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San Francisco’s Hackable Sidewalks are Real Conversation Starters

Encouraging social interaction in cities through giant concrete parabola.
Alice Bell
Oct 1, 2014 3 min read
A pair of hands repairing circuit boards with tools.

How a Broken Toaster Can Help Fix the World

Taking a visit to a "Restart" party, where dead electronics are given new life.
Alice Bell
Sep 30, 2014 6 min read

How a Shock Diagnosis Lead to a Genetic Discovery and the Awakening of an Innovator Within

When her child was diagnosed with a rare disease, Sharon Terry made is her mission to enable researchers find a cure.
Ken Banks
Sep 30, 2014 4 min read

Tackling the Gender Imbalance in African Tech

Squashing the old mentality and enhancing gender equality in the industry.
Ken Banks
Sep 18, 2014 2 min read

How CrisisNET is Democratizing Crisis Data

It gives journalists, data scientists, developers, and more fast, easy access to critical government, business, humanitarian, and crowdsourced information.
Ken Banks
Sep 17, 2014 2 min read

Tinder for Your Fridge?

How apps can help you cut down on food waste.
Alice Bell
Sep 2, 2014 2 min read

Instructions Not Included: How Usability Made the User Guide Redundant

The death of the instruction manual has long been on the cards.
Ken Banks
Sep 2, 2014 1 min read

How Biohackers Are Making the Perfect Vegan Cheese

Growing real cow's milk from yeast in a lab–no cows required.
Azeen Ghorayshi
Sep 2, 2014 2 min read
The La Brea tar pits bubble away.

Can the Science of Alien Hunting Offer a Solution to Oil Spills?

The first aliens we find might look like oil-eating bacteria found in tar pits.
Alice Bell
Aug 28, 2014 2 min read

The Oxford Flood Network: Bringing Smart Cities to the People

Monitoring a river to warn of floods using a grassroots data collection system.
Alice Bell
Aug 28, 2014 2 min read
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