With Its Flying Hospital, This Group Is Saving The World From Blindness
Vision impairment that’s easy to fix in rich countries can be life sentences in most of the world. These volunteer docs aim to change that. (Read about Orbis on Fast Company.)
Inside A Growing Movement Of Coworking Spaces For Atypical Entrepreneurs
In places like Detroit and Cleveland a grassroots coworking movement is welcoming minority and low-income entrepreneurs and artists. (Read about coworking on Fast Company.)
Can Using Artificial Intelligence Make Hiring Less Biased?
Companies promise that algorithms can not only consider more information about applicants, but also be more objective than human recruiters. (Read more about AI hiring on Fast Company.)
How AI And Crowdsourcing Are Remaking The Legal Profession
Tech advances allow new companies to harness networks of computers and people to sift through legal information and help lawyers prep cases. (Read more on tech and law on Fast Company.)
How Artificial Intelligence Will Make You A Better Writer
Textio, a service that helps job recruiters by flagging both good and poor phrasing, now aims to be a real-time writing coach. (Read about AI and writing on Fast Company.)
Indiegogo Campaign Aims To Light Up The Dominican Republic With $25 LED Lamps
For 8 million Dominicans with spotty electric service, and at least a million who are off the grid, cheap lights could change lives. (Read about the Esenciales lighting program on Fast Company.)
The Dirty Secret of Genetic Testing: We’re Still Not Sure What “Normal” Looks Like
You can get your entire genetic code deciphered for about $1,000 in a day, but scientists still don’t know what most of it means. (Read more about uncertainty of genetic results on Fast Company.)
The Battle For Control Of Your TV Has Only Just Begun
Just because the FCC voted to break the set-top box monopoly and open competition doesn’t mean it will happen anytime soon. (Read more about set-top boxes on Fast Company.)
Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative Is The Ultimate Big-Data Project
Curing both rare diseases and common cancers doesn’t just require new research, but also linking all the data that researchers already have. (Read more about the Cancer Moonshot on Fast Company.)
Medical Space Race: Inside The Two Moonshots To Cure Cancer
Key players agree that cancer cures are within reach. Two major, sometimes overlapping, efforts are underway—one public and one private. (Read about the cancer moonshots on Fast Company.)