To make searching for a house or apartment easier, tech companies such as Kenya-based xPodd.com have designed apps to bypass agents.

Engineers have developed a prosthetic enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands and patting a cat.

A Kenyan university lecturer is changing his country’s future by delivering internet connectivity via the moon.

Three inventors could be just about to radically transform wind power. Small is indeed beautiful.

A new app is tilting power back to small-scale fishers by allowing them to easily report illegal activity ravaging wild fish populations.

Streaming pays musicians a slither of the pie and without touring, they are in trouble. Here’s an idea from China that could get them more.

TECHNOLOGY In a rural village in Kenya, a woman sets out to do her food shopping. She needs cash, but the nearest bank is several days’...

A Dutch programmer has lowered the eco footprint of websites with just a few keystrokes.

Three records have been broken by two different solar cells, including one that recorded the highest conversion efficiency of just over 47%.

Neuroscientists have come up with an AI-based system that can decode brain waves into written text faster than current tech.

Australian teenager, Angelina Aurora, 17, has developed an organic alternative to plastic using prawn shells.

It’s long been the dream of technology buffs and futurists, but the self-charging electric car may not be too far down the road.

The HumanCharger (aka ‘sun ears’) emits light to the brain to boost alertness, raises energy levels, and enhances mood.

The inventor of the internet is spearheading a bold action plan to protect the worldwide web from manipulation.

New technology has streamlined water purification, offering effective filtration at the press of a button.

Whale strandings are to be monitored from space via satellites.

In an effort to combat loneliness in older people, a Silicon Valley startup has developed an app to twin young and old.

A new sensor that tracks medication could help seriously ill patients recover more quickly.

Virtual reality technology, say experts, could soon revolutionise the way we treat mental ill-health.

A new material has been developed sparking hopes it will become the next-gen of solar heat technology.