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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.
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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
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STAR DIARY
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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.
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