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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. >
This is the fastest human-powered vehicle on Earth

Aerovelo, a Canadian tech firm recently broke the world record with its human-powered, egg-shaped Eta bike. >
Transforming algae into plastic

This company is turning toxic algae blooms into a valuable resource. >
One man’s trash is another’s heirloom tomato gazpacho

From dumpster to dinner table, Salvage Supperclub challenges the way we think of ugly food. >
Ugly produce for a better world

That wonky-looking vegetable in your pantry could be the key to solving world-hunger. >
Fodder: the pop up dining experience that turns eating into an agricultural act

Can we connect with the animals we consume by being fed their feed? >
Border City: An integrated plan to trash the US, Mexico border debate

Border City is an ambitious plan to rid the United States and Mexico of its divides. >
This rooftop farm changes the way we think of agriculture

Brooklyn-based urban agricultural pioneers Gotham Green built the world's largest rooftop farm. >
Snapchat enters the wearable tech market with ‘Spectacles’

Can the social media app succeed where giants like Google Glass have failed? >
Cáustico: Speculating the future of water access

What happens to society if drinking water becomes our most lucrative resource? >
Student-designed bottle cap could save drought-stricken California millions of litres of water

The ‘Cap the Tap’ campaign is a simple way to curtail water wastage from household taps. >
Raising East New York: The effect of poverty on the family unit

Social documentary photographer Phyllis Dooney challenges the stereotype of the deadbeat dad. >
New energy material harnesses both sunlight and wind

Eight Georgia Institute of Technology engineers pioneered a new type of hybrid textile that can harvest energy from two sources: the sun and wind. >
The Bradley Element: A watch for the visually-impaired

Eone’s striking timepiece indicates the time by touch alone. >

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