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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.

Three years after Lehman collapsed, small businesses have bounced back little. Inc.com's look at the data shows just how elusive recovery has been.

Following a demonstration of Windows 8 at Microsoft's BUILD conference,

Some of us spend the weekends kicking back. Or gardening.

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Forget Paula Deen’s Lady’s Brunch Burger , KFC's Double Down , and the fact that New York's Governors Island was renamed Pig Island last weekend: There is a new wave of diners who are heading in a more restrained direction food-wise, whether that means being more mindful of their food's origins or going all-out gluten-free or vegan. "In general, a lot more people care about where their food comes from," says Dan Kluger, chef at the James Beard Award-winning (and perpetually packed) ABC Kitchen in New York City

After a one-day course I teach on “influence,” participants often comment that they are surprised it took so long to get what they came for. They signed up to learn how to convince people, how to shape others’ perceptions, how to make more conversations go the way they want them to go.

Launching a new brand is expensive. Far easier, these days: Bring back (or polish up) an old one. "At one point , we were going to call ourselves 'The Re Company,'" says Mark Thomann.

Inside the life and mind of Phillip Lim, one of the most talented and most elusive young fashion designers of our time.

What happens when a group of young Swedes rent a New York loft for one month to launch their business?

Have you ever been primed?

Some half of small businesses never reopen after a data Armageddon.

What's a concerned citizen to do? In an effort to reduce the amount of water the state imports, it's now producing an incredibly powerful greenhouse gas while it cleans its wastewater. Here’s a conundrum

Organizing a group-bought gift for someone special can be a gigantic hassle. Enter Shareagift--which leverages social networking, online payments, and gift-suggestion algorithms--to sweeten the whole deal. "It's your friend's birthday and you know she really wants an iPad, but you only have enough for the classic annual scented candle," teases the press release for Shareagift , a new London startup that brings online payments and social networking to collborative gift-buying

Coming to a city near you soon: By adding giant flywheels to subway systems, cities are able to harness the power created by thousands of braking trains, using it to accelerate other trains or feeding it back into the grid. Every time a train starts and stops, it draws or dissipates several megawatts of energy, enough to power more than a thousand homes. This happens thousands of time per day, every day, in commuter rail systems across the country.