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Design

The iPod of Toilets

Ross Lovegrove has design the “iPod of toilets,” according to Swiss newspaper NZZ

Dec 12, 2005
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TED2006 Speaker Line-up Unveiled

The TED2006 program include Al Gore, Peter Gabriel, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. …

Dec 11, 2005
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Design

Visualizing global trends

Humans have a hard time picturing certain things: long-term consequences, very large numbers, global trends … For better or worse, our...

Dec 8, 2005
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Entertainment

Podcast: A real word, after all

The New Oxford American Dictionary declares “podcast” “word of the year.”

Dec 7, 2005
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Steve Levitt, Freakonomics, abortion and crime

Steven Levitt defends his theory linking New York City’s falling crime rate in the 90s with the legalization of abortion in the 70s.

Dec 6, 2005
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Design

In Praise of Industrial Design

Well-produced package on Forbes.com celebrates the world’s most influential industrial designers

Dec 6, 2005
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Entertainment

The Narnia Wars

Gazillions of words have written this past month about one of my boyhood heroes C S Lewis, in the run-up to the release of The Lion, The Wit...

Dec 6, 2005
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Design

Inspired Holiday Gifts, Part 1

A collection of inspired holiday gifts.

Dec 6, 2005
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Biology

On Global Warming: Bjorn Lomborg begs to differ

Bjorn Lomborg publishes a new essay, “The Relative Unimportance of Global Warming.”

Dec 6, 2005
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