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A California media and technology company is using 3D printing to provide hands and arms for amputees in South Sudan and the war-torn Nuba Mountains. In November, Not Impossible printed a prosthetic hand that allowed a teenager to feed himself for the first time in two years. More info:
Designed by Seung Hyun Lee, il Woong Jwa, Bom Yi Lee & Jiwon Moon the Multifunctional Bathtub has an exclusive tilt function that allows you to save water when you take a soak. Depending upon how you tilt and use the tub, you could end up saving 80% of water for foot bath, 60% of water for half-body and 40% for full-body bath. More info:
Infinite light is a simple solution providing high quality and cost effective solar lamp, to be used in rural populace. It strives to answer the needs of lighting of poverty stricken people. This simple solution provides light basically with flexible solar panel and the batteries which are placed in PET bottles. More info:
Many of us buy new things even when we’ve already got a closet full of barely worn clothes. Swedish fashion label Uniforms for the Dedicated has come up with a creative way to alter that behavior with the Rag Bag, a biodegradable shopping bag that helps shoppers live up to the motto: “Donate something old every time you buy something new.” The pre-addressed and postage-paid carrier breaks down various barriers consumers might encounter before donating their unwanted clothes. More info:
UTEC have installed an air-cleaning billboard in downtown Lima. Situated within a construction site, the purifying structure filters the air as efficiently as 1,200 trees – which is the equivalent to approximately 3.5 million cubic feet ( 100,000 cubic meters ) of fresh oxygen per day. More info:
It proposes a simple and cheap, biodegradable and edible alternative to plastic bottles and aims to eliminate the inconceivable amount of water bottles that end up in landfills. More info:
A Brilliantly Simple Design Transforms Old Boxes Into School Desks And Bags. The Help Desk uses a stencil to put essential school supplies in the hands of poor school children in India. More info:
Korean designer lee jinyoung of ‘i clue design‘ has created an open solution for DIY shoes titled, the ‘klem project’. The idea was developed while working as a design expert engaged in a technology project for SBS hope television, ‘design for human, malawi, africa episode’, where he noticed that people living in deprived conditions suffered from a significant lack of daily necessities. More info: