An innovative ‘trigeneration’ system fuelled entirely by raw plant oils could have great potential for isolated homes and businesses operating outside grid systems both in the UK... Read more
The Kite Patch attaches to your clothes and puts out a chemical that masks you from the bugs. And the company is hoping you’ll pay for that, so they can use the money to send the patches to... Read more
An inexpensive new material made of clay and papaya seeds removes harmful metals from water and could lower the cost of providing clean water to millions of people in the developing world, s... Read more
“Providing enough food to prevent starvation and famine certainly will be a daunting problem.” Mention great challenges in feeding a soaring world population, and thoughts turn to prov... Read more
“Surprisingly, some of the catalysts we’ve developed for use in the artificial leaf device actually heal themselves” Another innovative feature has been added to the world’s first practical... Read more
Land grabbing generally refers to large-scale land acquisitions Close your eyes. Now, think of your home. What are you picturing? Maybe you’re picturing a certain room or building, or... Read more
Networking: Enthusiasts dream of building a drone-powered internet to carry objects rather than data. Are they mad? THE spread of mobile phones in developing countries in the past decade has... Read more
BRILLIANT! The GravityLight gets power from the slow lowering of a weight. All it takes is enough elbow grease to hoist the bag, and you can light a room with nothing but a bag of san... Read more
In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that numbers of women in the science, technology and innovation fields are alarmingly low in the world’s leading economies, and are act... Read more
Because it can be seen as taking time and money away from helping people, nonprofits often devote little or no time to developing their own brands. But this can be a huge mistake. (Product)... Read more
This project is intended to bring good drinking water to the families in the developing countries at no operating cost Designer Gabriele Diamanti has created a solar oven called the Eliodome... Read more
Where Matternet is going, it doesn’t need roads. But the people there need food and medicine. And these drones can bring it to them. Nearly one billion people in rural areas live without acc... Read more
If the containers used to carry that water are dirty, it’s all for naught A new, cheap backpack made by Greif is designed to carry water more comfortably than in a jug on your head. More imp... Read more
Airtime has become another form of currency In less than three decades, the mobile phone has gone from being a status symbol to being a ubiquitous technology that facilitates almost e... Read more
Convincing results New academic research has underlined the potential of a simple Scottish invention that could revolutionise life in developing countries where people struggle to get clean... Read more
