The Gates-Funded Toilet Of The Future
After an extensive search, the Gates Foundation has given millions to this futuristic power-generating toilet from Caltech--with the hope that it can be the solution to sanitation problems around the world.
Change Generation
A Magical Paper Prevents Your Food From Rotting
Sick of your produce going south before you get a chance to eat? Fenugreen FreshPaper--the brain child of Kavita Shukla, who patented the idea while still in high school--is an herb-infused sheet of paper that naturally keeps us from wasting food.
An Online Community Lets You Ask Your Peers For Help With Your Problems
Spill is a place where you can anonymously tell people what you’re going through--and get advice from people who’ve been through the same thing.
Creating Prototypes For Urban Space, By Combining Art And Tech
The Gray Area Foundation for the Arts is a combination gallery and hackerspace with a mission to change the way people think and interact through the power of technology and imagination.
Turning Rural Indians Into Water Entrepreneurs
Anand Shah’s Sarvajal is bringing clean water to India, but with a twist: the franchise model.
These Skateboards Save Lives
If you’re looking for more than a just a killer kickflip, Hendrick Boards help save our furry friends when you buy them.
An Online Network Supports The Growing World Of Young Female Entrepreneurs
Jennifer Donogh found that there were few resources (and fewer peers) when she tried to start her own business as a young woman. So she created YoungFemaleEntrepreneurs.com to give herself and others a chance at making new connections with other burgeoning entrepreneurs with the same concerns.
Turning The World’s Cell Phones Into A Network Of Sensors
In your pocket, you have an incredibly powerful device that can be used to collect massive amounts of data. Nexleaf Analytics wants to help, by using our phones to quantify the world around us.
Empowering Women With A Wriggly New Industry: Worms
Byoearth is replacing chemical fertilizer, cleaning up trash, and giving poor women jobs and a path out of poverty. What magic bullet can do all these things at once? Teaching women to be worm farmers.
Bringing Real Food To The Drab Corporate Cafeteria
Why should you be forced to eat a boring meal provided by your company if there is a vibrant food culture right outside your office door? Cater2Me brings the passion of artisanal food producers to the office meal.
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