The first self-sufficient boat will start a six-year trip around the world in spring. The boat, worth 5 million euros, is equipped with solar panels, wind ...
Alphabet (Google’s parent company) stops its solar-powered drone program
Google’s parent company Alphabet dissolved a team that explored the use of drones for delivering internet access to developing countries. The drones ...
Will a parking app solve India’s congestion problems?
A Delhi-based startup developed a smartphone app that could help to reduce India’s congestion problems. As studies on traffic show, a major source of ...
Wearable device to help Parkinson patient to write
BBC has started a series where people in need can draw on help from experts and top inventors in the UK. In the first episode 29-year old graphic designer ...
A house covered in trees
Architect Ferdinand Ludwig and his colleagues developed a steel construction that can support trees to cover a whole house while they are growing. Once the ...
How a graffiti crew pretties up Berlin’s subway trains with flowers
The view outside of subway trains is usually not even boring, but unsightly. In order to change that, the graffiti crew TOY attached flower boxes to an S- ...
Nearly carbon-free conference without anyone coming
On October, 24th the “The World in 2050: Imagining and Creating Just Climate Futures” conference started. It will be lasting three weeks. What ...
Intel supports startups and innovation in India
The technology giant Intel promotes innovation and especially startups in India. The Intel India Maker Lab Maker Lab is a driving force behind this ...
How a creative craft like design is built on data
The set-up process of Ellevest, a digital investment platform for women, shows how design is fundamentally based on gathered data. Further the platform ...
Plastic trash becomes obvious through art project
A public art project in Los Angeles aims to raise awareness for the immense plastic waste created on a daily basis. While landfills and recycling sites are ...
