Maker Faire Rome: a firing of minds and a launch of innovation.
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March 5, 2025
Forestguard is a solution to help detecting forest fires in the first 15 minutes ForestGuard is a sensor system that is able to detect forest fires in real-time through its […]ForestGuard: detecting forest fires within th...
February 8, 2025
From the perennial to the catwalk – introducing banana silk The textile industry contributes significantly to environmental pollution: Banana Silk is an environmentally friendly alternative to texti...Banana Silk: the sustainable alternative text...
January 5, 2025
A fungus may heal Chernobyl by drinking radiation In the ruins of Chernobyl, scientists have discovered a black fungus feeding on deadly gamma radiation, slowly growing toward the reactor core [&helli...A black fungus might be healing Chernobyl by ...
December 12, 2024
Magnet fishing is becoming a thing With the help of powerful rare-earth alloy, magnet fishers pull garbage out of polluted waterways Magnet fishing is a unique and exciting hobby […]Searching for underwater treasure with magnet...
November 26, 2024
Foldscope, the Low-tech Paper microscopes that revolutionize healthcare Foldscope, the paper microscope, is brilliant, yet very simple: a low-tech innovation that proves hyper-sophistication is no n...Low-tech innovation: “Foldscope”,...
November 16, 2024
How Google uses AI to reduce traffic and fight fuel emissions Traffic lights can be annoying, but they also contribute to fuel emissions: a Google Research team wants to help […]Can Google fix traffic jams?
October 14, 2024
Melopero, our long - standing partner is ready to show at Maker Faire Rome 2024 Its latest innovations and products together with Raspberry Pi. Come meet the teams! Raspberry Pi and Melopero: innovation and tec...
October 13, 2024
Low-Tech is the High-Tech for those in needs of innovation Let’s dig into low-cost inventions that impact the world: the wind-up radio that helped combat AIDS in Africa Technologies [&hel...Low-tech innovation: the radio that helped ra...
August 31, 2024
the Dutch neighbourhood that is car-free In car-free Merwede, a district in Utrecht, biodiversity and people come before cars The primarily car-free lifestyle in the Netherlands is, of course, [&he...This forward-thinking neighbourhood is car-fr...
July 30, 2024
Waste as input, but not as output: it’s Unplastic, made out of beer waste Compostable and non-plastic, Unplastic is a new materials that simply become part of the circle of […]UnPlastic: compostable packaging materials ma...
