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Innovation
- Sri Lanka launches office to foster innovation
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Mar 15, 2013
In order to boost its science, technology and innovation strategy, the Government of Sri Lanka has created a new organisation that is dedicated to building a conducive atmosphere among all stakeholders.
[Science] [Technology] [Sri Lanka] [South Asia] [Innovation] - Greenpeace announces winners of innovation challenge
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Dec 13, 2013
The challenge ran for 10 weeks and the participants got an international platform to discuss, seek guidance and innovate.
[Greenpeace International] [Innovation] [Agriculture] - Safer stove developed for rural India by Greenway Grameen Infra
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Nov 19, 2012
Having an open fire in your house is dangerous, and it’s not good to inhale the smoke. But it’s how billions of people cook and heat their houses. The Greenway Smart Stove aims to change that, with no moving parts and at a price anyone can afford.
[sustainability] [India] [Innovation] - New sustainable lighting device combines nature and technology
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Oct 30, 2012
A new sustainable lighting device '3M Tubular Daylighting Device' created by 3M offers significant reduction of electrical energy bills effectively for 8 to 10 hours a day and is 100 per cent green.
[Business] [solar energy] [green economy] [Innovation] [sustainability] - ‘Petrol from air’ produced by UK company
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Oct 23, 2012
In what might be an innovation with massive implications for the automobile sector, Air Fuel Syndication, a UK-based company claims to be able to produce a synthetic version of petrol from air.
[sustainable transportation] [Auto Industry] [Innovation] [sustainability] [Fuel] - Wind turbine goes modern: The debut of the blade-less turbine
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Aug 06, 2012
Saphon Energy was come up with a novel innovation of a blade-less turbine, called the Saphonian.
[Clean energy] [Corporate social responsibilty] [Cleantech] [Innovation] - Bangladeshi innovators sweep US technology award
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Aug 09, 2012
An innovative building material that could be used to construct cheap shelters in poor countries and disaster areas, and is based on a traditional Bangladeshi fibre used to make cloth, has won the top award of US$50,000 at the Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative's annual competition.
[Development] [Innovation] - IBM squeezes more power from new solar cell
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Aug 24, 2012
The more sunlight a solar cell can convert into electricity, the cheaper the solar power. Companies like IBM are turning to new materials to try to break efficiency barriers for solar cells.
[solar energy] [Energy] [Innovation] - Technology has the potential to change everything: Rita Soni
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Aug 30, 2012
NASSCOM Foundation's CEO, Rita Soni believes in the power of technology in changing the lives of people and how responsible business has to go beyond the traps of just being philanthropy. In a conversation with Bushra Ahmed of OneWorld South Asia, she talks of the many facets of the IT industry and corporate social responsibility practices in India.
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