Several days ago at the TED conference we told you about Kluster's mission to create a product in seventy-two hours with the assistance of one thousand of the brightest people in the world. Well, the results are in, the votes…
Continue Reading →There are a lot of things we take for granted in an industrialized nation: a roof over every head, a chicken in every pot, and a macchiato in every post-consumer recycled paper cup. According to UNICEF, there are 1.1 billion…
Continue Reading →The world we live in sure is a strange place. Through all of the discovery, triumph, struggle, strife, greed, glitz, glamour and gore there is plenty for Earth's inhabitants to digest; the one consistent thing that seems to come out…
Continue Reading →While love may make the world go round, denim keeps the majority of the world's inhabitants from being pantsless. It's a rare phenomenon where one material has become the textile of choice the world over, but have you ever stopped…
Continue Reading →While the NEW YORK GIANTS SUPER BOWL VICTORY may have changed a few fans' outlook on the world for one shining moment, the fact of the matter remains that most of the world doesn't really care. They like the other…
Continue Reading →In 2007 Arab-American documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim was awarded a TED Idea Prize for her wish to "bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film." The realization of her dream will happen on May…
Continue Reading →For the longest time, the easiest way to keep track of what was happening on your block was to spend an entire day positioned at your front door gazing alertly through your favorite pair of binoculars, giving you precious little…
Continue Reading →We live in a world that bombards us with fear-inducing marketing aiming to convince us that we're too ugly, too fat, or too old so that we'll go out and buy stuff to fix it. How often, if ever, do…
Continue Reading →Metro daily newspaper's Sao Paulo arm reported yesterday that the other day city police found a giant plastic bottle floating down the river's Tiete River. However, just so you don't get the idea that this river is otherwise usually spic…
Continue Reading →I remember having a moment during the big ol' northeastern blackout in 2003. Without electricity, people left their houses. They walked outside and talked to each other. Best of all, I looked up and saw stars. In the wash of…
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