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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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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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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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Smartphones at the forefront of healthcare in Africa
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Diagnosis, monitoring, and a treatment plan could be sent via a smartphone with Vodacom’s healthcare apps.
29 Oct 15
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Exclusive: Artist Adejoke Tugbiyele on giving voice to the voiceless
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Nigerian-American artist and activist Adejoke Tugbiyele uses mixed media to give voice to the LGBTI communities of Africa.
29 Oct 15
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A pocket-sized flashlight powered by body heat
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This inventor's flashlight is powered by body heat and is expected to be a step towards living without batteries.
28 Oct 15
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Are crickets in cocktails a viable solution to food shortage?
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Food Design
Graduates from the School of Visual Arts, Lucy Knops and Julia Plevin have co-founded Critter Bitters, a cocktail bitters made with toasted crickets.
28 Oct 15
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Jonathan Lee gives us insight into Google's rebranding
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Google's rebranding is a step towards tackling the world's complex problems with simple, accessible design.
28 Oct 15
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Julia DeVille turns death into art
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Taxidermist and jeweller Julia deVille uses reimagined dead animals to celebrate life.
28 Oct 15
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An app-assisted home vegetable garden
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Edntech hopes to inspire sustainable indoor gardening with its educational planter unit.
28 Oct 15
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