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Polish architecture students envision an artistic commune with their affordable housing project, Small House on Tracks. >

Urban Art Workshops for Seniors is a programme that is putting spray cans in the hands of Lisbon's pensioners, who are now part of a group called Lata 65. >

OpenROV is a few steps away from completing its open-source underwater drone called Trident. >

Tatsuya Tanaka creates pocket-sized scenes of everyday life, on a daily basis for “Miniature Calendar”, his pet-project >

The Original Unverpackt eliminates packaging to cut waste and offer customers a buy-what-you-need alternative. >

Engineers in Japan successfully launched a solar sail to test the applications of solar power in deep space missions. >

3Dom is taking coffee waste and converting it into a sustainable, recyclable 3D printing material. >

Persona Art Project has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund an art project that personalises the widely recognisable generic bathroom figure. >

Colour maker Laura Daza explores the origin of colour by transforming raw materials into eight ancient pigments. >

FoneAstra is an app designed to ensure the quality of donated breast milk, saving the lives of hundreds of babies. >

Self-proclaimed "cyborg musician" Onyx Ashanti has designed a set of futuristic musical instruments using open source information and 3D printing. >

The TreeCapital tree-planting programme is turning young Ugandan adults into entrepreneurs and environmental activists. >

Japanese designer Kosho Ueshima has created Misoka, a nanotech toothbrush that cleans your teeth without toothpaste. >

In eastern Congo, hand-hewn, low-tech scooters called chukudu's are a used to carry heaps of cargo, from food to fuel to bricks, across long distances. >

Two Netherlands-based organisations are on the frontier of energy-harvesting textile design. >

This Vietnamese district used old construction materials to create a structure strong enough to withstand heavy storms. >

Nemury’s graphic artworks provoke the question: Is iOS technology an up-and-coming medium for creating digital art? >

Edible art, wearable tech, and candy designs are all part of what makes Japan’s tech scene one of the craziest. >

The Senegalese government plans to build a new city – airport, industrial park, university and all – in an attempt to ease congestion in the capital. >

In her series “Looking for Alice”, Sian Davey captures moving images of family life, focusing on her daughter Alice, who was born with Down's Syndrome. >

Ideo and the Zen Hospice Project have pioneered the way to an expressive, palatable death. >

Trained Angolan volunteers treat approximately 50 children a week using Valid International's acute malnutrition programme. >

Photographer Jo Ratcliffe investigates how the land we live on can bear the permanent, emotional marks of its history. In this series she focuses on Angola. >

Lighting, GPS tracking, health sensors, and home automation are all features in Squeaker’s new dog collar. >