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The Candy Man

Rob Auerbach, founder of Louisville-based Candyrific, knows what kids want. Rob Auerbach knows what kids want. Candyrific, his Louisville-based company, manufactures sweets in attention-grabbing packages that often feature plastic cartoon characters, battery-operated fans, flashing lights, or other doodads.

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Somali Pirates Go High Tech

Somali pirates are turning to increasingly sophisticated methods such as satellite phones, custom-made GPS systems, and even monitoring the Internet to hunt down targets. Somali pirates aren't content just floating around in their fishing boats, looking for victims. These days, pirates off the Horn of Africa are turning to a sophisticated mix of weaponry, jerry-rigged GPS devices, and ingenious hacks of shipping-industry databases to hunt down prey.

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Blue Ventures Wins $100,000 Buckminster Fuller Challenge For Its Economic Model To Save Fish

By connecting conservation with wealth, Blue Ventures has found a way to convince fishing communities in the developing world that saving fish doesn't mean starvation--it means getting rich. There are not, in fact, always more fish in the sea. That we have overfished our oceans to near the point of no return has been rehashed over and over now for years.

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