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See moreThe world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
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See morePlanned to sail in 2020, Peace Boat’s Ecoship will be the world’s most sustainable cruise ship – and a flagship...
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See moreImagine climbing a skyscraper while carrying an elephant. Or dragging a blue whale around on land. Engineers from Stanford’s Biomimetics...
See moreMexico City’s masked superhero Peatónito (Little Pedestrian) has a mission - zero deaths on the roads. The safe streets crusader is delivering...
See moreThe popular 1990s' computer game SimCity gave people the freedom to design and build their own metropolis. Today the ‘make your...
See moreBy now you’ve probably had some exposure to the driverless technology phenomenon – even if it’s that taxi in Total...
See moreIt bothered designer and engineer Ross Atkin that while handheld devices, such as smartphones, tablets and PDAs, now give us highly customised...
See moreThere are approximately 130 unregulated matatu lines in Nairobi. Cheap, convenient, popular – and often decorated with disco balls and...
See moreLatin America’s poorest slums and housing estates often lie at the margins of urban economies and social welfare systems as...
See moreThe world’s first electrically powered car and passenger ferry, namely Ampere, started service in Norway earlier this year. Conventional ferries...
See moreA new industry first in freight shipping is gaining popularity. With rising anticipation of a global emissions tax, land and air-based...
See moreBMW and Chinese search engine Baidu have successfully tested driverless car in Beijing. Baidu are China’s answer to Google and, as...
See moreA Dutch designer has reimagined the roads of tomorrow, designing a ‘Smart Highway’ to make them safer while saving money...
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