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These cleaning supplies dispensers from Chilean startup Algramo, allows low-income earners to fill up in bulk, paying less and reducing waste.
Mighty Buildings, an Oakland, California construction company, is 3D-printing entire houses in 24 hours–and they're stylist and cheap.
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Their first billboard provided drinking water to a parched and arid region of Peru. Now, The University of Engineering and Technology is cleaning pollution out of the air generated around a construction site.
The Afghan Girls Robotics Team of Herat, which won several major scientific awards in 2017 is back with a new invention - an inexpensive portable ventilator.
10-year-old Daisy Watt is a 'mini Monet' painting stunning floral landscapes in England that sell for up to £10,000-and donates all the money to charity.
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Stephen Wamukota was recently awarded the Presidential Order of Service Uzalendo Award in recognition for his hands-free sanitation station design.
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A Texas "nurse scientist" created a better face mask, in case her nursing staff ever ran out-and Tommye Austin's TM 2020 is a better one by far.
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