The first Urbee rolled off the printing press a few days ago. Fast Company has an exclusive look at the sexy 200 mpg super-light hybrid. Last year, Stratasys and Kor Ecologic teamed up to develop the first 3-D printed car--a vehicle that has its entire body 3-D printed layer by layer until a finished product emerges
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Feed SubscriptionThe Neurobiology of Bliss–Sacred and Profane
In studies that observe the brain in action, the right hemisphere seems to be the sexy hemisphere. It lights up during orgasm--so much so that, in one study , much of the cortex went dark, leaving the right prefrontal cortex as a bright island
Read More »How to Create an Investor Presentation
There is no right, wrong or definitive way to get the attention of investors.
Read More »Peel Turns iPhones, iPads Into All-Knowing, Universal Super TV Remotes
“We call it the difference between mechanics and magic,” says Bala Krishnan (right) of the ultra-intuitive TV remote he created with partner Thiru Arunachalam. | Photograph by Toby Burditt How Peel cracked the code of navigating the gazillion-channel universe. AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, there are thousands of programs ready to stream via satellite dishes and cable wires -- everything from Jersey Shore to Hawaii Five-0
Read More »Aaron Levie, CEO Of Box.net, On The Future Of The Cloud
For this installment of our forward-looking Crystal Ballin' series we speak with the man who founded his could-based file-sharing platform in college.
Read More »Sharon Bruneau – From Bodybuilder to Bombshell
By: Philippe Matthews If you have opened a fitness magazine in the last last 20 years, you’ve probably seen a dark-haired, exotic bodybuilding beauty named Sharon Leigh Bruneau. Proud of her mixed heritage, Sharon is Metis (French-Canadian Indian). “My native ...
Read More »The Psychology Behind the New York Times Paywall
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, once said that if he had access to a better understanding of psychology , "I could forecast the economy better than anyone I know." In other words, behind all fancy financial models lies an assumption about how people behave. Humans are not walking calculators, we're often impulsive, lazy, biased, and terrible at math . As such, the New York Times paywall hail merry must make it through some key psychological barriers: a territorial grip on once-promised free information, our lazy preference to avoid tough decisions, and flawed memories of how much we actually use a product.
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