Imaginative new technologies will change millions of lives for the better all over the world. But how do you scale up a successful socially-motivated tech venture? Vicki Hearn gives some insights.
Being the CEO of a well-established organisation doesn't come without its challenges, says Helen Goulden. For starters, there's deciding between heritage and the pursuit of new ideas.
An online platform to create sustainable homes, a tool that allows blind people to feel shapes on a touch-screen and a peer-to-peer learning network were each awarded €50k on 26 October.
What would our cities look like if people from all walks of life could propose, debate and vote on decisions to improve the places where they live? It's already happening, writes Peter Baeck of Nesta.
Thirty exciting ideas which use technology to give opportunities to the most vulnerable and excluded people across Europe were explored and developed this week at the European Social Innovation Competition academy in Madrid.
The spotlight shone on a plethora of life-changing ingenious ideas at the inaugural Digital Agenda Impact Awards on 2 March. Innovations are improving the lives of people with disabilities and saving the environment.
