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When digital cameras focus, they use a complicated and slow system that often doesn't come close to being correct.

These new tech tools can improve the flow of your business operations, help you attract new customers or develop new loyalty programs, and directly impact your monthly sales. You might notice something different about the sales receipt at Burgerville, a chain of 39 burger shops in the Portland area. Using a technology developed by SmartReceipt (www.receipt.com), the chain shows customized nutrition information about your specific order, news and trivia, and marketing information.

WaterForward transforms the concept of pay-it-forward into a viral philanthropy campaign for clean water projects. "I believe there's an enthusiasm around giving that we would hope to infect the world with," says charity: water founder Scott Harrison, whose breakout nonprofit has raised over $40 million for clean water projects worldwide

Morgan Wilson, a finalist from the first season of the Bravo reality TV series "Top Chef: Just Desserts," has been indicted in Plano, Texas on child pornography charges.

Call it a barometer of the Herman Cain brand: Calls to a slew of Godfather's franchises across the country suggest Cain's celebrity has failed to stimulate sales of Sicilian or pepperoni slices. Can Cain move voters if he can't move pizzas

Though the Texas fires dominated the news this summer, they were not America's largest. NASA's fire detection satellites are useful beyond just generating pretty but painful pictures.

Rick Perry's administration has forced a report on the effects of climate change on Texas to remove all references to, well, climate change. But that doesn't change what's happening to the state's climate. Scientists associated with a major study of environmental changes in the low-lying coastal region around Galveston, Texas, have withdrawn their names from the final report after high-level officials appointed by Governor Rick Perry removed references to sea level rise and climate change from the document.

In the sweltering heat of an early July afternoon, Michael R. Waters clambers down into a shadowy pit where a small hive of excavators edge their trowels into an ancient floodplain. A murmur rises from the crew, and one of the diggers gives Waters, an archaeologist at the Center for the Study of the First Americans at Texas A&M University, a dirt-smeared fragment of blue-gray stone called chert

According to many, downturns in the U.S. and European markets are primarily the result of unsustainable behaviors in the financial industry.

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For years artificial muscles have promised to deliver a more flexible, more durable alternative to electric motors and hydraulic systems.

Three brutal murders of Internet users shed light on Mexican narcogangs' monitoring of social media and the new dangers of blogging or commenting online in Mexico. In late September, police found the body of Nuevo Laredo resident Marisol Macias Castenada, a 39-year-old office manager for the city's Primera Hora newspaper, dumped on a bridge about a mile from the U.S. border

What's the future of solar energy? Fast Company gets Crystal Ballin' with Lynn Jurich, cofounder of SunRun, which is flourishing in a season that has seen a few high-profile bankruptcies in solar energy. For the latest installment in our futurist series of interviews, Crystal Ballin' , we talk to Lynn Jurich, the 32-year-old cofounder of SunRun , which specializes in installing and operating solar panels on residential rooftops.

TJ Farnsworth, founder and CEO of Sightline Health, is adamant about fostering a strong culture of customer service. But that dedication was put to the test when his father-in-law was diagnosed with cancer and became a customer

A new study finds evidence to support the idea of 'less is more'. Here's why scaling your company with fewer clients may just contribute to your company's long-term health.