From street sensors that reduce collisions and congestion, to heated pavements that melt snow - data is driving urban improvements. But citizens need a meaningful role in evaluating data ...

Alex Ryan · Quartz 09 Dec 2019

France

This European capital tried to fight climate change - but things didn't go as they'd hoped

To reduce their carbon footprint and increase mobility options, many cities have been investing in e-scooter and bike sharing schemes. But they haven't always turned out as well as planne...

Tiago Ratinho · The Conversation 09 Dec 2019

Internet of Things

A billion people live in data poverty – but what does it mean?

The ability to exercise many of our most basic rights and privileges – from voting to travelling – requires standardized information to determine who is eligible for what. But, in the age...

Anne-Marie Slaughter and Yuliya Panfil · Project Syndicate 06 Dec 2019

Global Health

4 ways data is improving healthcare

Harnessing medical data can, and will, improve healthcare, writes GE Healthcare President and CEO Kieran Murphy in the Global Innovation Index 2019.

Global Innovation Index · Global Innovation Index 05 Dec 2019

India

The electric scooter capital of the world

In 2019 alone, the worldwide scooter rental fleet has more than doubled from 25,000 to 66,000. More than 15,000 of those are in India.

Kuwar Singh · Quartz 29 Nov 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

This wristband tells you what food to buy based on your DNA

A family health emergency led to the invention of a wristband that analyses your DNA to tell you which foods to buy to stay healthy and reduce your risk of diseases like diabetes.

Douglas Broom 15 Nov 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

The steel town that’s leading a sustainable revolution

A city that was once on its knees has become a model for successful urban transformation.

Katharine Rooney 15 Nov 2019

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

This air taxi uses 5G to ‘see’ around corners

Volocopter is due to launch its electric air taxis commercially in the next two years. The VoloCity has 5G capabilities to allow it to see round corners and even autonomously ask permissi...

Douglas Broom 01 Nov 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

This groundbreaking new technique is going to revolutionize how our smartphones are built

Smaller and smaller components mean we need to reconsider how robots are able to handle and manipulate these parts.

Jennifer Chu and MIT News · MIT News 16 Oct 2019

Africa

Rwanda pioneers first 'made in Africa' smartphones

Signalling the country's introduction as a player in the technological world, Rwanda has introduced the Mara X and Mara Z smartphones.

Clement Uwiringiyimana · Reuters 16 Oct 2019

Innovation

Light-up tattoos use electronics printed right onto skin

This new technique is delicate enough for human skin, which could enable technologies such as high-adhesion, embedded electronic tattoos, and bandages tricked out with patient-specific bi...

Ken Kingery · Futurity 08 Oct 2019

Digital Communications

Which country offers the cheapest mobile data?

Mobile data costs vary around the world, with 10 of the top 20 cheapest countries in Asia, underscoring how access to the internet remains uneven.

Douglas Broom 30 Sep 2019

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