Ford --which is about to release an all-electric version of the Focus--just put out the above map of the United States with the cities it feels are best suited to electric car ownership. And with a few exceptions, it looks like the flyover states aren't making preparations for the messianic arrival of the electric car. What do you want to bet that in the next presidential election, we'll add "electric-car" to the litany of liberal-associative words like arugula, lattes, and sushi
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The recession has highlighted the need for affordable, efficient, quick-to-build structures in urban areas. Because while many of us want to live in pricey cities like Seattle and San Francisco, few people can afford the steel and concrete structures that are nice to live in (and hold up in earthquakes).
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B.J. was one of many fellow inmates with big plans for the future
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A lot the conventional wisdom is all wet
Read More »Game Developers Accuse Amazon Of Ripping Them Off With Unfair Terms
Amazon's bid to earn money by making an Apple -like curated version of the Android Marketplace seems clever, if controversial , and a potential winner for Android users. But according to some, Amazon may be applying unfair restrictions to its software partners.
Read More »Preserving Indigenous Languages Via Twitter
Tweets in Basque? Tweets in Polynesian? Tweets in Navajo?
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TV and film industries treated 3-D like any other premium tech, pumping it full of marketing dollars. Everyone lost money
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Read More »White iPhone Cometh, Twitter Rejected $10B From Google, 100Mbps Coming Nationwide, And More…
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. White iPhone Due Soon Apple 's legendary white iPhone will be ready for AT&T and Verizon in a few weeks, according "three people with knowledge of the plans." Twitter Rejected $10 Billion Offer From Google Twitter reportedly turned down multiple offers, including $2 Billion from Facebook and one from Microsoft . Crowdsourced Map Campaign Attempts Anti-Slave Momentum Demand the Brand, a State Department-supported project, allows users to upload photos of themselves with products to "demand" that they be made slave-free.
Read More »Weight-loss pills: Time to ban Alli and Xenical?
Health advocates say the fat-blocking drugs should be pulled from market, citing health risks
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We have a space junk problem. Fragments from very small (a millimeter) to much bigger (several meters) are whirling around overhead at fantastic speeds, threatening satellites and astronauts.
Read More »The 10 Most Innovative Consumer Product Companies
01 / Nissan For creating the Leaf, the first mass-market electric car. 02 / Nike > > For its mix of sports, style, and yes, plastic bottles
Read More »Bipolar symptoms: What to look for (pictures)
Bipolar disorder can be hard to tell apart from other mood disorders
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