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Student thesis initiates award-winning community food project

Blank Plate: The culinary design curriculum helping to navigate life in a ‘food desert’. >
Sensing strain in the body with new fibre optics

These refined fibres could one day revolutionise neuroscience and brain treatment. >
Reclaiming a feminine masculinity

Butch Is Not A Dirty Word: the publication celebrating butch identity and culture. >
Mind-controlled robotic arm allows man to feel again

Scientists are working to restore lost sensation with advanced haptic tech. >
These superhero illustrations appeal to children from every walk of life

In the second iteration of his Super Shadows series, Ratliff encourages every child to be a hero. >
New clothes using old materials

Discarded clothes should occupy your wardrobe instead of a landfill. >
3D-bioprinted breast duct could minimise breast-cancer treatment

Modern 3D-printing tech allows scientists to reconsider how they treat cancer. >
WaterSeer: Turning air into drinkable water

This device claims to accelerate the production of pure drinking water. >
The Readi box provides communication in catastrophic situations

Should all else fail, this speaker unit helps you to keep in touch during a disaster. >
US student designs prosthetic hand-hack to aid one-handed violin player

3D printed prosthetic helps this aspiring violinist reach for her dream. >
The first bee born in captivity

The Synthetic Apiary proposes an alternative living arrangement for bees. >
Heart-monitoring smart watch empowers wearers to live longer lives

The iBeat is a life-saving wearable for every age. >
Hyperloop concept could be the railway transport of tomorrow

Take a look at SpaceX’s evolution of maglev trains. >
The drone you can eat

Edible and unmanned, this drone could be a game-changer for aid delivery. >
Student’s website connects patients with LGBTQ-friendly healthcare providers

Healthcare in the United States (US) is a slippery slope for the LGBTQ community. >
When I think about you I text myself

Love in the time of human and machine: Control your impulse to send an emotional drunk message by sending it instead to a surrogate robot number. >
Levoons: squeezable spoons to make baking a breeze

Dreamfarms’ ingenious measuring spoons take the guess work out of baking. >
They Still Live: Ancient african art is resuscitated in urban settings

Photography project They Still Live reconstructs African roots to build a bridge between ancient tribal art and modern tomorrows. >
Control your fear of public speaking with ROC Speak

This computer programme can help develop your communicative skills via your browser. >
Collecting raindrops to prevent water shortage

Using a simple, DIY system of corrugated roof, gutters, buried pipes and gigantic tanks, Joe Mooney is able to harvest rainwater for all his domestic needs. >
How to make roads work for you

Solar Roadways, a US-based startup, imagines a world that is navigated by efficient, power-generating roads. >
Jukeboxx: Challenging the representation of women in hip hop

The feminist movement using hip hop culture to spread love, peace and unity. >
Pill Talk – the creative campaign working to transform the way we perceive birth control

Overcoming contraceptive stigmas with US graphic designer Erica Benamy. >
SproutsIO offers controlled (or automated) indoor gardening

A fine-tuned solution for the urbanite without a garden or a green thumb. >

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