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Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Margaret Rhodes	An iPhone Dock From Motrr That Lets You Video Chat With Ease Once a phone is plugged in, a remote user can manually tilt or pan with it, or even set it to automatically tilt or pan with it.
Fast Company June 2012 Margaret Rhodes	Herman Miller Finally Creates The Eames' Dream Plywood Chair Before Herman Miller released the now-iconic Eames Molded Plastic Chair in 1950, Charles and Ray Eames toiled for years to create what was meant to be a thrifty plywood side chair.
Fast Company June 2012 Jason Feifer	The London Olympic Facilities Are Cleverly Designed To Outlast The Games Around the world, host cities are stuck with giant venues built for the Games but rarely needed again. London will be different.
Fast Company June 2012 Jake Zucker	Those Crazy Gesture-Based Gadgets From "Minority Report" Don't Seem So Crazy Now A decade ago, audiences were as wowed by Tom Cruise's gesture-based computer navigation as they were by the film's plot. Below, a look at ways that tech has taken hold -- and how silly it may require users to look.
Fast Company June 2012 Stephanie Schomer	Alessi Trays Made In Italy, But Designed In China To explore the growing world of Chinese design, Italian house Alessi asked prominent Chinese architects to create a collection of trays (an Alessi staple) inspired by Chinese culture.
Fast Company June 2012 Julie Taraska	The CSYS, A High-Tech Desk Lamp Inspired By Elevators, Science, And Apple Jake Dyson talks about the inspiration behind his sleek desk lamp that won't droop or dim
Fast Company June 2012 Margaret Rhodes	A Lens Case From Pretty Mundane Objects Is Anything But Pretty Mundane Objects is Beverly Moon's plan to redesign one tired, ubiquitous item a year. "Little things people overlook should be beautiful," she says.
Fast Company June 2012 Daniel Krieger	Progress Report: How Wicab's BrainPort Technology Gives Sight To The Blind When blind people use the BrainPort, both the somatosensory cortex and the visual cortex, usually active when the eyes are used, process information sent through the tongue.
Fast Company May 2012 Lindsey Kratochwill	Smart Design Makes Europe's Tallest Skyscraper One Of Its Safest Upon completion this month, the London Bridge Shard Building will be the tallest in the European Union, at 1,016 feet. As one of the first planned skyscrapers to be approved for construction after the 9/11 attacks, it offers ultra-secure safety features.
Fast Company May 2012 Margaret Rhodes	Yves Behar and Assaf Wand Do A Sleek Take On Baby Boomer Staples Sabi -- a Japanese term for beauty that comes with age -- is the collaborative brainchild of entrepreneur Assaf Wand and Fuseproject's Yves Behar. By shaking the stigma out of the pharmaceutical aisle, the duo is reaching the largest (and most underserved) demographic.
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