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In April, University of Pennsylvania hosted the 15th annual Wharton India Economic Forum, an elite conference on growth opportunities in India. Among the attendees, who were predominately of Indian descent, was Adam Sachs, a 28-year-old Jewish kid from New Jersey. As it turns out, Sachs' two-year-old start-up, a group dating website called Ignighter.com , is one of the hottest new websites in India.

The young entrepreneurs on our 30 Under 30 list make and sell some of the coolest products we've seen. At the same time, they're making a global social impact, encouraging us to eat healthier, and helping us customize our own bling

The Fast Company reader's essential rundown of who's breaking into and shaking up your tech space--starting early in the morning and updated all day. 1. A high-profile event was held today in London, ahead of the official Pottermore reveal--the event at which J.K.

The Hippo Roller has made life easier for thousands of water-starved people--but it's very expensive. The WaterWheel--designed to solve the water crisis in India--is the next generation of wheeled water carriers. Not everyone can just turn on the tap to access clean water; in the developing world, women regularly carry five-gallon, 42-pound buckets of water on their heads.

“The goal,” says Paul Brinkley, a former technology executive and now Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, “is to create an indigenous economy in Afghanistan that gives the Afghans hope, creates employment opportunities for young people, and discourages association with the radicals.” When you think of Afghanistan, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? War?

Area 51 doesn't exist officially, but newly declassified images show an exciting glimpse into its secretive past: An A12 aircraft (shown under radar testing here), stealthy forerunner to the amazing BlackBird, crashed out in the desert and had to be completely covered up so no data leaked. It was a success, until now. 1.

At this week's Research@Intel event, Fast Company had the chance to see some of the tech giant's freshest research-stage projects--from cheap power for the developing world to simple plug-and-play home energy monitoring. When a computing giant like Intel decides to get into the energy management space, it's safe to assume that big things are coming. We've seen hints of it before--Intel announced in 2009 that it was working on energy management systems for buildings--and at this week's Research@Intel event, Fast Company had the chance to see some of the company's freshest research-stage projects that could soon be changing the way the world uses and generates electricity.

Vasu Kulkarni is using his computer engineering and entrepreneurship degrees to elevate the playing experience for high-school basketball teams. | Photograph by David Yellen Startup Krossover is bringing number-crunching technology to high-school athletics. DATA ANALYTICS has recently become a red-hot trend in professional sports

For the third year in a row we have put together a list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business.

Southern Africa, India and Southeast Asia will be plagued with both high susceptibility and a lack of coping mechanisms as climate change takes its toll, according to models published in a new study.

Farming in India is a brutal business. mKrishi makes it a little easier, by giving farmers predictive data about how to save their farms--and their lives. A farmer commits suicide every 30 minutes in India

Sickweather is the latest effort to mine data in order to reveal how common colds--and worse--are going around your neighborhood. Like it or not, sickness often infects you and your friends

And how other brands could get messianic in their message and convert consumers to acolytes.

This year, he launched the first social-networking automobile so drivers can get Facebook, Twitter, texts and Internet connectivity and still keep their hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road. The trick, Dinesh Paliwal, chairman, president and CEO of Harman International Industries, tells Fast Company, was to develop technology that serves to combat drivers’ distraction, meet auto regulations, and bring 4G smartphone-like functionality to the car. If he makes it sound simple, it’s because solving complex technological problems comes easily to this engineer with an MBA

(PhysOrg.com) -- Direct evidence of the existence of gravitational waves is something that has long eluded researchers, however new research has suggested that adding just one of the proposed detectors in Japan, Australia and India will drastically increase the expected rate of detection.