Light for the blind

It was a fine morning on June 25th, 2013. RagibHasan reached his office atthe University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA and started
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Incredible Edible

Plant first, ask later. This is what a handful of volunteers in an ordinary town in northern England did, and from it sprang a worldwide
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Living Together, On And Off The Road

This July, a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian and an atheist will take off on a year-long journey around the world, the second
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Luwrain: an operating system for the blind

Russian developer Mikhail Pozhidaev, himself visually impaired, has created a free operating system for the blind, which is simple
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Powering Villages, Empowering Lives

In India’s Barefoot College, rural women learn to make and maintain solar panels, bringing clean power to their villages and creating
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Merry-go-round turns play into power

Generating electricity through play. That’s the simple but inspired idea of an American humanitarian organisation: Empower
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Boroume [We Can!]: Saving Food, Saving Lives

At the end of 2011, a group of friends saved 12 cheese pies left over at a bakery in a poor neighbourhood of western Athens and
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From Trash To Tchaikovsky

Filled with stamps from the 15 or so countries he has visited, Brandon Cobone has an impressive passport for an 18-year-old. Even
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Seeing For Two

The free iPhone app Be My Eyes connects blind users with sighted volunteers. When a blind user needs help, he accesses the app and
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A Smarter Smartphone

When Dave Hakkens’ camera broke during a vacation in 2012, the Dutch design student took it apart to see what had gone wrong.
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A Backpack Of Energy

Belete Tura straps a large, lightweight pack to her back before starting her short walk to a nearby biogas facility in ArsiNegele, in the
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Prosthesis that give back hope

He was 17 when a car accident left him without his right leg.Walter Aguilar Turcios thought his life was over, that he would never be able
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The Bio-Bus

Who would have thought that poo could be a source of clean energy?
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Bagging the sun's energy

ReabetsweNgwane and business partner ThatoKgatlhanye personify the buzzphrase social entrepreneurship. They have designed
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Blooming Where They're Planting

It’s the middle of his school day and high school senior Julio Leiva is so hard at work that beads of perspiration dot his brow and
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Sack farms: a new option for urban households

Harriet Nakabaale, 45, a resident of Kawaala, a Kampala suburb, lives in a small one-bedroom house set on a plot of land measuring
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The Song of the Sea

One day, during the gruesome Calcutta riot (1946), a curious boy escaped the strict surveillance of his phupu (paternal aunt), Salema Khatun.
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A Scientific Triumph

Prominent researcher, scientist and professor Mohammad Rahmatullah has proved himself to be one of the leading assets of our country.
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TAKING ON THE WORLD

“I even thought of becoming a neurologist when my brother was studying medicine, at one point.”
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CHIMPS KNOW THEY ARE RIGHT!

Chimpanzees are capable of metacognition, or thinking about one's own thinking, and can adjust their behaviour accordingly
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