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September 2, 2014
Why This Company Wants To Take You On a Balloon Ride To The Edge Of Space
Jane Porter's World View Enterprises is pioneering travel to the top of the atmosphere. What might we see up there?
If Jane Poynter has her way, a regular person will be able to ride up to the edge of space quicker than they could take a commercial flight across the country--without the hassle of a lengthy security line.
August 29, 2014
Wheeee! What It's Like To Wear A Virtual Reality Headset On A Roller Coaster
Why would you wear an Oculus Rift on a roller coaster? Why WOULDN'T you?!?
You know how you go get froyo, and at first it seems like enough to just top it with a few pieces of fresh fruit. "This is perfection," you think, "the simple pleasures." And then you're beckoned to the sprinkles, Oreo crumbles, the radioactively pink frosted animal crackers, and piping hot caramel sauce that call your name like a siren. By the time you're done, it looks like a clown's intestines exploded all over your probiotic treat.
Rebecca Minkoff To Debut Tech-Enabled Jewelry
The brand's five-piece collection is in keeping with a growing emphasis on "functional fashion."
Rebecca Minkoff, the fashion brand known for elegant accessories with a downtown edge, is following in the footsteps of competitors like Diane von Furstenberg and Tory Burch and designing a line of five wearable devices that will launch this fall.
The Recommender: Kc Ifeanyi, The Guy Who Won An Emmy And Won't Let You Forget It
The best things on the Internet this week, curated by Fast Company employees.
Kc IfeanyiPhoto: Celine Grouard for Fast Company Name: Kc Ifeanyi
Role at Fast Company: Assistant Editor
Twitter: @kcifeanyi
Hack Your Bike With These Smart Upgrades
Seven ways to bring your ride into the future.
Earlier this week we covered a bicycle that can't be stolen because the lock is part of the frame. But what if you want to hack the bike you already have?
Are 3-D Video Capsules The New Family Photo Albums?
A platform that stores family memories for hundreds of years.
This story includes an interview with Yourbot founder Ekim Kaya.
These Cleaning Bots Work for Less Than Minimum Wage
A company called Avidbots is making professional-grade Roomba-like robots.
This story includes an interview with Avidbots cofounder Faizan Sheikh.
Want To Win A Lifetime Of Free Taco Bell? Find These Special $1 Bills
Good luck.
To celebrate the release of its new dollar menu, Taco Bell is holding a contest that could give up to 11 winners a "lifetime" of free Taco Bell. (And, presumably, of heartburn.) What does earning such a prize entail? Finding a special $1 bill out in the wild.
75% Of Ikea's Catalog Is Computer Generated Imagery
You could have fooled us. Wait, actually, you did.
The best special effects are often the ones you never notice--which may make Ikea the most skillful special effects studio in the world. The Swedish furniture company has been aggressively ramping up its use of computer generated imagery in their catalogs. Ikea's first CG photo was a Bertil pinewood chair in 2006. By 2012, the Wall Street Journal reported that 25% of their products were CG. Today, that figure has ballooned to 75%.
Apple To Developers: No Selling HealthKit Data To Advertisers
Developers can, however, hand the data over to medical researchers with a user's consent.
When Apple unveiled its HealthKit toolset for app developers at the Worldwide Developer Conference in June, it hinted at a future where everything from our heart rates to our daily footsteps to our sleep time could be tallied and molded into raw data, thanks to iOS 8 and a possible watch. The platform would allow developers like Nike and Jawbone to build new and exciting health-tracking apps, which could be compiled into iOS 8's Health app.
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