The words you choose during an argument can destroy relationships or help create a more cooperative and productive workplace.
“Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” may have been true in an age when epithets were flung from children’s mouths on the playground, but in business—especially online—words pack a lot more punch.
To address the growing obesity crisis among its children, a rural Virginia school had to give itself a full redesign.
Some schools have banned junk food. Some have added longer gym classes, new nutrition classes, or even required standing desks. But childhood obesity rates are still about three times higher than they were in 1980. Now schools are adding another tool to the fight for fitter kids: Architecture.
The jury’s still out.
I’m only seconds into a digital copy of T.S. Eliot’s famous ode to adolescence, The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock, when my ears prickle uncomfortably. As I read—”Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky, / Like a patient etherised upon a table”—a soft rock track reminiscent of James Taylor begins to crescendo in the background. Eliot’s arch observations are drowned out by the acoustic guitar and its upbeat melody.
Beautiful Lego: Wild! is a journey from the smallest bacteria to sweeping natural vistas, all made from the colorful toy bricks.
Just as The Lego Movie taught us, creativity with the colored plastic blocks shouldn’t be limited to following set instructions to build preconceived scenes. The proof of the medium’s endless possibilities is in the work of Lego designers around the world, which curator Mike Doyle, a Lego artist himself, is collecting in the book series Beautiful Lego from San Francisco’s No Starch Press.
Created by Titanium Falcon, this smart ring aims to make any hand a motion controller.
Almost a decade ago, Nintendo unveiled the next big thing in game controllers: the Wiimote, a gyroscopic Bluetooth wand about the size of a ruler that allowed you to control video games across the room, just by waving your arm. It seemed cutting edge at the time, but now, a new company called Titanium Falcon thinks it can make a Wii-like motion controller small enough to wear as a ring.
A Chinese video streaming company has set its sights on Tesla, hired 200 U.S. developers, and revealed the first concept for their EV.
LeTV is developing an electric car to take on Tesla. They’ve hired 600 people—including 200 stationed in the U.S.—to develop the car that they revealed for the first time this week.
It even features the MagSafe of pens: a magnetic cap that automatically aligns with the Montblanc logo.
Now that he’s joined Apple, famed industrial designer Marc Newson seems like he’d be more likely to design an iPad stylus at this point than a pen. But there’s no rubber tip to be found on Marc Newson’s latest creation, the Montblanc M fountain pen; it looks designed to write a love letter to the flowing ink nibs that the computer age is leaving behind.
Trick your tongue into thinking you’re having a much sweeter treat that isn’t nearly as bad for you.
Maybe you won’t actually have to give up your Twinkie habit to lose weight. New food technology makes ordinary sugar twice as sweet—so food tastes exactly the same with half the calories, and without the controversy of artificial sweeteners.
The comedian, who is having her best year ever, opens up.
Like many comedians before her, Tig Notaro initially faced a lot of failure and rejection in the comedy world. In this story, she opens up about when she got her start in comedy, and the one lesson she learned that we can all benefit from. Watch this video to find out what you can do you when you are faced with a not-ideal situation. (Spoiler: You’ll be okay.)
From Little Miss Muffet to a stylish waterproof turban—how Shhhowercap modernized an outdated design.
Two years ago, at the behest of both her mom and her hairdresser, Jackie De Jesu started shopping around for a showercap. Knowing that many women, like her, don’t wash their hair every time they shower, she assumed there would be at least a few options that were both stylish and quality. But after months of searching, she came up dry.
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