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Fashion student designs utilitarian garments for refugees

Parsons Fashion Design senior Angela Luna creates a collection of transformative clothing for refugees. >
Growing Warriors uses farming to help American Veterans

Veteran soldiers make up to one million of the Americans dependant on food-stamps and this organisation is trying to help. >
We talk to the co-creator of the Bureo recycled fishing net skateboards

The Ahi skateboard is made of recycled fishing nets and its creators at Bureo Inc. are working hard to protect our oceans. >
101Hero: Affordable 3D printing at home

The affordable 101Hero 3D printer lets anyone use the sought-after technology at home. >
WeCount: Connecting communities and helping the homeless

Online peer-to-peer network WeCount is trying to unite communities and end inequality. >
Invincible bicycle is entirely theft proof and weather resistant

The Fortified Bicycle startup reveals their indestructible, unstealable bike. >
MIT Lab’s 3D-printed responsive fur

MIT researchers explore the numerous ways to use their new hairy textile, Cillia. >
High school students design snap-together homeless shelter

HUT is a micro-shelter designed as a low-cost, easy-to-assemble solution to homelessness. >
Ending world hunger is a matter of logistics

Transfernation is an online platform that aims to tackle hunger by redistributing food waste. >
Soofa: NYC’s solar-powered benches

The Soofa group is spreading technology with their solar-powered benches. >
Ingestible origami robot can patch a wound from the inside

Researchers have developed a tiny magnetically controlled robot with dozens of healthcare applications. >
L CARD: A lung cancer “breathalyzer”

The tiny device can detect whether or not a patient has lung cancer. >
Spyce: healthy meals with the speed and ease of fast food

Designed by students, the machine makes a healthy meal as quick and easy as fast food. >
Photographer presents a bird’s-eye view of inequality in Cape Town

Johnny Miller’s photographic series shows that Apartheid spatial planning is still present in South Africa’s Mother City. >
Innovative filter destroys pollutants in the air

The Molekule air filter uses nano-technology and light to destroy air pollutants at a molecular level. >
Robotic arms and a bit of lycra can change the way concrete is used in design

Designers develop a method of fabric-casting concrete into dynamic architectural forms >
Smart earpiece translates languages in real-time

Pilot is an earpiece that translates conversations as they happen. >
Tea shirts: clothing made from tea

A tea by-product could be a more sustainable material for clothing manufacture. >
BaseLantern: a new project by BioLite

The BaseLantern portable lantern is designed for off-grid usage. >
Edible six-pack rings could save marine life

Millions of seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles die every year from getting trapped in six-pack rings. One brewery has come up with an edible solution. >
SkinTrack: the next step in wearable technology

The new device uses your arm’s surface as a touch-screen, extending the interface of the smartwatch. >
Mimicking the womb

An artificial placenta could revolutionise care for premature babies. >
21st Century farming technology to address global food crisis

Urban Produce is a sustainable vertical farming system that looks toward the future of agriculture. >
Florine Demosthene explores the black female form using mixed media art

Inspired by her travels in Africa, Florine Demosthene has created a new black heroine. >

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