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March 14 2012
The Crazily Complex Innards Of Antique Adding Machines

The Crazily Complex Innards Of Antique Adding Machines

Kevin Twomey takes an intimate look at adding machines, which did calculations using complicated mechanical gears.

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Infographics Show The Cultural Divide Between Country Music And Pop

Infographics Show The Cultural Divide Between Country Music And Pop

It’s hard to get precise about the differing ways the North and South mythologize themselves. But these infographics get close.

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The iPad Of Air Purifiers: Controlled By Gestures

The iPad Of Air Purifiers: Controlled By Gestures

We’ve got video of the rad motion-sensitive interface.

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Olympics Shooting Gallery Looks Like A Giant Octopus

Olympics 2012

Olympics Shooting Gallery Looks Like A Giant Octopus

Either the place was blasted by the world’s silliest M60 or a giant octopus has invaded London.

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Amazing Metal Furniture Tricks Your Eye Into Thinking It’s Delicate Fabric

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Amazing Metal Furniture Tricks Your Eye Into Thinking It’s Delicate Fabric

Metal pillow fight, anyone?

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Using Motion Capture And Code, To Turn Gymnasts Into Data Art

Olympics 2012

Using Motion Capture And Code, To Turn Gymnasts Into Data Art

Amazing animations turn motion capture into high art. Or Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 3.0

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IPad App Turns Your Twitter Feed Into Microbial Warfare

IPad App Turns Your Twitter Feed Into Microbial Warfare

Biologic is the latest offering from Bloom, a company founded by alums of famed data-viz firm Stamen.

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Awesome: A Lamp That Keeps You From Crawling To Find A Power Socket

Simple Genius

Awesome: A Lamp That Keeps You From Crawling To Find A Power Socket

Using simply a socket built into its base. Why didn’t I think of that?!

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Watch What Traffic Will Look Like When Cars Drive Themselves

Watch What Traffic Will Look Like When Cars Drive Themselves

An awesome visualization of how automated cars will traverse an intersection. Wait though! This looks familiar …

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3 Things Every Company Can Do To Stay Off Customers’ Sh*t Lists

3 Things Every Company Can Do To Stay Off Customers’ Sh*t Lists

Written by: Cale Thompson

Consumers are constantly comparing your product to a host of others. So look outside your market and shamelessly steal what works, argues Ziba’s Cale Thompson.

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Deputy Editor : Belinda Lanks
03 / 14 two thousand and twelve
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From the Editor

Thanks for stopping by Fast Company’s Co.Design. If you’ve been a reader for some time, you’ll notice that we’ve just unveiled a brand-new redesign. You can read about the thought process behind it here. Our content, of course, will be the same: Our focus is on highlighting the world’s best examples of design and innovation, working in concert.

We started this site with a few simple premises in mind. First, design is a window onto the world at large, and the culture we live in.

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