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An app designed to help refugees locate missing family
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Refunite is a free platform with an anonymous database of more than 405,000 users and an estimated 1 500 family reunions.
30 Oct 15
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A prefab home made from bio-based materials
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Architecture & Interiors
DDacha is a customisable and sustainable living concept designed for a Northern European climate.
30 Oct 15
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Visualising brainwaves in a kaleidoscope of colour
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Film & Animation
Filmmaker and animator Alice Dunseath creates a vibrant short film to show the brain’s reaction to beauty and functionality.
30 Oct 15
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Safer: The beautiful, wearable panic button
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Leaf Innovations have designed a line of jewellery that could save your life.
30 Oct 15
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Master of the craft: Orthopaedic surgeon
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Art & Photography
In the second instalment of our photo series focusing on master artisans, we look at the hands of the makers. Today we look at an orthopaedic surgeon.
29 Oct 15
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This underground fridge doesn't need electricity
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Architecture & Interiors
Dutch designer Floris Schoonderbeek has designed an underground, cellar-style fridge that doesn’t require any energy to keep food cool and fresh.
29 Oct 15
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Waterless toilets designed for rural India
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A new Eco-friendly waterless toilet system designed by a university professor is set to prevent illnesses caused by human waste.
29 Oct 15
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Takeout container turned mini-greenhouse makes growing food a snap
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Homegrown’s Takeout container makes the perfect mini-greenhouse for growing organic food.
29 Oct 15
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Amanda Williams: Colour(ed) theory and the urban palette
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Architecture & Interiors
Architect-cum-artist Amanda Williams uses her experience in colour theory to design an urban colour palette for historically black neighbourhoods in Chicago.
29 Oct 15
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Roots Up is on a mission to create self-sufficient family farming in Ethiopia
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Creative Economy
The Roots Up project aims to improve poor living conditions for the Gondar farming community in the Ethiopian highlands.
29 Oct 15
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