Do you like skating and want your personalised skateboard deck? Look no further than Project RPSD. Oh, and did we...
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Australian start-up Flow is bringing beekeeping to the masses with their Flow Hive that reduces stress both for bees and...
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Young people are unleashing their creative brilliance by creating high end couture from everyday junk. At a time when...
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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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Precious Plastic is on a mission to boost recycling by helping everyone start their own local plastic workshop. A...
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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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Fancy fabricating your own beehive in 30 minutes? A buzzy giant hive of makers and beekeepers have come together in...
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A museum created in Minecraft is craftily encouraging citizens to fight climate change in virtual worlds – to help solve...
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Is this the clothes shop of the future? Imagine walking into a space on your local high street, selecting a...
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For many of us, a hole in a much-loved jumper sees it drift to the back of the cupboard and...
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As in every design endeavour, it all started with a problem. In fact, two of them. The first encountered problem...
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Repair has always been a noble profession, but our increasing obsession with newer, better, faster means we have stopped fixing...
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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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Calling all doctors, nurses, engineers and designers: coronavirus wants you! Ventilators are essential for taking care of people struggling to breathe...
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“No matter what we look like, where we live, or how much money we have, getting sick reminds us that...
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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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“We have to work together to stop this pandemic. All of us have to stay safe and have to use...
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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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Backpacks with integrated school desks; modular tiles and twisty joints; pop up recycling trailers; and even a child’s rocker –...
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Who doesn't want to discover new planets? With Exoplanet Explorers, citizen scientists search for exoplanets, the planets around other stars. One...
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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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"The more parasites you find, the more data you contribute to fighting the disease." MalariaSpot allows gaming time to be...
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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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Out of the mouths of babes… come wondrous ideas and fantastical plans. Ever seen a rucksack with wings? How about...
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"I recognise the power of the chef in today’s world. Traditions and cultural connections should be front and centre – chefs...
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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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A video shows a local football match kicking off in El Madania, Algeria; another takes us to Cotonou, Benin, to...
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One person’s toxic e-waste dump is another’s treasure workshop. That's why a Ghana-based architect duo have launched AMP (Agbogbloshie Makerspace...
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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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Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is an example of a distributed 21st century design. Their purpose is to democratise mobility – by enabling...
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Documentary filmmaker Stalin K Padma is convinced that the lack of diversity in India’s mainstream media results in large swathes...
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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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Located in Bermondsey, London inside an old school and made from recycled salvage from a local theatre company, decommissioned bio...
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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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When it comes to climate change, a self-described "walking billboard for the glaciers" wants to prove that anyone can make a...
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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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Few things are as wasteful as a mobile phone. Designed to be discarded, even the latest model can seem outdated...
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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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Using the Internet and Raspberry Pis, rather than prayer and scripture, with software replacing rules and doctrine, the unMonastery collective borrows from...
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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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Bento Bio hopes to do for biotechnology what laptops have done for computing. The startup is currently developing the first...
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