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Unconsumption helps people re-label their products with an anti-branding brand.

The hospital of the future just got a lot more flashy. Creative technology agency Obscura Digital is known for its impressive visual displays--the YouTube symphony orchestra , a 26-story high projection on Coca-Cola's headquarters, and the Cuelight interactive pool table are just some of the agency's many feats

The hospital of the future just got a lot more flashy. Creative technology agency Obscura Digital is known for its impressive visual displays--the YouTube symphony orchestra , a 26-story high projection on Coca-Cola's headquarters, and the Cuelight interactive pool table are just some of the agency's many feats. Now Obscura is bringing its design smarts to the health care industry.

When honey is your main ingredient, the prospect of bees dying is quite real and dire. Hence Honeydrop's plan to donate profits to bees, to keep its supplies flowing. Honeybees are more important than their small size might indicate--they pollinate one-third of U.S

This tiny tablet can be powered by the sun, and dramatically improves a student's abilities to learn math. Over the years, computers have become an integral part of education in the developed world. But what of schools in less wealthy areas that lack access to electricity, not to mention the cash for pricey electronics?

Their new Arizona plant is a test case for every conceivable kind of sustainable upgrade to manufacturing.

Organic farmers have a wealth of alternatives to synthetic insecticides--biological pest control, row covers, and even natural insecticides. A company called AgriSolar has a different alternative: a solar-powered system that attracts, disorients, and ultimately kills insects. The system is incredibly effective, if AgriSolar is to be believed.

Forget self-driving cars ; Nissan and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland (EPFL) have teamed up to work on mind-reading vehicle technology. Truly hands-free driving may not be too far off. Thought control via brain machine interface isn't a new idea--EPFL researchers are already working on mind-reading wheelchair systems

It's no secret that the healthcare industry is technologically backwards.

The first Urbee rolled off the printing press a few days ago. Fast Company has an exclusive look at the sexy 200 mpg super-light hybrid. Last year, Stratasys and Kor Ecologic teamed up to develop the first 3-D printed car--a vehicle that has its entire body 3-D printed layer by layer until a finished product emerges

Tiny movements can be converted to a lot of power with this latest advancement in piezeoelectrics, so even stationary gadgets can be powered just by their own subtle vibrations. Wireless sensors are an invaluable part of modern society.

You might not think of toting your kids and their gear around in a $100,000 hybrid sports car, but perhaps you should. You'll be the envy of the block

To resupply Arctic mines and oil rigs, roads are expensive (if not simply out of the question).

Will having a cartoon animal that lives in your fridge and firmly tells you to save energy get you to close the fridge door faster?

The knock on LED bulbs has always been their incredibly high price point. But the new Definity bulb has a price so low, it may get people to make the switch. They may cast a warmer glow than CFLs, but LED bulbs are still a long way from becoming energy-efficient incandescent bulb replacements.