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Mobile solar beds help treat jaundiced babies. Still, in many parts of the world, energy remains in short supply. Now, with his Toronto-based startup, a Black founder is providing Nigerians a low-cost opportunity to rent portable batteries. Charging stations are powered by solar energy. The 200W batteries provide direct and alternating currents to power mobiles, PCs or small fridges,...

Creating diverse working environments is important. Increasingly, for People of Color, owning one’s own business is a genuine possibility. Now, the Canadian province of Ontario is expanding its support for people of different ethnic backgrounds. Over two years, $5 million is being invested in a program that startups can apply for online. Successful applicants will receive financial support of...

Meat-free pet food is already available. But insects aren’t so popular with fruit and veg. Now, a team from NC State University has developed a fabric that protects plants from small insects without using pesticides. Key to their approach: time. If insects don’t find food quickly enough, they either give up or die. The team sandwiched a structured, knitted...

Beer can be converted to electricity, waste from tequila production into compostable cutlery. Alcoholic drinks can be intoxicatingly sustainable. Now a startup from Dundee in Scotland is creating furniture from the waste materials from whisky, beer and gin distillation. Grain leftovers and other botanicals such as juniper berries, orange peel and cinnamon are collected and dried immediately after the...

Whether it’s an armband that converts language to text, or a chat app for mental challenges, modern technology provides an array of support. Now four young women from Dubai are aiming to improve the lives of schizophrenia patients. The tenth-graders recently won an international competition with their headband, which monitors signals from the brain and detects anomalies. These triggers...

We can limit our time on social media. Time spent at the laundromat, not so much. Which is why a Philadelphia-based startup is providing meaningful support while people are using community machines. That’s typically 2 hours per visit. Together with partner institutions, the founders are offering free medical provision such as mammograms, hepatitis B tests and blood pressure screenings....