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The 1889 Article That Predicted Siri
The phonograph's invention sparked wild speculation about the future of "talking machines"
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After 7,000 years of "drinking tubes", two men reinvented the straw in the last 150 years. The first made it modern. The second made it bend.
The phonograph's invention sparked wild speculation about the future of "talking machines"
A 60-year-old vision of "infostructure," the basis of the 21st century e-conomy
"Perhaps the driver will wear wrist electrodes." Okay, so it got some things wrong.
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A flashlight that can find cancer. Fake leaves that turn sunlight into fuel. A shirt that tells you if you're feeling sluggish. They're all real, and they're all right here.
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In the Black Fridays of tomorrow, as you browse the aisles, your bleary-eyed family members won't be the only things keeping you company
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The Web's core innovation for most users is the free (or nearly free) and easy distribution of media. Is that good for America?
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We asked Stamen, an award-winning design and technology studio in San Francisco, for its smartest new innovation. Here is what they gave us.
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We asked Samsung for its smartest new invention. This is what they gave us.
MasterCard
We asked MasterCard for its smartest new invention. Here is what they gave us.
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The price of starting a company has never been lower, and science is unpacking the common characteristics of entrepreneurs
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For centuries, breakthroughs in innovation rely on breakthroughs in collecting and measuring data. That should make us optimistic.
Intel
We asked Intel Labs for its smartest new invention. Here is is.
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What if we took the world's best ideas for helping young companies and stitched them together to create a kind of super-nation for innovation? Maybe it would look like this...
