Virtual Supermarket: A game to detect memory problems in older adults

A new specialised videogame, developed by Greek scientists and available for free, promises to accurately examine and “save” the
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Girls today, pioneers in Stem tomorrow.

The Straits Times, Singapore
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Visualizing Impact: A civic commitment to making information readable

It all began with an observation: information and knowledge are essential to development. A number of organisations, especially non-
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Because you’re happy

It seems that Switzerland is the happiest nation in the world...or at least if we are to believe the latest World Happiness Report
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

A clean bag of water

It weighs no more than 300 grams, fits easily into a backpack and looks like any other plastic bag.
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Harassment Map: An initiative to empower Egyptian women

While working with one of the civil society organisations in Egypt in 2005, American citizen Rebecca Chao and her three Egyptian
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Light for the blind

It was a fine morning on June 25th, 2013. RagibHasan reached his office atthe University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA and started
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Incredible Edible

Plant first, ask later. This is what a handful of volunteers in an ordinary town in northern England did, and from it sprang a worldwide
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Living Together, On And Off The Road

This July, a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian and an atheist will take off on a year-long journey around the world, the second
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Luwrain: an operating system for the blind

Russian developer Mikhail Pozhidaev, himself visually impaired, has created a free operating system for the blind, which is simple
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Powering Villages, Empowering Lives

In India’s Barefoot College, rural women learn to make and maintain solar panels, bringing clean power to their villages and creating
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Merry-go-round turns play into power

Generating electricity through play. That’s the simple but inspired idea of an American humanitarian organisation: Empower
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Boroume [We Can!]: Saving Food, Saving Lives

At the end of 2011, a group of friends saved 12 cheese pies left over at a bakery in a poor neighbourhood of western Athens and
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

From Trash To Tchaikovsky

Filled with stamps from the 15 or so countries he has visited, Brandon Cobone has an impressive passport for an 18-year-old. Even
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Seeing For Two

The free iPhone app Be My Eyes connects blind users with sighted volunteers. When a blind user needs help, he accesses the app and
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

A Smarter Smartphone

When Dave Hakkens’ camera broke during a vacation in 2012, the Dutch design student took it apart to see what had gone wrong.
19 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Bruce Lee

Well-known martial artist Bruce Lee was born in Chinatown, San Francisco. He was a action film actor, martial arts instructor
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM

STAR DIARY

I had an interesting interaction with a teenager a couple of days ago. It hasn't been long since I was a teenager myself, but I didn't know how much times had changed.
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM

SNAPSHOT

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching ― Gerard Way
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM

The Song of the Sea

One day, during the gruesome Calcutta riot (1946), a curious boy escaped the strict surveillance of his phupu (paternal aunt), Salema Khatun.
18 June 2015, 18:00 PM