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Wednesday, January 23
A Photo Tribute To America’s Biggest Solar Farm

A Photo Tribute To America’s Biggest Solar Farm

Jamey Stillings’s dazzling photographs of the Ivanpah solar thermal plant in California force us to consider not just the "how" of green energy, but the "where," too.

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Reassembling Logos Into Wry, Satirical Art

Reassembling Logos Into Wry, Satirical Art

François Curlet’s art is both sharply critical and lovingly crafted--it’s an odd but compelling combination.

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A Lightweight Music Festival Venue, Built At A Moment’s Notice

A Lightweight Music Festival Venue, Built At A Moment’s Notice

When the 2011 Red Bull Music Academy was relocated to Madrid due to a natural disaster, a local firm had just four months to come up with a plan from scratch. They needed only two.

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Thread Installations That Look Like They’re Straight Out Of Tron

Thread Installations That Look Like They’re Straight Out Of Tron

Jeongmoon Choi transforms empty rooms into elegant neon labyrinths using fluorescent cords.

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A Piece Of Cloth That Conjures Light And Sound

A Piece Of Cloth That Conjures Light And Sound

Luiz Zanotello envisions fabric as interface.

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App Scours Instagram To See What’s Going On Nearby, Right Now

App Scours Instagram To See What’s Going On Nearby, Right Now

A brilliant new social network scours Instagram for real-time events. If only the team had the resources to make their service operate in real time.

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A Tiny Box That Charges AA Batteries From Electromagnetic Fields

A Tiny Box That Charges AA Batteries From Electromagnetic Fields

Gadget-charging juice is in the air all around us. Dennis Siegel’s small white boxes harvest it.

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What Keeps NFC From Explosive Growth? A Gateway Product

What Keeps NFC From Explosive Growth? A Gateway Product

Near Field Communication should have changed the world by now. Two companies in the space tell us why consumers still just don’t get it.

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A Look At The New “Kinect” For Smartphones

A Look At The New “Kinect” For Smartphones

PrimeSense, makers of technology inside Microsoft’s Kinect, have revealed their latest 3-D sensor, small enough to fit in tablets and smartphones.

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6 Startup Lessons From Designers At Pinterest, Fuseproject, And Behance

6 Startup Lessons From Designers At Pinterest, Fuseproject, And Behance

Enrique Allen distills the takeaways from the Designer Founders book series.

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