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Checking in on the state of global innovation

Oct 17, 2013
A look at Intel's Global Innovation Barometer study.

No ticket needed when you have a Sesame Ring

Oct 15, 2013
A new product is a sort of decoder ring for mass transit systems.

The best of EmTech

Oct 11, 2013
Kara Miller, host of WGBH radio show Innovation Hub, talks about her favorite things at EmTech.

Inside the MIT Media Lab

Oct 10, 2013
How the Media Lab came to be the Media Lab.

No more working at home for Hewlett-Packard employees?

Oct 9, 2013
First Yahoo. Now Hewlett-Packard is telling telecommuters to come back into the office.

In India, resource scarcity drives healthcare innovation

Sep 4, 2013
Some low-tech innovations are making a big difference.

MIT Tech Review's new list of top young techies

Aug 22, 2013
This year's list is just out. It's full of game makers, health care hackers, engineers and people hoping to build new energy economies.

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Why some things go viral, and some don't

Jul 23, 2013
Surgeon and writer Atul Gawande explains why some life-saving innovations don't always catch on right away.

LEGO my turnaround: When innovation hurts

Jun 25, 2013
LEGO almost went out of business in the early 2000s thanks to an over innovation frenzy. How did the company get back to the brick?

Why other cities want to copy Austin's innovative spirit

May 9, 2013
How has the capital of Texas became a hub for innovation and job creation, and what can other aspiring cities learn from Austin?