NEWS & VIEWS

TOGOLESE INNOVATORS TURN THE WORLD'S JUNK INTO ROBOTS

"Togo imports an estimated 500,000 tonnes of e-waste a year, some of it can be a health hazard, but it also inspires local innovators and provides jobs."

MANU PRAKASH'S DREAM IS SCIENCE TOOLS FOR EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE

"Standing at the lectern in a darkened auditorium, Stanford bioengineering professor Manu Prakash told his audience that he was going to demonstrate a few low-cost scientific instruments that had been developed in his lab. He looked more like a graduate student than a professor, with his untamed hair and rumpled down jacket, as he reached into his backpack and pulled out what looked like a colorful paper bookmark."