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The Birth Of An Idea: Ads To Rebrand Girls

Fast Company asked several of the most creative ad agencies in the world to rebrand baby girls. Their mock campaigns recast girls as the No. 1 choice for consumers from China to the U.S

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Celebrate this Thanksgiving

We have plenty of reasons to complain. High unemployment, a frozen political system, an economy still struggling to get out of recession. Let's focus on the good stuff instead.

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Warby Parker Disrupts the Eyewear Industry

Neil Blumenthal and David Gilboa, two founders of Warby Parker, explain how they dramatically undercut the dominant glasses makers. They position their $95 vintage-inspired frames like women's fashion accessories--not just to be sold when a prescription runs out.

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Video: HealthPop: Turkey troubles, chemical cans, burning boxers

A special Thanksgiving edition of HealthPop - Doctors discover that in the first hour after eating a big meal, you're ten times more likely to have a heart attack; Also, new tests reveal troubling levels of BPA in canned foods; And, a Japanese company develops a pair of undies that promise to help you lose weight.

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The Elf That Stole Christmas

Christa Pitts left her job at QVC to help her mother and sister create a book and toy that have become a holiday tradition. In 2005, Christa Pitts left her job as a QVC host to help her mother, Carol Aebersold, and twin sister, Chanda Bell, launch Elf on the Shelf. The Marietta, Georgia-based company makes books and toys based on the family's Christmas tradition, which includes a toy elf who monitors naughty and nice behavior for Santa

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This Week In Bots: The Thanksgiving Edition

[youtube 9psNh-dJTDU] Kinect House Maids Meet SmartPal VII , a kind of interim stage before truly automated robot and butler bots start cleaning up your household mess for you--SmartPal's brains are actually you. The robot from Yashkawa Electric is designed to be controlled via a gesture and motion-tracking interface powered through a Microsoft Kinect system

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