Catamarans have come a long way in terms of their appeal as pleasure vessels, and Taiwanese shipbuilder Horizon Yacht takes them a step further with its newest model, the PC58—the yard’s first foray into the category. The dual hulls of the nearly 60-foot-long boat provide the PC58 with a beam ...
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Fabled audio designer Nelson Pass, who founded Pass Laboratories in 1991, has taken another step forward in his quest for the purest and most natural sound possible from solid-state gear. Already feted for his amplifiers’ transparency, clarity, and sonic beauty, Pass sought an even more liquid sound with the same ...
Read More »Breguet Exhibit Celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the Wristwatch
Manufacture d’horlogerie Breguet celebrates the 200th anniversary of the creation of the world’s first wristwatch, which it produced for the queen of Naples, Napol
Read More »Generation Flux: Danah Boyd
Our talk with danah boyd, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research. She studied at Brown, MIT Media Lab, and UC Berkeley, and was named "High Priestess of the Internet" by the Financial Times
Read More »Disruptive Innovation, Dog-Food Edition
Believe it or not, at one point we actually fed our pets real food. That was, until people-food companies realized they could maximize their resources by mashing together all of their scrap meat, leftover grains, eggshells, and bones, injecting some vitamins, and cooking it up into “kibble.”
Read More »"Totally drug-resistant" tuberculosis strain worries Indian doctors
Doctors in Mumbai reported 12 patients who failed initial treatment and didn't respond to other medication given over two to three years
Read More »Chobani Yogurt Tickles The Tastes Of Pinterest Addicts, And So Can Your Brand
There's a new social media platform every minute, it seems, and the darling of the moment is Pinterest. Here are some expert tips from Chobani Yogurt's social media team on how to get beyond flavor of the week
Read More »British woman Hazel Jones spotlights uterus didelphys on talk show
Condition causes woman, 27, to have two vaginas; uterus didelphys may affect up to 1 in 3,000 women
Read More »Two vaginas? British woman Hazel Jones discusses having uterus didelphys
Condition causes woman, 27, to have two vaginas; uterus didelphys may affect up to 1 in 3,000 women
Read More »Remain Diligent: SOPA And PIPA Must Be Squashed, Not Changed
As members of both the Senate and the House start falling back to a more defensible position by considering the removal of the DNS provision from SOPA and PIPA, many voices of opposition to the bills are claiming victory.
Read More »Gibson Guitar And IBM: The Art, And Science, Of Doing Well By Doing Good
When it comes to being good corporate citizens, enlightened self-interest can and should carry they day. Learn how two remarkably different companies, Gibson Guitar and IBM, are doing good for their brands and their communities. At first glance, Nashville-based
Read More »Three Men And A Basement: How Carrot Creative Grew
How three college grads worked in a basement and lived off of ramen as they built "the best and brightest social media agency on the planet." [twistage 3322f1af891b4] Mike Germano met Chris Petescia in high school, and then Bobby Gaafar in college.
Read More »How Computers, Curators, And Users Create Pandora’s Playlists
In this extended version of the talk from our new issue , we speak with Tom Conrad, the CTO and Executive VP of Product at Pandora. Why does it take so much input from so many sources for the company to build perfect playlists
Read More »What your looks say about your health
Can you hear what your appearance is whispering to you?
Read More »"Totally drug-resistant" TB found in India
12 patients have been flagged by doctors in Mumbai; Similar highly resistant cases have been noted before
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