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December 6, 2013
The Recommender: Lori Hoffman, The Dancing Queen
The three best things Fast Company's Managing Editor saw on the Internet this week.
Role at Fast Company: Managing EditorTwitter: @ly_hoffman
Titillating Fact: When Lori was 10 years old, she won a dance contest at a preteen hangout called Club Soda in her hometown of Wappingers Falls, NY. "It was one of those contests where the judges would tap you on the shoulder and kick you off the dance floor. I was the last one dancing. I can't remember the song that was playing, but I'll never forget that victorious feeling."
This Artificial Hand Gives Wearers A Sense Of Touch
Researchers have been working on an artificial hand that can convey real touch sensations to a user.
Artificial limb technology has seemingly languished for a long time in the land of primitive pink plastic prosthetics, but a new development could change that. Researchers have produced an artificial hand that can convey real touch sensations from the fake fingers back to the nervous system of the wearer.
A Suit Designed To Make Transgender Men And Butch Women Feel Handsome
There has long been a dearth of clothing tailored to trans and butch communities. But a spate of new companies is changing that.
Over at the New York Times, John Leland tells the story of Rachel Tutera and Daniel Friedman, who together shook up a heteronormative fashion world and began designing sharp, affordable suits to make transgender and butch clients feel handsome by actually fitting properly--which, until now, have been sorely missing from the clothing market.
Spotify Reportedly Launching Free Mobile Music Streaming
With ads, of course.
Oh boy, are the music streaming wars heating up. Spotify looks like it's stepping up its game by allowing users to stream music on demand for free on smartphones and tablets. Free, on-demand streaming was available until now for desktop users only, while those on phones and tablets had to pay a $9.99 monthly fee or be limited to a Pandora-style radio service.
The Mind-Boggling Art Of Rube Goldberg
See the adventures of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, Rube Goldberg's protagonist in many of his 50,000 cartoons, in a new book of Goldberg's art.
From the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary: Rube Gold·berg. adjective \rüb-ˈgōl(d)-ˌbərg\: accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply <a kind of Rube Goldberg contraption . . . with five hundred moving parts -L. T. Grant>; also: characterized by such complex means. also: Rube Gold·berg·i·an
Now In Apple Stores: IBeacon Location-Tracking Technology
Apple is installing and turning on iBeacon smart shopping devices in 254 of its own stores.
Apple's iBeacon devices have the potential to change many aspects of shopping--and to demonstrate its commitment to the idea, Apple is turning on the iBeacons in 254 of its Stores across the U.S. today.
A Map Of The Weird World Of Cycling
From Dorothy, the places, races, and terminology of cycling comes to life as a beautifully designed map.
If you've ever known bicycling enthusiasts, you know they not only speak their own language, but practically live in their own world. Luckily, realizing enthusiasts' worlds is what Dorothy does best. Previously covered on Co.Design for its maps based on TV shows, famous places in the movies and literary London, Dorothy gives us its latest: the Bike Map, a four-color litho that maps out the weird world of cycling as if it were a real place.
Your Favorite TV Characters Probably Have Online Dating Profiles, And Here They Are
The Connectivist imagines how the OKCupid profiles of some of your favorite TV characters might look. As you might imagine, they're largely undatable.
On a long enough timeline, pretty much every character on every TV show finds a love interest. Even as he spiraled ever deeper into a murdery meth inferno of his own creation, Breaking Bad's Jesse Pinkman somehow managed to get into two full-on relationships. Weirdly, though, nobody on any TV show ever seems to meet their partners the way that at least 38% of Americans choose to date: online.
This Gravity-Defying Robot Disco Ball Will Make Your Mind Boogie
Take a look at what Google's gone and done since acquiring Bot & Dolly, the San Francisco robotics company used to film parts of Gravity.
Earlier this week, Google announced that it had acquired Bot & Dolly, the San Francisco-based robotics startup. And what better way for the company to celebrate than by heading to Las Vegas, strapping a disco ball to the end of its massive robot rig, and choreographing an electronic dance timed to pop music and flashing lights?
A Light Show Turns A French Museum Into The Big Bang
Light artist Hervé Audibert makes a bright primordial soup inside the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France.
As the sun goes down tonight, the city of Lyon, France will light up. The Festival of Lights, a tradition that hearkens back to 1852, illuminates the entire city for four nights every December. In honor of this year's festival, which starts today and runs through December 9, lighting designer Hervé Audibert is adding a burst of color to the still-under-construction Musée des Confluences.
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