Innovation

Innovation

a man sitting in a wheel chair next to a laptop.
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
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During the industrial era the cost of artificial light fell off a cliff — and the road to illumination was paved with ingenuity and slaughter.
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The challenges of setting out in a new direction can be overwhelming — but we can learn to navigate the inflection moments.
Two hands fitting together puzzle pieces with the words "mindset" and "capabilities", against a backdrop featuring the word "execution" and an image of a rocket launch.
For human-centered leadership to achieve a “tipping point," people, productivity, and profits must be aligned.
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If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
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Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in "Elden Ring" and beyond.
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A rift in thinking about who should control powerful new technologies sent the brothers on diverging paths. For one, the story ended with a mission to bring science to the public.
Twin Health lets patients with diabetes see what’s happening inside their own body and can model each patient’s unique metabolism.
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Architect and brand innovator Kevin Ervin Kelley sounds the alarm for workplace culture — and argues for a “big bang” collision of forms and shapes.
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The former Nintendo president has become synonymous with the backlash against layoffs — because, like a great leader, he focused on lifting people.
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Ground-based facilities enable the greatest scientific production in all of astronomy. The NSF needs to be ambitious, and it's now or never.
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Save and group content to support your unique learning programs
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Too many leaders create an imbalance between thinking and doing — but a clear vision can be sharpened through deep reflection.
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Tech designed to fuse atoms might be able to clean up space, too.
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Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman just invested $100 million into the company.
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In 1924, sociologist and social reformer Caroline Bartlett Crane designed an award-winning tiny home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Its creators hope the technology will help people meaningfully connect with the external world.
A woman is working on a robot in a factory.
NASA gave three robots plans for a moon shelter, and the robots figured out how to build it.
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What Shark Tank pitches, Sundance films, and unusual sandwiches show us about our choices.
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Former President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, unpacks the leadership strategy behind her success.
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AI is both a tool and a catalyst — and the key to successful integration is to rewrite your rule book and tinker.
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Meta and NYU’s robot can navigate and clean rooms it’s never seen before.
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Big Think spoke with animator and animation historian Tom Sito about the cyclical evolution of animation.
A man is fearlessly standing on top of a cliff.
The management of fear is a core leadership skill in today’s globalized world — and the task is not as daunting as you might expect.
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Do grim sci-fi scenarios crush our hopes for real-world growth? Author Michael Harris looks elsewhere to unblock the road to a better future.
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Practical ML can radically improve business operations, but there’s a deployment issue.
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A $30,000 electric vehicle with 400 miles of range that charges in under 10 minutes remains a pipe dream over the near future.
Tesla in a suit sitting in a chair.
"She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
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The futuristic weapon could be ready for the battlefield in 5 years.