With communities challenged by Covid-19, it’s time to embrace digital transformation and provide local people with the tools to optimise grassroots mobilisation. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreThe UK has confirmed plans for an app that will warn users if they have recently been in close proximity to someone suspected to be infected with the coronavirus. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThe pandemic is forcing educators, parents, and students to think critically, problem-solve, be creative, communicate, collaborate and be agile. It is also revealing that there is another way. QUARTZ
Read MoreCompanies are finally investing in the remote work technology that they didn’t think they needed before. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThe system analyses data from previous fires to be able to recognise an emergency and sends for firefighters. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreWild bees are going extinct. Domesticated bees are trucked all over the country to pollinate crops at great cost. Could this robot be a better solution? And could it help save the bees? FAST COMPANY
Read MoreA completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at MIT and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square meter of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve off-grid arid coastal areas to provide an efficient, low-cost water source. MIT NEWS
Read MoreDenver Beer Co., Colorado’s seventh-largest craft brewery by volume, is testing technology developed by Austin-based Earthly Labs to capture carbon dioxide emitted naturally during fermentation that was previously vented into the air. THE WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreResearchers from King’s College London have developed a new tool to predict which teens are most at risk of developing depression when they turn 18, based on a comprehensive set of factors. RT
Read MoreA new form of combined solar power generation and storage is being developed for the UK. It couples thin, flexible, lighter solar sheets with energy storage to power buildings or charge vehicles off-grid. BBC NEWS
Read MoreFirst, there are the therapeutic benefits it promises. Second, the technology could have important social benefits for women. AEON
Read MoreOnline orders account for billions of square metres of cardboard every year. Many objects packed very inefficiently, leading to waste. However, a new machine being trialled in Dijon, France, can customise cardboard boxes for specific objects. Emma Simpson was given an exclusive tour by Alex Manisty of DS Smith. BBC NEWS
Read MoreOne in three people in Africa lacks access to a clean, reliable water source, and the figure is rising, according to the World Health Organization. PLACE
Read MoreUsing sensors, green areas, better planning and more advice from communities, cities are battling growing flood risk. PLACE
Read MoreUsing mirrors to concentrate solar power isn’t new, but now the tech can push temperatures high enough to be used for manufacturing things such as steel and cement. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreA US startup claims it can convert CO2 into nutrients. Could innovations such as this and 3D-printed steaks provide a sustainable food future? THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreMany of us struggle to figure out which items can be recycled while sorting our rubbish at home. Machines in sorting plants can have the same problem. This prevents many countries from achieving the recycling rates they would like. But new "invisible barcode" technology is being piloted which aims to fix the problem. BBC NEWS
Read MoreHigh-tech mapping and mobile phone apps are being used to combat dengue fever in Honduras as the Central American nation struggles to fight the worst outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease on record, medical charity MSF said on Thursday. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreConsumers are demanding to know where the seafood they buy comes from to ensure catches are legal, sustainable and free from labor abuse. The technology to deliver that information, once out of reach for small-scale fishers, is becoming more accessible in places like the Philippines. MONGABAY
Read MoreTo better protect themselves from wildfires worsened by climate change, communities are pulling together to share information. Typically, the COPE network might collect and share information such as where doctors live, where a resident might be house-bound or where swimming pools are located that could be used in fighting a fire. PLACE
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