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This 50-Cent Paper Microscope Could ‘Democratize Science’
A couple of months ago, I received an interesting package in the mail. It looked like a standard manila envelope, but inside was a device that could quite possibly revolutionize the way we view the microscopic world. I'm referring to the Foldscope, an origami-based optical microscope that is small enough to fit inside your pocket.
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- Education, Health Care, Technology
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- research
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Five Ugandan students invented an app to diagnose vaginal infections at home
Five university students majoring in information technology and engineering have invented a device and accompanying app, which they’ve named the Her Health BVKit, to allow women to test for vaginal infections at home.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Smartphones help Tanzanian women secure land rights
In an effort to help Tanzania's authorities secure village land rights, USAID launched a project to map geographic and demographic data using mobile phone technology, with the aim of speeding up land rights registration.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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PRESS RELEASE: Tech-based social solutions competition looking for nominations
The competition, organized by Siemens Stiftung, seeks to identify innovative technical solutions to tackle global challenges in basic supply in the developing world.
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- Agriculture, Energy, Health Care, Technology
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- infrastructure
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Turn on your sensors, development is about to go ‘wearable’
They range from the simple to the astounding, the familiar to the science fictional. Sensors are all around us, capturing information and turning it into something else: an electrical signal, the basis for a decision, a diagnosis, a warning.
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- Health Care, Technology
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Fast paper test detects three diseases at once
A quick, paper-based blood test which can simultaneously detect the Ebola, dengue and yellow fever viruses has shown promising results in tests, say researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
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- Health Care, Technology
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5 tech startup ideas that Kenya can export
Having pioneered mobile money solutions like MPesa and crowd-sourcing platform Ushahidi, Kenya’s innovative, resilient and global-looking tech community is working on the next big thing.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- digital payments
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A Hundred Apps Bloom in China as Millions Bank on Their Phones
Consumers are skipping straight from cash to mobile finance.
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- Technology
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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