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A series of new video games for kids with cystic fibrosis not only helps them stick to treatment regimens, but also significantly improves breathing performance. Gamification to the rescue! One of the hardest parts of treating cystic fibrosis in children is convincing them to perform tedious breathing exercises required to keep airways clear. However, a new study that applies gamification techniques to cystic-fibrosis treatment indicates that specially made video games not only get children to perform breathing exercises--they also improves breathing performance when not playing games

Though Apple's taken a pretty conservative line with the hardware refresh for its iMac desktop PCs, it turns out that the guts of the machines harbor some juicy secrets. Apple's brand new iMacs, while having the expected spec bump in terms of raw processor power and graphics capabilities, were about as conservative as you can get in terms of adjusting the actual look and feel.

Think you've honed your 4H chops with hours of online agriculture? You can now control a real British farm to see how you do. God save the cows

DonorsChoose.org didn't attract 250,000 donors and $30 million dollars to fund 60,000 classroom projects by relying solely on their good will alone. At Fast Company's Innovation Uncensored 2011, founder Charles Best shared how he's partnered with a wide variety of corporations to make Donors Choose as tempting as fatty snacks. Go to Starbucks and log in to the Wi-Fi.

An Israeli firm has unveiled a tiny medical camera that is less than a millimeter wide. More importantly, the camera is disposable--which could help lower the cost of surgeries and diagnostic procedures.

E-Ink Holdings, which makes the display tech behind Amazon's Kindle e-reader, can now print updatable digital displays onto cloth . Yep...you're already imagining what Google or Facebook could do with the ad space on your T-shirt , aren't you?

When five local entrepreneurs purchased the Kansas City, Missouri-based Major League Soccer franchise for $15 million back in 2006 (then known as the Wizards), they came into a business that had been owned by the late Lamar Hunt as a secondary property behind his NFL team (the Kansas City Chiefs) and that didn't have much brand identity. The new owners, though, came in with little soccer knowledge but focused on building an innovative business and becoming a community staple.

In a new story for tablet app The Atavist, writer David Wolman explores just how important social media really was to the Egyptian uprising. Here's an early look. In March 2008, a young would-be civil engineer named Ahmed Maher created a Facebook page called April 6 Youth with a woman named Issra Abdel-Fattah

Even Jerry Seinfeld, stubbornly analog anti-Twitterer, has joined the Internet Age. Did you hear the one about the Internet? Comedy is dominating Net buzz in big ways this week, with several announcements that will make denizens of the web smile--and laugh

Xobni, which makes a free Microsoft Outlook plug-in that helps you manage your inbox, has launched the Xobni Gadget Store . If you already have Xobni installed, you can visit the store and download “gadgets” from a variety of services, including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

No. But Chinese scientists think new nanotech filters could do a better job at blocking out badness. Conventional cigarette filters are made of cellulose--low-tech, old, but effective.

AT&T expands its forays into the daily deals space, this time through yellowpages.com. Why a telecommunications company may have a natural advantage in daily deals.

Removing subsidies for both dirty and clean energy would force everyone to compete on their own merits. The federal government should get rid of permanent energy subsidies for all energy sources, including fossil fuels, nuclear, solar, wind, biofuels.

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. Bad News For AOL And Microsoft Beleaguered former dial-up king AOL continues to suffer, posting a $551 million revenue drop from a year ago--a whopping 17% decrease.

Is it possible that the traditional office worker has the most dangerous job in America? Consider the following studies that found sitting for extended periods is hazardous to your health. In 2007, Dr