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honduran high schooler’s low-cost eye-controlled interface
luis cruz is a honduran high-schooler who has come up with his own low-cost eye-controlled interface.
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liberia hopes to save its rainforests by barcoding trees
nearly two-thirds of west africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small but troubled nation of liberia. how can we save them? by barcoding trees, says liberia.
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banco cyan: new service in brazil rewards consumers for using less water
banco cyan – a novel approach in brazil modeled after a bank account, which monitors consumers’ water usage and rewards them when they manage to cut back
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Made in MIMBRE: handcrafted sustainable furniture from chile
Made in MIMBRE is a lighting and furniture collection designed from chilean woven wicker and fast-growing materials such as bamboo.
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indian prisoners to now work as call-centre employees
a high-security prison near hyderabad is launching an innovative scheme to turn convicts into “outsourcing providers” for local firms and eventually, it is hoped, international clients.
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mobiCINE: taking film distribution to rural africa…using motorcycles equipped with laptops
a new mobile cinema project, is planting roots in a few african countries, with the goal being to, essentially, bring the theatrical experience to areas in which theatrical exhibition doesn’t exist for any number of reasons – mostly economic.
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mexican designers and artists bring innovation to the pottery tradition of oaxaca
a group of designers are teaming up with artisans from the oaxaca region of mexico to host a program that will provide training, collaboration, promotion and fair commercialization of their work.
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the phat phat boats of india: ingenious steam-powered toy boats
the iconic Indian ‘phat phat boat,’ a cheap kids’ toy sold at festivals is part of arvind gupta’s lovely collection of toys made from trash.
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south african centre, in the wild, captures rain in its roof to keep cool
the project’s most unique aspect is its bowl-shaped roof, which captures and stores precious rainwater, which keeps it cool.
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innovative new mapping tool helps NGOs coordinate aid
recently launched NGO aid map initiative is focused on collecting project-level information on NGOs’ work and making it accessible to donors, NGOs, businesses, governments and the public through an online, interactive mapping tool.
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in pakistan, unicef-supported temporary learning centres create opportunities for girls
thousands of parents in rural areas have traditionally declined to send their daughters to school. but the flood waters forced them out of their villages into areas where ‘unicef’ has set up temporary learning centres (TLCs) to try to minimise the impact of the disaster on children’s education.
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indian sand artist marks the end of osama bin laden
an indian sand artist decided to mark the end of the elusive osama bin laden in his own unique way.