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Award-winning designer Benjamin Hubert talks about using design to make things better. >

Professor Hossam Haick at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology designed a product that pairs with a smartphone to detect lung cancer. >

Standing at different heights, these steel-clad towers form one playful residence in Japan’s city of Kosai. >

To protect Syria’s heritage, a group of artists have built miniature replicas of the country’s most iconic sites. >

Chinese artsit Ai Wei Wei has set up a studio on the Greek islands of Lesbos to make art that responds to the migrant crisis. >

Architecture firm, SOM created a net-zero elementary school that is geared towards sustainable living. >

The Ghetto Biennale connects Haitian artists to the rest of the world; its catalogue will give the exhibition longevity. >

Jean-Paul Bourdier's photography poetically explores the human form as it experiences ties with the four elements - earth, air, water, light. >

In Kampala, a Makerere University research team unveiled a multi-purpose tractor to aid local crop cultivation. >

Dealing with depression, sadness and life as an introvert, Melania Brescia expresses herself in the only way she can. >

The Mosquito Landing Box developed in Tanzania lures malaria-carrying mosquitos using human scent. >

Paul Louise-Julie’s new afro-futuristic graphic novel draws from ancient African aesthetics. >

Libromat transforms the chore of laundry into time spent reading picture books with your children. >

An innovative streetlight could be an answer to extreme air pollution caused by CO2 emissions on the road. >

In Rotterdam, a new traffic light system speeds up cyclists' travel time in wet conditions. >

The Ocean Cleanup, an innovative passive system designed to clear plastic waste from the oceans, will be launching their first open water test in early 2016. >

YEVU empowers Ghana's informal traders by introducing their vibrant textiles to a global consumer base. >

Seabin is designed to continuously remove rubbish and contaminants from the ocean’s surface. >

This proposal to revitalise New Delhi through a polluted network of canals would minimise pollution and improve transport but it keeps getting delayed. >

Turkish artist doodles normal life to show the ways that war has robbed Syrian children. >

Experts have released 30 000 catfish into the Chicago River in an effort to measure the signs of progress in cleaning up the notoriously polluted water. >

IDEO’s tools for understanding crops are helping Myanmese farmers make the most of their harvests. >

University researchers in the US are developing a sensor-based technology to assist visually impaired people navigate around obstacles. >