Matter of Life & Tech
Ideas and technology that could change the world. Hi-tech or low tech, developing or developed world, we profile the innovators and inventors who are finding solutions to the world’s problems.
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24 April 2013
Phone apps have become an unlikely tool in the effort to improve access to toilets and fresh water around the world. Read more...
8 April 2013
Africa could help feed the world if its farmland was properly utilised. Things are starting to change, however, thanks to ideas transforming farmers’ lives. Read more...
26 March 2013
There’s an urgent need for sustainable housing solutions for the urban poor. Meet the people hoping to revolutionise slum living with hi-tech, low-cost ideas. Read more...
13 March 2013
How an 11-year old boy devised an ingenious low-cost system to keep the hungry beasts away from his family's livestock. Read more...
25 February 2013
Meet the giant Africa rats with a remarkable skill, which allows them to safely clear large areas filled with deadly landmines. Read more...
