PLEASE NOTE: the call for proposals is now closed. Can virtual reality technologies be used to better sensitise witnesses (including survivors of conflict-related sexual violence) to the court process, reducing the risk of trauma and improving the potential for CRSV accountability? We are looking to explore this question at the Frontier Technologies Hub, and we are looking for a VR expert(s) to join us.

How field immersions and impact mapping helped BRAC understand the role of distributed manufacturing in building social surplus Written by Kuldeep Bandhu Aryal, T4D Specialist at BRAC Social Innovation Lab, and Chathuri Weerasinghe, Innovations Coordinator at BRAC Social Innovation Lab From our last blogs, we wanted to give our readers…

Will the 2020’s be remembered as the decade where people plugged in to Electric Vehicles ? Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the richest man in the world, Electric vehicle (EV) sales tripled globally between 2019 and 2021 and, at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, conversation centred on transitioning away from…

As you may have seen previously, the Frontier Technologies Hub and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) are looking to work with a range of partners to test the use of electric boat motors to provide cleaner, cheaper transport in rural Senegal. This pilot is part of the…

A step-wise guide to design experiments to explore the feasibility of aligning a distributed manufacturing system with procurement processes in organisations. Based on insights derived from BRAC’s experience in exploring the scope, challenges, and opportunities in mainstreaming distributed manufacturing in South Asia *Written by Chathuri Weerasinghe, Social Innovation Lab, BRAC* …

A step wise guide to design experiments to explore the feasibility of aligning a distributed manufacturing system with procurement processes in organisations. Based on insights derived from BRAC’s experience in exploring the scope, challenges and opportunities in mainstreaming distributed manufacturing in South Asia *Written by Chathuri Weerasinghe, Social Innovation Lab…

A step-wise guide to design experiments to explore the feasibility of aligning a distributed manufacturing system with procurement processes in organisations. Based on insights derived from BRAC’s experience in exploring the scope, challenges, and opportunities in mainstreaming distributed manufacturing in South Asia *Written by Chathuri Weerasinghe, Social Innovation Lab, BRAC* …

EN / Marketplace of Ideas: Can you help us to pioneer a pay-as-you-go battery swapping system for electric boat engines in Senegal? (Open Invitation) FR / Marché aux idées : Pouvez-vous nous aider à mettre en place un système d’échange de batteries pour les moteurs de bateaux électriques au Sénégal…

Listen here — If there is one thing the global COVID-19 pandemic has shown clearly to governments, citizens, and organisations, is the importance of data. …