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Yes, The Air In Your Office Is Slowing Down Your Brain
Peter Bennets via Wikimedia CommonsThe Lyons architecture office in AustraliaWe spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, where things like building materials and cleaning products make the air many...
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Taking Care of (Future) Business
Between traffic-clogged commutes, high-stress jobs, and crappy coffee in the break room, the daily grind can be painful.Luckily, technology is paving the way for jobs you’ll actually be excited to do....
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Is Amazon’s Dome Headquarters The Workspace Of The Future?
Technology Trees and sunshine for better productivity In the Denny Triangle section of downtown Seattle, one of the city’s fastest growing neighborhoods, Amazon’s new corporate headquarters are...
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Fear and Loathing in the Online Office Suite
Wherein The Grouse tries to save some dough by abandoning Word As part of my ongoing, personal economic bailout plan, this week I began tinkering around with a couple of the free, online office suites...
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Dyson's Bladeless Airfoil Desk Fan Ends the Menace of Choppy Air
Gadgets Ever since Schuyler Skaats Wheeler introduced the first axial-bladed electric desk fan in 1882, fan technology has remained remarkably conservative. But that classic bladed… Ever since...
View ArticleA Look At Japan's Retro-Future
Technology As much as we love the actual future here at Popular Science, we love the past's vision of the future almost as much. So we basically freaked out when our good friends over… As much as we...
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Japanese Shredder Turns Old TPS Reports Into Fresh Rolls of Toilet Paper
Technology There's an early 2010 contender for an office innovation award, or at least the best name for an office innovation. DigInfo News brings us a very special report on "White… There's an early...
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How to Make a Quick Metal Laptop Stand
Gadgets Laptop stands keep your computer cool, ventilated, and at a comfortable angle for typing, but they often seem expensive for what's essentially a bent piece of metal. Here's… Laptop stands keep...
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Spring-Loaded Arm Gives Superpower Strength to Office Workers
Gadgets Camera-stabilizing tech now takes a load off the everyman The Steadicam was originally developed to take the shake out of Hollywood chase scenes. Now a California company, Equipois, has given...
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Which Countries Judge You The Harshest For Playing Hooky?
Science Note to self: Move to Trinidad. What's a good enough reason to skip out on work for the day? Depends on who you are and what you do, but it also depends on where you're calling in from....
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Yes, The Air In Your Office Is Slowing Down Your Brain
Health Office air may be making your job harder or even endangering your health According to a study published last week in Environmental Health Reports, the poor air quality in conventional buildings...
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Taking Care of (Future) Business
Technology The jobs of tomorrow will look very different from today's Between traffic-clogged commutes, high-stress jobs, and crappy coffee in the break room, the daily grind can be painful. Luckily,...
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Is Amazon’s Dome Headquarters The Workspace Of The Future?
Technology Trees and sunshine for better productivity In the Denny Triangle section of downtown Seattle, one of the city’s fastest growing neighborhoods, Amazon’s new corporate headquarters are...
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How to improve your posture
DIY Start by tossing out the idea that you need to sit perfectly straight. Posture is a common boogeyman in modern medicine. It may not be the root of all your problems, but you can still improve your...
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Elon Musk is wrong. Working extremely long hours doesn't make you better at...
Science Our culture celebrates long work days, but they don't make us more productive. It’s a counterintuitive result to mention today, particularly in a culture that rewards a burn-the-midnight-oil,...
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Dozing off in a meeting? It could be the air.
Health Greenhouse gases aren't great for us indoors, either. Ever sit in a meeting or lecture wondering why time slows down to an agonizing pace and your eyelids suddenly feel as if they weigh two...
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How to make an open office more quiet
DIY Dull the roar of all those clicks, clacks, and workplace chats. The open office is the most popular workplace layout of the 21st century, but it has a dark side. When everybody can see each other,...
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Comfortable office chairs that’ll make your coworkers very jealous
Gadgets Work doesn’t have to be uncomfortable. Great office chairs to get some serious work—and relaxing—done at the office.
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