🖨 5 ways that 3D printers can be useful in healthcare
3D printer technology is called additive manufacturing (AM) in the industry, and for the average person has ended up a bit in the shadow of other, more everyday innovations. But technology can revolutionize healthcare.
🌍 IKEA's parent company invests an additional $685 million in sustainability
Big companies can really make a difference when they choose to. IKEA is investing heavily in sustainability to achieve the goal of becoming climate positive by 2030.
🌞 "Solar will be the dominant energy source within 10-20 years"
Everything needed for a solar revolution is already in place. That is the opinion of Harald Överholm, CEO of the Swedish company Alight, which has just launched Sweden's largest solar park.
🚴♂️ Protect your skull with a 3D-printed bicycle helmet
The British company Hexr has developed a bicycle helmet that is 3D-printed completely according to your unique main measurements - also in a renewable material.
🎮 We can choose our future (and cope with the climate crisis)
Can you be optimistic about the future despite everything we know about the ongoing climate change? Absolutely, say Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac. The duo was instrumental in stitching together the historic Paris Agreement in 2015.
♻ Circularity is near
Sweden has hammered out a new strategy for the circular economy. It is a welcome and long-awaited holistic view of sustainable resource management throughout the body of society.
🌊 Book tips: The art of working Upstream
Most things in society today are still reactive - we are constantly trying to fix and patch up what has become broken. But what if we could use the resources to prevent the problem arose in the first place?
🍩 Is the world ready for doughnut economics?
In a reconstruction after the corona crisis, there are good opportunities to do things in new ways. Can the time be ripe for the doughnut?
😷 Face mask in nine languages
Not surprisingly, more and more advanced protective masks are emerging in the market. A fun example is this language translation innovation from Japan.