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tube city: a sustainable water-purifying city for delhi
tube city is a design for a 21 km long tube running over the yamuna river in the city of delhi.
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in india, spreading computer literacy through a ‘hole in the wall’
dr. sugat mitra, chief scientist at NIIT had been toying with the idea of unsupervised learning and computers, and his team soon carved a ‘hole’ in the wall that seperated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum in kalkaji, new delhi.
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fundar: website dedicated to tracking government spending in mexico
a brilliant new website, fundar, is solely dedicated to tracking down how and where the taxes that mexicans pay are used.
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FreMo is india’s first bicycle sharing program
every one of us living in these bustling metropolises has always dreamt of a city devoid of traffic snarls, incessant honking and pollution. FreMo, india’s first bicycle sharing programme is a step in that direction.
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awaaz.de: giving communities a voice using voice social media
awaaz.de is a voice-based question and answer service, information portal, forum, asynchronous call centre and low-cost radio platform.
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in kenya, africa’s first national open data initiative
today was a historical day, as kenya became the first country in africa to initiate a national open data project.
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Éclair: a street school chain in india, that inspires and enlightens (and has no classrooms or exams)
Éclair is a street school chain being run by indian college students in the states of punjab, rajasthan and delhi.
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in india, an illiterate farmer designs a water mill to generate electricity
siddappa, an illiterate farmer from somapur village in gadag district of karnataka, has designed a water mill to generate electricity.
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india offers free cars for people to get sterilized, in order to control their population growth
health officials in rajasthan, are hoping to lure at least 30,000 men and women into voluntarily being sterilized by offering them expensive incentives like cars.
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in china, the world’s most advanced water-rationing system
chinese hydroengineers are embarking on a plan to upgrade the “digital yellow river” – what they claim is the world’s most advanced water-rationing system.
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in bangladesh, new eco-friendly kiln to lower air pollution
UNDP points out that nearly 90% of bricks made in bangladesh, are made in old kilns which are also a large part of the reason why himalayan glaciers are melting.
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in indonesia, recycled newspaper flip-flops create sustainable jobs
the creative workshop creates various unique handmade products made from recycled and up-cycled newspapers and other natural materials.