Solar Sister is bringing solar lighting to hard-to-reach communities in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. Women are disproportionately impacted by...
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This educational video game highlights the importance of preserving ecosystems, caring for local fauna, and fighting urban speculation. Would...
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“When you contract your pelvic floor, the bird goes up. When you relax it, the bird goes down.” At...
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Enter a safe magical space where you can explore your feelings. Hear the stories of people who’ve been where you...
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Love choose-your-own-adventure books? They’re the inspiration for cellphone games that make financial, sexual, and health education accessible to remote communities....
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The global sextech industry is huge and growing. If there was ever a time to want more pleasure, it’s during lockdown,...
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If a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody around to hear, does it make a sound? It does when the trees have electronic...
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Just one step can be an insurmountable obstacle for wheelchair users. And this is where Wheelmap comes into play: the crowdsourcing...
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The Internet is broken. But we can fix it with an alternative collection of open, fair and safe alternatives. For...
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This smart irrigation system helps farmers reduce their water footprint, control soil conditions and grow better crops with data and...
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What links Arcade Fire, lab-grown chicken burgers, the rare white Arabian oryx, masks made from plastic waste and the circular economy?...
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Come rain or shine, knowing weather patterns is pure gold when it comes to food security. But in the tropics, you...
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Take a virtual walk through space and time with a walking audio book that tells a new story of the...
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The spirit of Mahatma Gandhi lives on in western India, brightening the futures of underprivileged children thanks to NGO Manav Sadhna....
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The Save The Chicken app is providing a digital solution to the very analogue chicken mortalities happening in Africa. Early...
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Most farmers in advanced economies take advantage of a wealth of agricultural information services to support farm management and increase...
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"The world needs 70 percent more food right now and there are two ways to address that: deforest to create...
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What a week. (Does anyone know what day it is?) This week saw the digital landscape flooded with action: Earth...
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A powerful mini-computer ‘teaching assistant’ is revolutionising Latin American education and can help bridge the pedagogical divide between the world’s...
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As our cities continue to grow, we need to get better at using our transport more efficiently. Yet to encourage...
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South Korea has pioneered an innovative way of testing for the novel coronavirus – inspired by the drive-through counters at McDonalds...
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“I am the Amazon. Please look after me.” Thought–provoking and emotional, the stirring sound of a 22-year-old afro-indigenous eco-activist from...
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Fertility apps aren’t just for women. Now men can test their sperm count on a smartphone, making medical testing easy,...
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Millennials may or may not save the world; only time will tell. But forget labelling Gen Y as saviours or slackers,...
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In long-running British soap opera Eastenders, the main square is home to what is known as the 'Bench of Tears',...
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For those working to battle climate breakdown, the complexity, uncertainty and scale of its challenges can make any single solution...
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Today, smartphones are as fast as 120,000,000 Apollo 11 computers, which were capable of taking people to the moon. If we...
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If somebody has a heart attack in a film, there's nearly always a crowd of people nearby – and screaming...
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We’re overjoyed to announce that ‘Fixing the future’ is back. And this year it's bigger, better and faster – because...
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"This is not just be a destination for people who want to shop in a socially impactful way – although...
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Turbulent headlines on the morning of 14 November (in the form of a domino run of Brexit-toppled MPs) provided a...
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Imagine if you could click a button and be able to grow and make almost anything. That’s what Fab City is all about:...
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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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Big in Japan: the global goals can seem too big to make a difference. That’s where the 2030 SDGs Game comes...
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Ground control to major impact! dashboard.earth wants you to feel good while helping the planet – and be rewarded while...
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"Do you have any family or friends that you’d like to record a message for?" A walk along Market Street in San...
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One face forward, another facing back: you’re looking at Jirondai, the legendary shaman with two faces. He gives his name...
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An anonymous pirate radio DJ is sharing positive ideas, encouraging young East Africans to take action to improve their lives...
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Priya is a ‘rape survivor superhero’. Together these three words are shattering taboos in India, thanks to the powerful comic...
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A video shows a local football match kicking off in El Madania, Algeria; another takes us to Cotonou, Benin, to...
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Brazil’s culture-friendly tax law, a bus trip in India where he met his future wife and a desire to dive...
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In the 1980s, sci-fi prophet William Gibson coined the term 'cyberspace' to describe a consensual hallucination created by millions of computers that we...
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Are you ready for the good, the bad and the ugly? Here's the bad news: the world is broken. The...
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We're big fans of simple tech that makes things better. While mobile Internet rapidly becomes a primary source of knowledge, not...
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So, how do you get power to the people who need it most, to those who can’t afford it? ...
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Curiscope's Virtuali-Tee is a t-shirt with guts. The ‘smart’ garment projects biology onto children in order to teach them about anatomy. Described by...
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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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Submitted by you: Tecla is a switch-wheelchair interface suitable for anyone who can’t easily use a smartphone, tablet or computer....
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As we enter a new year, it’s time to look back at our recent videos for Project Breakthrough. Whether it's the ex-American...
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In the late 19th century a travelling book salesman had a revolutionary idea – to get women to sell beauty...
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Patrick Thomas aims to make the world a better place with his "80-year startup". Covestro products are everywhere in modern life –...
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After Uber and Airbnb, what next for the sharing economy? And what even is the sharing economy? One thing's for sure,...
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Growing up in Brazil, Luciana Oliveira was often exposed to the reality of the hardworking waste picker at an early...
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Mobile Internet is rapidly becoming a primary source of knowledge for rural populations in developing countries. But not every one...
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Few things are as wasteful as a mobile phone. Designed to be discarded, even the latest model can seem outdated...
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Nearly one quarter of the world’s population live in off-grid communities. Without access to electricity, households grind to a halt after sunset. Work is limited,...
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This is your typical story of boy meets girl, boy can't speak French, boy creates some tech. Classic. In 2013, with love in his...
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Today billions of people do not have access to clean water, electricity and the Internet. Watly is a generator that aims...
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Installation artist Olafur Eliasson is combining sustainable energy with art to bring clean, reliable, affordable light to the 1.3 billion...
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It might seem like hyperbole, but NanoLeaf is not just Instagram gold. It's “the most energy efficient LED lightbulb on the planet”. While...
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A lot of staring at screens happens at Mobile World Congress – whether tapping away at your own rapidly depreciating handset, ogling smarter...
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Submitted by you: Familyar is an app to prevent loneliness and social isolation of older adults by deeply involving families...
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Data in the digital age data has transformed the way we live our lives, from artificial intelligence and drones, to...
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It bothered designer and engineer Ross Atkin that while handheld devices, such as smartphones, tablets and PDAs, now give us highly customised...
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There are approximately 130 unregulated matatu lines in Nairobi. Cheap, convenient, popular – and often decorated with disco balls and...
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On rolling pastures in the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, cattle peacefully graze on thick blades of grass. A...
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Back in June 2011, civil unrest proved its ability to act as a catalyst for political change and amid bloody...
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BMW and Chinese search engine Baidu have successfully tested driverless car in Beijing. Baidu are China’s answer to Google and, as...
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