Super Bowl XLVI: The Adverts

It’s that time of year again. Time for all American football fans to arise from the food coma 86 hot wings, 2 pepperoni pizzas, a case of Budweiser and a baby-sized mountain of BBQ potato chips will surely induce, even in the...

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This Bear's Life: New Doc Questions Tech and Nature

A new documentary has been causing quite a stir in the Film, Technology and Environmental Activism worlds. Created by Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison, the film,

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Tiny Vices: Urban Renewal Starts Small

Urban Decay is an unfortunate, but natural part of urban life. Whether thru neglect or insufficient funding of city renewal programs, this blight on an otherwise bustling city can slowly grow to an insurmountable odd. But the challenge of fixing...

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Flying People Are The New Viral

To promote the upcoming motion picture Chronicle, 20th Century Fox enacted a brilliant guerilla campaign that flew over the skies of Manhattan…..literally. If you were in the NYC area in the 24-hours,...

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'Buy-a-Brick', Feed A Community

Last spring we released our Future Sign: Collaborative Consumption. Within it we explored an emergent economic...

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Twitter Flirts With Brands The Right Way

It's unanimous: Twitter has changed the speed and manner in which we communicate. The flow of information is so fast in fact, that you can absorb all the info you need within 4-6 seconds and be on your way. It's the reason why it...

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Pieced Together: Collage Art Invades Branding

Last week we reported on Mish Mash, a competition held by

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The Power of Duck: Ducks Could Save Rice Farming in Asia

Within the agriculture world, synthetic pesticide use is an unfortunate, all too regular practice. But it’s getting a run for its money from the most unlikely of contenders: Ducks. Japanese farmers are revisiting an ancient...

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The Social Voice Gets Qwippy

If you were ever enmeshed in a teenage romance during those magical school years, you most likely are familiar with the phenomenon of the recordable picture album. It was a modest device that could hold up to a few, brief seconds of grainy,...

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Why Fixing is the Future...Or At Least Should Be

Planned Obsolescence. The unfortunate, yet accepted realty, built into the very fabric of any tech product worth its weight in microprocessors. For some...

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