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October 30, 2008
Innovation & Design A weekly guide to innovative people, ideas, and companies

NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORY VOICES OF INNOVATION Profile: Majora Carter Green activist Majora Carter made her name tackling joblessness in the South Bronx through daring green building programs. Now she's taking her ambitions international   MORE TOP STORIES POP!TECH 2008 Pop!Tech Launches Digital Hub The annual media and technology conference in Maine starts an online social network for attendees and others to collaborate year-round VIEWPOINT Innovate Out of the Economic Downturn A crisis is precisely the time for governments to boost spending on innovation, not cut it. Otherwise, nations will find themselves playing catch-up INSIGHT • From Design Management Review Radical Service Innovation Strategies on the frontiers of service design demand a blend of creativity and discipline. Here are five steps to leverage positive results VOICES OF INNOVATION Profile: Chad Mirkin The head of Northwestern University's International Institute of Nanotechnology, Chad A. Mirkin is a giant in the realm of the very, very small   DESIGN SHOWCASE PRODUCT DESIGN REVIEWS Das Keyboard Ultimate The Ultimate's sleek black look, blank keys, and "clicky" sound make a loud statement that's addictive—but might not endear you to your colleagues GAME DESIGN FlowPlay Wants You To Join ourWorld Cut-throat competition hasn't stopped some entrepreneurs from putting their own spin on Web-based virtual worlds  BW MALL   SPONSORED LINKS Don’t just make trading gains. Hold onto them.  Get the strategies and tools you want to help protect your trading profits and limit losses. Go! Mobile banking is coming. Be ready.  Explore this untapped channel. Read the whitepaper on mobile banking. Villanova University Six Sigma & IT Certificate Programs  100% Online programs in Six Sigma, IS Security, CISSP Prep, Business Analysis, Proj. Mgmt. and more! Buy High-Yield Bonds  Our Bonds Cost Less. Period. Wholesale Prices, $10.95/Trade. Get up to $500k HSBC Term Life Ins. at HSBCusa.com  Apply online today. No medical exam. No agent visit. Get instant coverage if you qualify. Buy a link now! This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Wanda Cooper BusinessWeek Customer Rights Communications Data Services 1995 G Avenue Red Oak, IA 51566 Phone: 1-800-635-1200 View our corporate privacy policy here. To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. Copyright 2008, by The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Notice

Inside: This Week in Innovation This week, energy and environment editor Adam Aston profiles Majora Carter, head of Majora Carter Group, a green-collar economic consulting firm. Carter is one of our "Voices of Innovation," a continuing series that follows the work of innovative thinkers, entrepreneurs, and designers. Senior writer Jessie Scanlon reported on Pop!Tech, an annual think fest, and has made plans with conference executives to start an online social network for attendees and others to collaborate year-round. And columnist Sami Mahroum, a research director at Britain's National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts, makes the case for governments to increase--not cut--their innovation spending in these uncertain times. -- Helen Walters E-MAIL A FRIEND  |  GET RSS  |  NEWSLETTERS   INNOVATION PODCAST The Power of The Visual Ben Fry, co-developer of the Processing open-source programming environment and recent winner of the prestigious Muriel Cooper Award for interactive digital communication, discusses the ever-increasing crossover between art, design, and technology   Advertisement   Reader Poll: Special Issue Trouble at the office? In surveys, blogs, polls, and social media, BusinessWeek collaborated with readers to identify problems at work. Together we found answers.     IN YOUR FACE: GREEN HOMEBUILDING Reader Phiet Writes: "Mass production will help drive down costs for consumers. Mass production with customization would be a better business strategy." Tell Us: More Tax Breaks for Green Homebuyers? >     NUSSBAUM ON DESIGN >> It's going to take distributed networks of innovation to solve this crisis and we need all the global mind-share we can get. -- Bruce Nussbaum POST YOUR OWN COMMENTS Visit Our Other Blogs Auto Beat Bangalore Tigers Blogspotting Brand New Day Byte of the Apple Economics Unbound European Insight Fine On Media Games, Inc. GreenBiz Hot Property Investing Insights Management IQ New Technology in Asia NEXT: Innovation Tools & Trends NussbaumOnDesign Tech Beat Working Parents Advertisement