The Hippo Roller has made life easier for thousands of water-starved people--but it's very expensive. The WaterWheel--designed to solve the water crisis in India--is the next generation of wheeled water carriers. Not everyone can just turn on the tap to access clean water; in the developing world, women regularly carry five-gallon, 42-pound buckets of water on their heads.
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As much as I love all kind of cuisines, I'm not all that familiar with Singaporean food—I had nasi goreng and hainanese chicken for the first time just last year. But now I'm officially obsessed: A mouthwatering combination of Malaysian, Chinese, Indonesian, Indian and British traditions, its flavors are bright, complex, and unlike anything else
Read More »All Aboard: China’s Next Export Is A Trans-Asian High-Speed Railway
China has a grand plan to extend its high-speed rail infrastructure to its neighbors. First stop: Laos. For all of its grand ambitions, China has had some problems implementing high-speed rail--severe safety issues, construction fraud, and lack of ridership are just some of the issue the country has had to deal with recently.
Read More »Blue Ventures Wins $100,000 Buckminster Fuller Challenge For Its Economic Model To Save Fish
By connecting conservation with wealth, Blue Ventures has found a way to convince fishing communities in the developing world that saving fish doesn't mean starvation--it means getting rich. There are not, in fact, always more fish in the sea. That we have overfished our oceans to near the point of no return has been rehashed over and over now for years.
Read More »How Apple And Gucci Tickle Your "God Spot"
And how other brands could get messianic in their message and convert consumers to acolytes.
Read More »Another Thing NFC Could Change Forever: Product Warranties
Near-field wireless tech could reinvent not only your wallet, and how you shop--but also how you return defective products to the store under warranty. Near-field wireless tech may soon reinvent your wallet and how you shop--and now also how you return defective products under warranty to the store
Read More »Headache Alert: Rethinking Overseas Outsourcing
Both China and India each have a new set of privacy laws expected to go into effect in the near future. In both cases, the new laws will turn outsourcing IT and phone centers to those countries into a compliancy nightmare for companies. The proposed Chinese laws (which are still being revised and redrafted) would require specific government consent to export personal data, consent to share data with third parties and new tighter restrictions on the gathering, management, use and storage of personal data.
Read More »The 10 Most Innovative Companies in India
01 / Shaadi.com > > For proving that marriage, Indian-style, works online as well as off.
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South Africa, despite its sociopolitical, racial, criminal, and economic despairs, remains an extraordinary adventure capital. Off the country’s coast, an intrepid traveler can descend into the Indian Ocean in a steel cage and go nose to snout with very large, very hungry great white sharks
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South Africa, despite its sociopolitical, racial, criminal, and economic despairs, remains an extraordinary adventure capital. Off the country’s coast, an intrepid traveler can descend into the Indian Ocean in a steel cage and go nose to snout with very large, very hungry great white sharks. The flat top of Table ...
Read More »Low genetic diversity, local resentment threaten great Indian bustard
Decades of widespread hunting and poaching have taken a mighty toll on the great Indian bustard ( Ardeotis nigriceps ), an endangered bird once found throughout India and Pakistan but now limited to a few small populations totaling maybe 1,000 individuals. New research reveals that the species is in worse shape than previously realized
Read More »Sneak Peek: Oberoi, Gurgaon
New Dehli–based luxury hotel brand the Oberoi Group opened its 12th Indian property in April with the debut of the Oberoi, Gurgaon. Located 30 minutes from the heart of New Dehli, Gurgaon has seen tremendous economic growth over the past 15 years, becoming the Indian seat for nearly 100 Fortune ...
Read More »Amit Bhatia’s Aspire: Matching Rural Workers With Jobs
Photograph Daryl Visscher Illustration by Gluekit Amit Bhatia, Founder and CEO of Aspire. Illustration by Gluekit .blue { color:rgb(0,113,146); font-weight:bold; } BIG IDEA: To supply India's booming economy with millions of young workers who come from rural and disadvantaged backgrounds.
Read More »Cracking a Century-Old Enigma
For someone who died at the age of 32, the largely self-taught Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan left behind an impressive legacy. Number theorists have now finally managed to make sense of one of his more enigmatic statements, written just one year before his death in 1920.
Read More »FrontRunners: Gold Statements
Diane von Furstenberg has something to say with Sutras (www.hstern.net), the fashion designer’s latest jewelry collection for H. Stern
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