Articles

Three Ugandan IT graduates have developed a cellphone app that can diagnose breast cancer, helping prevent deaths by providing essential early detection. >

Oviary is the first update the contraceptive pill has received in 50 years and it’s going to make it more effective for women everywhere. >

A bicycle helmet with LED brake and indicator lights will make roads much safer for bicycle riders. >

The danger of being hit by a car while walking home at night has been radically reduced with a simple reinvention of a common bar accessory. >

Italian scuba-diving father and son have found a way to grow fresh food nearly 10 metres underwater in the sea. >

In honour of Madela Day 2015, Design Indaba gave R67 000 to help people make a positive change in their communities. Here are some of the images we've received. >

American architect Jon Sojkowski is gathering an online archive of images and information that celebrate African vernacular architecture. >

A new crowd-funding platform is hoping to help a little school in the township of Philippi realise the big dreams of its principal and her pupils. >

Kingii, a new type of water-safety device for your wrist, doesn't need an app to save your life – it will inflate when you're at risk of drowning. >

Using bits of brass, laser engraved leather, reflective plastic and design acumen; Akiko Shinzato’s jewellery can give you someone else’s identity. >

French robotics company Aldebaran could change the future of elderly care with the development of a robot companion called Romeo. >

Triggerfish Animation Studio’s new Story Lab could have a far-reaching impact on the animation industry in Africa. >

We are giving 67 South Africans R1000 each towards making their communities better through a creative intervention this Mandela Day with. What's your idea? >

Maya Lapp and Denis Perera subvert the irresistible desire to play with bubble wrap by casting it in glass. >