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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The Drones for Whale Research programme is on a mission to democratise whale science through cheap and non-invasive technology. ...
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Wearables, medical devices, AI and data come together in this lightweight exoskeleton for robot rehab. And it's been tested by former...
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Welcome to the future of recycling. A waste-sorting AI robot that can tell a Coke bottle from a Pepsi one? It...
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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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Imagine going from 30 to 80 years old in ten minutes by slipping on an age simulation suit and going...
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"Whoever you are, wherever you are, you only have to know one thing. You can learn anything." That's the motto...
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Despite being born over a thousand years before the invention of the computer, Saint Isidore of Seville is considered the ‘Patron Saint...
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Currently only 30% of roles in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are held by women. In...
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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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As doctors limit face-to-face appointments to align with social distancing rules to slow the spread of the coronavirus, tools that help...
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Caring for one another is, well, caring, but it can be hard and it can be lonely. You need to...
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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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"It’s important to bring open-ended tools for discovery to a broad spectrum of users without dumbing down the tools." –...
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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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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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“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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Ground control to major impact! dashboard.earth wants you to feel good while helping the planet – and be rewarded while...
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It’s predicted that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans. Not content to sit back...
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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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Scott Nelson wants to fully embed a a resource-based economy inside existing market capitalism, just by issuing credit to people...
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Language is a tricky thing: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and numerous irregularities and inconsistencies. If that’s not enough, regional differences and...
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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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Rivers move. Fires occur. Cities grow. Forests shrink. Icecaps melt. Ecosystems change. That's why Robbie Schingler founded Planet, with the mission...
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Robots and humans are working together to save water, enhance agriculture and make wine lovers very, very happy. An estimated...
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Filming movies wastes huge amounts of energy. That's why the Academy Award-nominated Hive Lighting wants to help Hollywood turn the lights of...
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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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What does the future of business look like? How will developments from big data, artificial intelligence and the internet of things to driverless vehicles, 3D printing and synthetic biology...
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To shine a spotlight on the lack of data, on 14 September 2016, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon,...
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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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Every day, sites like Netflix, Spotify and Flipboard tap into the power of data to provide recommendations that make life ‘easier’,...
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Gum, coins, Lego, batteries; infants and young children will eat the strangest things. Most small toys will pass through a child’s digestive...
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Our thirst for computer programs and mobile apps shows no sign of abating. From online to the impending launch of...
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The Earth's atmosphere contains mostly unexploited freshwater and Fontus is an attempt to discover these resources. The self-filling water bottle is...
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Chicago’s Stickney Water Reclamation Plant is the biggest wastewater treatment plant on Earth. In fact, at a whopping 260 square miles...
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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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Two students who connected over a shared interest in invention and problem-solving have designed a pair of gloves that translate American Sign...
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“Humans are optimised to walk very efficiently. However, people with disabilities often have reduced function of their muscles.” At Wyss...
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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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A radical and experimental new cancer treatment has recently achieved a success rate of over 90 percent in a trial. Immunotherapy is a...
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When we think of NASA, we think of sending man to the moon – or Mars – but the space agency is...
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Apple has built a new automated recycle-bot that can ‘kill’ an iPhone, ripping it apart in seconds. Meet Liam, the rapid-speed...
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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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Imagine climbing a skyscraper while carrying an elephant. Or dragging a blue whale around on land. Engineers from Stanford’s Biomimetics...
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Known for his genetic research, biochemistry scientist and Stanford University professor Patrick Brown has created a plant-based hamburger that ‘bleeds’ just...
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Although I might struggle to find the long term social good of having shoes that light up and tie themselves,...
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Drones are being used to hunt down poachers in Namibia. Using US homeland security techniques, poachers are being tracked by...
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