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04 2025 July

The Talking Statues of Versailles

When my kids were younger (and probably today too!) one of our favorite family movies was Night at the Museum. The idea of museums coming...

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03 2025 July

Digg, the Internet’s Favorite Defunct Brand Is Coming Back

If you were around for the early days of the Internet, you might remember Digg. It was a collection of interesting stories that was so...

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30 2025 June

How One Museum Is Reinventing the Way Collections Are Shown

Imagine spending a day at a museum without seeing the actual exhibits but instead visiting the warehouse where they keep everything that isn’t on display....

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05 2025 June

The Man (and Book) That Might Actually Change the World

What if the greatest problem in the world was a lack of moral ambition among the best and brightest people? As a ​recent interview​ with...

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02 2025 June

LEGO Dives into the Book Nook Trend with Latest Set for Adults

A “book nook” is the term typically reserved for a cozy corner of a home or office where you can enjoy reading a book in...

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29 2025 May

The Future of Animation Will Be 90% Faster Than Before

A few years ago, lip-syncing one minute of animation used to take about four hours. Now it can be done in 15 minutes. That’s just...

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26 2025 May

What Is Millennial Hobby Energy?

Doing things for fun is making a comeback. That may seem like an odd statement, but there is a time in many people’s lives when...

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16 2025 May

Why 3D Fixables Could Create an Entirely New Sustainable Industry

Philips is beta testing a new platform that allows consumers to 3D print a replacement accessory for one of their electric shavers. Right now, it’s just one...

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14 2025 April

“The Last Pot” Exhibit Reimagines Funeral Urns for Milan Design Week

At Milan Design Week (Salone del Mobile,) you might expect to see new designs for chairs or reimagined interior living spaces. A category that rarely...

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07 2025 April

How NFL’s New 8k “Hawk Eye” Cameras Offer an Interesting Model for Truth and Verification

Rather than relying on chains and the human eye to measure whether teams have achieved a first down in NFL football games next season, the...

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27 2025 March

Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant Is Exactly What Anyone in Business Really Needs

This past month Adobe launched a super useful enhancement that I’ve been testing it for a bit. The Adobe AI Assistant has a number of...

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13 2025 January

The Hottest Innovations and Tech from CES 2025 — Insights from the Ground

I’m very tempted to put together a “best innovations” list from the world’s largest tech trade show. I did one last year and I know...

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02 2025 January

6 Techniques to Find Anything That’s Lost or See What Others Miss

You know that moment when you misplace something, and it takes forever to find? It could be your keys or a handwritten to-do list or...

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