jennifer riggins

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• In Spain, high-end jewelry molded after art, architecture

  

  MADRID -- Contemporary artists and architects design high-end pieces of jewelry, sold only online -- a first in the luxury sector.

  January 7, 2013 1:28am | By Jennifer Riggins

• This Navidad, visit the Cathedral of Trash

  

  MEJORADA DEL CAMPO -- One man, with no technology or training, has spent the last 50 years building a cathedral, by hand, out of recycled materials.

  2 | December 24, 2012 3:03am | By Jennifer Riggins

• How much could you learn with just five minutes a day?

  

  MADRID -- Like tapas, devouring five-minute bites of a language might be a better -- and certainly more convenient -- way to micro-learn.

  6 | December 18, 2012 3:05am | By Jennifer Riggins

• How the Cubipod can prevent your city from flooding

  

  MADRID -- It's cute, it's symmetrical, and it could save money and your city from flooding. It's the CubiPod.

  2 | December 10, 2012 3:01am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Taking monotony out of music in Madrid

  

  MADRID -- Music is getting scientifically more monotonous and unoriginal, but maybe turning dejaying into an interactive game could help.

  November 26, 2012 3:01am | By Jennifer Riggins

• This is your brain on drugs and video games

  

  MADRID -- Part 2 of 2. Do drugs really harm the brain? Can video games really increase brainpower?

  8 | November 16, 2012 3:04am | By Jennifer Riggins

• What Madrilenos didn't know about the brain

  

  Madrid -- Part 1 of 2. Are left-handed people really more creative and righties better at math? Do we really only use ten percent of our brain?

  1 | November 15, 2012 3:06am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Yes, there is a housing market in Spain

  

  VALENCIA -- No, the Spanish aren't the ones investing in it.

  10 | November 12, 2012 3:02am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Madrid's AirportNap helps you do just that

  

  MADRID -- Spanish start-up employs mothers 45 and older, while helping you survive layovers.

  3 | October 29, 2012 2:59am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Spain's no-touch, one-man orchestra, no instruments required

  

  MADRID -- Hands-free gaming turns into beautiful and weird arrangements of music and light.

  October 26, 2012 3:40am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Spanish masters of the entrepreneurial universe

  

  MADRID -- If most Spanish are unhappy at work, why don't they do anything about it? One public university bets on the risk takers.

  6 | October 15, 2012 3:06am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Spanish gourmet goods go global

  

  MADRID -- If Spain produces the majority of the world's olive oil, why do most bottles read, 'Made in Italy?'

  1 | October 10, 2012 3:07am | By Jennifer Riggins

• A cathedral answers Madrileno prayers for innovation

  

  MADRID -- A government initiative is finally answering the call to promote entrepreneurialship in Spain.

  October 3, 2012 3:01am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Turning health and beauty into an e-market in Spain

  

  MADRID -- Bucmi tries to boost the ailing Spanish health and beauty marketplace with the power of e-commerce.

  October 1, 2012 3:02am | By Jennifer Riggins

• How to build a successful sales force, anywhere in the world

  

  MADRID -- Sales Force Europe tells us how opening a London HQ is no longer the formula for multinational success.

  September 21, 2012 3:18am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Visit the homes of tomorrow in Madrid today

  

  MADRID -- Part 2 of 2: E-visit and vote for the homes of the future -- there's even a bathroom that promises to never stink up!

  2 | September 18, 2012 3:04am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Meet the next generation of Pritzker winners

  

  MADRID -- Part 1 of 2: Check out the homes of the future -- solar, foldable, breathable, and one with nature -- at the 2012 Solar Decathlon.

  1 | September 17, 2012 3:03am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Madrid start-up will absolutely change the way you shop

  

  MADRID -- Shot and Shop uses impressive photo recognition technology to let you find, compare, mix and match, and purchase anything your eyes can behold.

  1 | September 13, 2012 3:09am | By Jennifer Riggins

• What one word could rescue Spain?

  

  CANARIAS -- Some Spanish companies are looking to 'repatriar' -- to bring desperately-needed jobs back onto Spanish land.

  1 | September 3, 2012 3:03am | By Jennifer Riggins

• Do Spanish babies walk sooner?

  

  MADRID -- Do new technologies in toddler development make babies live up to potential or parents less loving?

  August 22, 2012 2:27am | By Jennifer Riggins