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Smart Cities

EU police forces trialling AI detectives

VALCRI, an AI algorithm, processes criminal databases and other data sets, suggesting lines of inquiry to aid police, and may even be able to pre-empt crime.

Education

App fills world with virtual statues of notable women

Helping tell a more complete story of history, crowdsourced app The Whole Story adds virtual statues of notable women to any location in the world.

Concept of Intelligence with Human Brain on Blue Background

Health & Wellbeing

Electrical stimulation device helps arm mobility in stroke victims

The self-controlled device use electrodes placed on the arm, which deliver an electrical shock and makes the patient’s muscles move.

Entrepreneurs can use Makersite to monitor how changes to one aspect of their product will affect their entire supply chain.

Eco & Sustainability

Digital tool maps the environmental impact of individual supply chains

Product designers can now model the impacts of changing materials, suppliers or technology across their entire supply chain from a single platform.

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Homes & Housing

Smart blinds generate electricity using solar energy

SolarGaps blinds are a green energy solution for renters and those looking for a solar panel alternative.

Non-profit, Social cause

Solar-powered MP3 player educating third world women

German non-profit social cause URIDU has developed a solar powered MP3 player that’s being given out to illiterate women in East Africa to educate on health and life skills.

Style & Design

New water repellent material sheds like a snake when damaged

Scientists have taken inspiration from nature to create a water repellent material that sheds if damaged to reveal another hydrophobic layer.

Crowdfunding Now

Amazonian store swaps recyclables for food

A new eco-friendly shop has being established in the Amazon that lets customers swap plastics and aluminium cans for food.

Where are they now?

Where Are They Now?: Morpher

We spoke to Jeff Woolf OBE, whose innovative helmet design has just received investment from tennis player Sir Andy Murray, as part of the latest Seedrs fundraising campaign.

Eco & Sustainability

Handheld device transforms dirty air into energy

Researchers at the University of Antwerp compare the handheld device’s green ability to that of solar panels.

Gaming

Pong being converted into a coffee table

The Godfather of video games is being turned into a real-life physical form game that also doubles up as a retro coffee table.

Weird of the Week

Brewery producing lager from human urine

A Danish beer company is making a new drink called Pisner with ingredients that are being fertilised from 50,000 litres of festival urine. Welcome to “Beercycling”.