Technology
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Technology Kenya2. August 2020Corona: Solar Power Keeps People Safe During Blackouts
Kenya’s rural villages have been suffering from increasing blackouts as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But a switch to solar power is helping families and their electricity-deprived neighbors keep their lights on.
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Environment Bangladesh1. August 2020“Solar-Sharing” Might Save a Billion Dollars as Neighbors Share Their Power
Homes with excess, unused solar energy can now share their power with their neighbors, thanks to a start-up in Bangladesh whose mission is to curb more than a billion dollars' worth of energy waste each year.
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Technology Kenya31. July 2020Balloons in the Stratosphere Give Internet to People Who Never Had It Before
Africa’s first application of balloon-powered internet has kicked off in Kenya, providing tens of thousands of people with cheaper access to a 4G LTE network connection in comparison to constructing cell towers for the same purpose.
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Society Nigeria17. July 2020Corona: 300,000 Children Will Get Free Phones to Keep Learning
When schools in Lagos, Nigeria closed in March as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, lessons over radio, television and the internet became the norm, which many of the poorer students had little access to – until now.
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Technology United Kingdom4. July 2020Trees Get More Interesting As People Are Locked Down
An online tree mapping app in London, England featuring details of more than 700,000 trees – including their location and species – has seen fifty times more visitors since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown measures.
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Health Israel1. July 2020These Contact Lenses Make Life Colorful for the Color Blind
Frequency-filtering sunglasses have been the go-to fix when it comes to some types of color blindness – but two engineers in Israel have found a way to implement color-correcting films directly onto contact lenses!
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Society Lebanon1. July 2020Refugees Earn and Students Learn in Online Language Service
An online language service taught entirely by refugees is helping people from all over the world pick up a new skill – especially useful during COVID-19 lockdowns – while teachers earn a living where they otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
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Technology Sierra Leone22. June 2020This Game Teaches Kids About Sex, Trying to Reduce Unwanted Pregnancies During COVID-19
The coronavirus lockdown in Sierra Leone could likely increase the number of unwanted pregnancies, say experts. To tackle this issue, an international charity has created an interactive sex education app to provide the youth with reliable information and support.