A Grand Plan For Feeding The World With Insects BY BEN SCHILLER, fastcoexist.com We need more protein for the developing world, but we really don’t need to be raising more livestock. The solution might be buzzing around your head right now. How do you feed 9 and half billion people without destroying the planet? Accord… … Continue reading How to feed the world with insects
How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls To Cook Stoves BY RACHAEL CHONG, fastcoexist.com Heather Fleming’s Catapult Designs does innovative product design—but for the developing world. Editor’s Note This is the latest profile in Catchafire’s Generosity Series, a multi-month celebration and investigation of bold… RT @FastCoExist: How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls … Continue reading How One Designer Went From Designing Remote Controls To Cook Stoves
Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address A Human Need BY MEAGAN FALLONE, fastcoexist.com Facebook is great for checking out photos of your exes and all, but for social innovators working in the developing world, there’s no point to new technologies unless they make life better for the people they’re trying to help. Editor’s Note … Continue reading Technology Is Useless If It Doesn’t Address a Human Need
via http://www.ushahidi.com My friend Bill told me about this company which uses crowdsourcing to address crisis situations in developing countries. Related articles Ushahidi at Five (ushahidi.com) Why Ushahidi Should Embrace Open Data (irevolution.net) 5 Innovative Ways to Crowdsource Better Governance (wamda.com) Kenyan election bloggers become cyber-activism pioneers (rawstory.com) Jakarta Floods - Social Media Landscape in … Continue reading Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS)
PolyTherics - enabling better biopharmaceuticals - PolyTherics. This company is attempting to put the drug development process into an open source model so that poor people in developing countries can actually afford to get drugs. They were highlight in Business 2.0's list of Disrupters. Related articles Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals announces new global commercialization deals with Ipsen … Continue reading PolyTherics – enabling better biopharmaceuticals
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