More than 70 international experts, with more than 50 ideas and projects to inspire change, will meet on 16–17 September...
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Fixing the Future Festival, held on 16 & 17 of September at CCCB (Barcelona), is an all-encompassing experience, with talks,...
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Games for Change is the world’s largest community dedicated to the intersection of games and social impact, empowering game creators...
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We are beyond thrilled to announce that our festival of hope, surprise, and inspiration is back in Barcelona. In fact,...
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15 things that have given me joy as Editor of Atlas of the Future Yes, it’s officially time for me...
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Africa’s first space for democratic technology has now produced over twenty 3D printers made from e-waste. Over one billion...
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Most people’s concept of what a museum is needs updating. In response to the challenges of COVID, the digitisation of...
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This is how you grow vegetables in the Sahara – by piping seawater from the Red Sea across the sands to produce...
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The current face of architecture is not an accurate reflection of what our cities look like. One woman in Detroit...
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“Where can I get this ingredient? This one costs a fortune and I only need a pinch of it, this...
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The April morning sun beats down on Kontagora, a lively market town in central Nigeria. Generators hum as milling machines...
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Good news: Kindness has gone viral. OK, things are definitely weird now that we're inside for the foreseeable. But on...
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What looks like an insect, roams around southern Africa, and farts out balls of fire? A giant dung beetle made...
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Have you been naughty or nice this year? Good news: you can redeem yourselves! As the bumpy, transformative, but never-boring...
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“In the 20th century, we learned to read, so we could read to learn. Now, we’re learning to make so...
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"I really do believe in the community. I really do believe in the genius in every person. And that's not...
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Imagine if you could get a 'city' to agree to making the world more self-sufficient. A creative team of pioneers and...
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Science and engineering is the most fascinating story on earth in the hands of the right storyteller. "It’s in the...
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"It’s in the freely shared ideas that collisions, oddities and thrills emerge." – Mary Anne Moser, Beakerhead Co-founder Widely known...
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Out of the mouths of babes… come wondrous ideas and fantastical plans. Ever seen a rucksack with wings? How about...
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What do you get if you cross a community centre, a laboratory, a studio, a gallery, science centre and a...
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In the late 18th century a small group of remarkable friends met at a house outside Birmingham, UK, got blind drunk...
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FutureFun – Submitted by you: Circatronic is a retro futuristic steampunk electronic circus with robotic animals – that the WWF...
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Just as the Atlas mission is to 'Democratise the Future', littleBits is on a mission to 'Democratise Hardware' by empowering everyone –...
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Makers are inventors, creators, engineers, students or grassroot innovators who enjoy play and exploration – but they can also be people who simply want to make the...
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It started in a shed. Indeed, the shed is still there, in Peter Dearman’s backyard, which you can find in...
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We are on the verge of a massive technological development in maritime transport, potentially the biggest since the transition from...
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Untouched for centuries, Morocco’s deserts are catapulting the country into solar-energy superstardom. Once a backdrop for epic productions such as Lawrence...
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Never before have humans placed such a strain on nature to fuel inexhaustible demands for technology, travel and other worldly...
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In the late 18th century a small group of remarkable friends met at a house outside Birmingham, UK, got blind...
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