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Innovation & Design
Strategy, creativity & research

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Turning Limitations into Innovation
When "balanced with a healthy disregard for the impossible," constraints can shape and focus problems, leading to truly creative solutions
A New Invention for Inventors
It's an auction of patents -- and some big-name companies will be selling in "a marketplace where nobody knows what the asset is worth"
Building an Urban Township
The centers in this slide show are more than just housing developments. They include schools, retail space, and other necessities and amenities
"Borderless Thinking" Equals Innovation
Creativity depends on free speech and the unregulated flow of ideas, says Infosys India's Nandan Nilekani
MTV Networks' Mobile Move
The company's vice-chairman explains why video for phones is a rapidly growing market. But it's more complicated than simply recycling TV shows
What does "Innovation" really mean?
How to insure a success with your clients
In Davos, CEOs Get Creative
Top execs know they need to attract people who can develop market-altering products and services. Learning how to do that was a hot topic
An Insider's Take on Steve Jobs
Former Apple board member Edgar Woolard Jr. talks about the man, his vision, and how he'll likely contribute at Disney
New Takes on Taking Temperatures
Kaz's Vicks Life Stages series of children's digital thermometers is designed to fit the needs -- and comfort zones -- of various age groups Slide Show: Hot Designs for Thermometers > >
The Bug in Microsoft's Ear
The software giant is mulling its own digital device that adds gaming to music and video, in an effort to compete with Apple's iPod empire
Steve Jobs's Magic Kingdom
How Apple's demanding visionary will shake up Disney and the world of entertainment
A Pixar Exec's Fairy-Tale Story
John Lasseter once swept Disneyland's streets. Now the animating force behind Toy Story may hold the key to the Magic Kingdom's future
Reinventing the Wheel
Pushing the limits in high performance bike design
Engineering's Modern Wonders
New technologies and materials are allowing civil engineers to build infrastructure projects of unprecedented scale and complexity Slide Show: Today's Epic Engineering Feats > >
New Orleans Unveils Master Rebuild Plan
The Urban Planning Committee announces a "comprehensive and aggressive" model to get the city back on its feet -- and protect it in the future
Rick Rashid: Microsoft's Right Brain
Redmond's top researcher pushes his scientists to go after the really big challenges
Business Prophet
Business ProphetHow strategy guru C.K. Prahalad is changing the way CEOs think
Bright Ideas for Chandeliers
Designers lit up when asked to develop unique fixtures using Austrian crystal company Swarovski's components
Amp'd: Cells for the Maxim Set
The mobile virtual network operator aims to sell hot phones and raunchy media content to -- who else? -- 18- to 25-year-old men
A Peek at Tomorrow's Coolest Tech
Some of these gadgets could be out soon, while others are just concepts. However, all show we've got plenty to look forward to


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