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August 13, 2021
FROM CARDBOARD BEDS TO RECYCLED MEDALS, THE TOKYO OLYMPICS wanted TO BE THE GREENEST EVER Beat the record set by London 2012: the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are aimed […]The many ways the Tokyo Olympics were sustain...
July 29, 2021
Some of the best robots are inspired by nature Introducing small robots based on cockroaches – with almost as much speed and squashability as its biological equivalent Scientists have create...These robots inspired by cockroaches can’t ...
July 27, 2021
Countries are switching to polymer notes to save the environment For countries concerned about the environmental impact of the currency, a switch to polymer notes makes sense As countries [&hel...The future of notes is plastic
July 13, 2021
Egypt’s farmers: a new irrigation system to tackLe water shortage In Egypt, farmers consume more than 85% of the Nile. The project is part of Egypt’s 20-year plan to tackle […]Egypt: farmers tap new technology to save wat...
June 21, 2021
Robot technology has reached desert tracks in the UAE, and it’s holding camels by the reins One of the oldest sports in the Middle East has been revamped by robotic […]Dubai camel races resume with robot jockeys
June 14, 2021
Meet Professor Sinanoglu – the inventor of unhackable computer chips His groundbreaking research has been funded by multiple entities including the likes of tech giant Intel and US Department of...Meet Professor Ozgur Sinanoglu – the i...
May 14, 2021
200 Musicians, Makers and Artists Come Together as Creative Placemakers in their New VIRTUAL Campus An“Open Studios” for music makers: fifteen “buildings” with makers from around the w...It’s Maker Music Festival weekend, join...
May 13, 2021
Major design FIRM Fjord maps DYI innovation as a pressing trend in 2021 “Innovation is also a product of people ingenuity in challenging circumstances”. Isn’t the ethos of Maker Fair...Fjord 2021 Trends Report highlights the impor...
May 10, 2021
Students turn discarded chewingum into colourful skateboard wheels About sixty chewingums are needed for a skateboard. Maybe we all should start chewing for the cause! Hugo Maupetit and Viv...Discarded chewingum turns into skateboard whe...
May 3, 2021
Training Facial Recognition on Furry Friends: Bears In their spare time, two Silicon Valley developers aided conservationists in developing artificial intelligence to help keep track of individual bea...AI to help facial recognition, for bears
