to rise rapidly thanks to climate change. Summer heat waves can transform East Coast cities likes New York and Washington, DC, into humid, odiferous swamps of misery and stagnation. Show More Summary