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Turbo.roo the chihuahua puppy gets a 3D-printed wheelchair

Turbo.roo is a sweet little chihuahua who was born with just two front legs. The breeder gave up the puppy after realizing that he would need a great deal of special care, so a vet in Indianapolis adopted him.

August 15, 2014Design Read more
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SaveOneLife boot sole detects land mines within a 6.5 foot radius

Colombia and Egypt share at least one unfortunate plague: land mines. Nearly 20 percent of the world’s land mines are strewn throughout Egypt’s western desert and the Sinai peninsula, while in Colombia, they have killed 2,000 people over the last two decades. Lemur Studio designed a life-saving solution – SaveOneLife.

January 30, 2014Design Read more
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SunOven Provides Off-Grid Cooking in 40 Developing Countries

Westerners take access to electricity for granted, but a ridiculous portion of the global population has to scramble for twigs and other unsustainable fuel sources to cook their food. SunOven is an off-grid solution to that problem, and the distributors have set up an NGO to help 40 developing countries gain access to them.

July 9, 2013Green Tech and Gadgets Read more
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How Jean Bradbury Makes a Difference a World Away in Jordan

Jordanian craftswomen near the southern Dead Sea are creating unique market bags, placemats and quilts colored with naturally sourced dyes, then painted and embroidered. The project was built by a Canadian woman and artist living worlds away.

June 12, 2013Design, Lifestyle Read more
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Mine sweepers powered by the wind

There are more land mines in Afghanistan than there are people, so Massoud Hassani turned a childhood toy into an extraordinary wind-powered bamboo mine sweeper that destroys and tracks them.

February 20, 2012Design Read more
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Ethiopia’s New Solar-Powered Cell Phone Charging & Water Service

Villagers gather around a kiosk in Afto, Ethiopia to charge their cell phones using solar power and to fill up their jerry cans with UV clean water Out in the middle of nowhere Ethiopia, fresh water and electricity are hard to come by. It is partly for this reason that the country’s Prime Minister Meles […]

January 20, 2012Green Tech and Gadgets Read more

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