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When I ask creative teams to tell me about how they push ideas to fruition, one of the things they swear by is to fight. www.fastcompany.com
The creation of cement is an incredibly polluting process, but Stanford scientist Bret Constanz has found a way to mimic the way coral works, by creating cement from CO2 and water. www.fastcompany.com
Cephalopods have the amazing ability to match their backgrounds almost perfectly, and in seconds. Scientists are just now tapping into that power to give man-made objects the same property, creating a new generation of stealth. www.fastcompany.com
Fans use an enormous amount of the world’s electricity. But Jay Harmon’s spiral-inspired model works like most of the natural world–nearly effortlessly. www.fastcompany.com
By imitating natural expressions and even human cognition, David Hanson’s robots–made using a unique rubber substance that mimics human facial tissue–are making it easier to interact with robots by giving them a human face. www.fastcompany.com
Here are a few ways we can usher in the era of creative meritocracy. www.fastcompany.com
One secret to Mitchell’s success might surprise you: Naivete. “Being naive helps hugely,” says Mitchell, 34. “You have to be naive, because if you knew what you were getting yourself into you probably would never do it.” www.fastcompany.com