Can you imagine a world where affordable housing would be defined according to average income, not market forces? Where neighbourhoods...
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Projects
The combination of laser and ozone technologies allows Jeanologia to finish a pair of jeans using just a glass of...
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Take a cup of old coffee grounds, a handful of mussel shells, and a dash of green tea, and what...
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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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Imagine being able to grow and make almost anything. Well, you can. That’s what this ‘Fab’ global initiative is...
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A new circular model of housing entirely created with reusable and recyclable materials has taken form in Italy thanks to...
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A self-trained robotics engineer is sparking creativity and accelerating science learning in Africa – with a strong focus on rural...
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These low-cost wooden drones can reforest burned forests ecologically – and fast. Sowing 100 seeds per second using drones...
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Some clothes become our office staples or Saturday night favourites – but, increasingly, some only ever have a place in our...
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Want a world with cleaner air? Try on this coat for size. Aldo Sollazzo and the team at WEARPURE.tech have created a...
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"Our mission is to end the sixth mass extinction. Humans have driven it and humans have the power to reverse it."...
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“We have to work together to stop this pandemic. All of us have to stay safe and have to use...
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Could 3D-printing help to tackle homelessness and provide affordable housing for those who need it most? Rural families in...
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Backpacks with integrated school desks; modular tiles and twisty joints; pop up recycling trailers; and even a child’s rocker –...
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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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On paper it looks weird: A three day congress dedicated to technology and innovation taking place in the heart of...
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The aquaponics game is fun, and now Aquapioneers wants to show Barcelona that it's also easy to harvest fish and grow food without...
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Our W.I.S.H : Wisdom through Well-being, Inspiring confidence and a creative mind set for the next generation, Shaping the future in...
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Millions of amputees worldwide live with the loss of a limb, especially in developing countries that don’t often have access...
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Do you know what an open source restaurant is? Located in Barcelona's Poblenou’s 22@ neighborhood, Leka is the first of its...
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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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By now we all know that indestructible plastic is bad for the planet. A massive amount ends up in our oceans...
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If Antoni Gaudí were around today he would surely relish the advances 3D printing technologies are bringing to architecture, art...
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Over the last decade Fab Lab Barcelona has helped people around the world to locally conceptualise, design, develop and fabricate, with a...
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Part of a growing movement thinking differently about how to support people living in conflict areas, Refugee Open Ware (ROW3D) works...
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Trainee pilots get flight simulators and now medical students get 3D printed artificial organs that can be poked, prodded and...
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Two Afghan refugees are raising global awareness of a neglected topic: landmines. There are 110 million landmines worldwide – and every day ten...
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In the words of the people behind it, this might just be "the coolest thing you will see all year". And they're not...
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The world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
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Today mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
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In light of this century’s gains in life expectancy, the issue of supporting older people so that they can remain in...
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Plants are more intelligent than we often give them credit for. Over billions of years of evolution they have had to...
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Mechanical engineer and Star Trek fan Anjan Contractor fascinated the world when he demonstrated a 3D printer that could print pizza back...
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Did you know that origami isn’t just useful for creating swans or cranes – or folding solar arrays for launch...
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Almost every city in the developed world now has a housing market crisis. Homes are increasingly unaffordable, unsustainable and unhealthy....
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Not content with the future-altering feats of fabricating body organs in a lab and spanners in space, another dimension is...
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Buying a car so often feels like an environmentally bad thing to do. The automotive industry’s sins are legion: overproduction,...
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