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This device charges your mobile using saltwater and oxygen
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A Swedish start-up has invented a smartphone charger that only needs saltwater and oxygen to generate electricity.
2 Feb 16
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Flower House: Bringing the dead to life
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Abandoned for 15 years, this Detroit home became an internationally acclaimed art project called Flower House.
2 Feb 16
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The world's most environmentally conscious restaurant?
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The Perennial in San Francisco is founded on sustainable principles that inform everything from its farming methods to its design.
2 Feb 16
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Human tissue, smart textiles could follow these 4D-printed flowers
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Researchers take 3D printing to the next level with printed objects that mimic the way plants move in nature.
2 Feb 16
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An environmentally friendly battery made with a leaf
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University of Maryland scientists prove that a leaf can store energy just like a battery.
2 Feb 16
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All female Nigerian legal start-up makes legal advice accessible
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Nigerian start-up, DIY Law, aims to make access to legal services and resources simple and affordable through its online portal.
2 Feb 16
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Flipflops or gumboots? A hackathon will help African countries communicate weather information clearly
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CIRDA is holding a hackathon to brainstorm ways to help African countries improve weather information products, communicating in clear language not statistics.
1 Feb 16
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Kids' craziest inventions become reality
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In a world where we think nothing new can be created, inventors like Dominic Wilcox come and shatter that thought to pieces.
1 Feb 16
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Alfredo Brillembourg is the rebellious architect tackling South Africa’s housing crisis
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Alfredo Brillembourg has designed and built the Empower Shack, an innovative, urban design solution to the housing crisis in South Africa’s townships.
1 Feb 16
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Gloria Wavamunno: Fashion that responds to the surroundings
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Ugandan designer Gloria Wavamunno draws from her environment to create local fashion with international appeal.
1 Feb 16
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