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To combat the housing crisis in major American cities, architects are designing smaller, more efficient apartments that will change the way urbanites live
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Innovative architects are experimenting with small unmanned aerial vehicles to prove that drones can do more than cause destruction
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They have recently been the subject of a lot of scrutiny, but the American military first began developing similar aerial vehicles during World War I
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As drones become common as tools of the military and intelligence agencies, how are architects and designers responding?
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For designers, the battle over what it means to be private in a very public world is a new frontier to be conquered
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While scientists work toward perfecting the invisibility cloak, one designer has already developed a line of clothing that makes people invisible to robots
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How the New Yorker and the West Wing botched the history of the icon
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We see it on the President's lectern and in the Oval Office, but who came up with the look and feel of it in the first place?
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Tfirst fragrance to incorporate synthetic ingredients and natural extracts, making it one of the most significant perfumes in the history of scent design
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A tour through the patent files reveals a wide range of odd shapes, which collectively are a far cry from the elbow-shaped pasta of your youth
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The Fisher Space Pen has been made famous by Apollo astronauts and Jerry Seinfeld. But just how does it work? And is NASA really spend millions making it?
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When the President signed the fiscal cliff deal from 4,800 miles away, he did it with the help of a device that dates back to Thomas Jefferson
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Whether they're breaking ground or topping off, these are the biggest building projects we'll be watching in 2013
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Aspiring makers are now finding ways to manufacture their designs in American factories
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A Q&A with Diana Zlatanovski on how she came to collect collections, what they say about design, and how to be a collector without becoming a hoarder
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With over 500 different disposable plastic lids, the architect-collector has pieced together a history of American innovation and culture
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In Tokyo, a reservation-only photo booth spits out three-dimensional replicas of its subjects
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Even in 1958, the American flag was designed through crowdsourcing amateurs. If Puerto Rico joins the union, who will design the 51-star flag?
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Bad design can change the results of an election. But several professional design organizations have been working to ensure that every vote counts
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Hand-painted signs are making a comeback, but are they the work of artists or "mechanics"?
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