Red, yellow, and green lights are used throughout the world to regulate traffic. An engineer borrowed these signals to warn people of the dangers of UV rays. A useful tool to prevent skin cancer.
Étiquettes de vidéo: Portrait
Relax on my carpet of nails
This young Swedish yogi developed a modern version of the bed of nails to enable Westerners to relax their muscles as the fakirs have done for ages. An unlikely success story.
I help the colour blind see colours
Because 350 million people worldwide are unable to process colours accurately, Miguel has developed the first system that easily identifies red and green. It’s a simple way to avoid colour clashes and experience la vie en rose!
I’m tackling ocean garbage
Though we are all familiar with garbage on the streets, we know far less about trash in the sea. But Barthelemy was convinced that garbage bins would work just as well on the sea—where garbage is being thrown overboard at a rate 634,000 kg per second—as on land.
Our drivers tackle some of Africa’s toughest roads to save lives.
Having witnessed that essential medicines struggle to reach the most remote populations, Andrea decided to approach medical humanitarian aid in terms of logistics. It’s a daily Paris-Dakar race for these health adventurers.
Come on over, my neighbour’s making dinner
Like many young professionals, Olivier works late, can’t cook, and is tired of ending up at McDonald’s every night. His bleak dinner prospects inspired him to create ‘Super Marmite”—a concept that’s fun, friendly, and practical. Yum.
Wipe out malaria with my video game
If we had the means to diagnose malaria, we could prevent one million deaths every year. Miguel has come up with an idea that just might turn that dream into reality, simply by taking advantage of the gaming skills of children.
My app helps you make responsible consumer choices
With Dara’s application, you can find out environmental, social, and nutritional information about the products you put in your basket. Millions of consumers are already using it, are you?
I created the first medical Facebook
Fed up with filing out the same medical history forms at every visit to the doctor, Mohammad developed a social network that would allow people to store their medical information and share it with whomever they wished.
I created the world’s largest work of art made from recycled objects
The doyen of Shamengo pioneers spent 40 years of his life collecting numberless bits of construction waste from sites around the city.