Business that lends sight to the blind wins tech award
Thomson Reuters Foundation A phone app that enables blind people to video call sighted volunteers to help them won a technology award on Tuesday, amid growing interest in businesses that support vulnerable groups. Be My Eyes – a Danish company that allows some 87,000 people who have downloaded the free app to request assistance in […]
Lego follows the green brick road to combat plastic waste
Thomson Reuters Foundation PICTURE: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash Danish toymaker Lego will start making several of its products from plant-based plastic this year in a bid to tackle waste and environmental damage. The family-owned maker of colourful plastic bricks said botanical pieces such as leaves and trees would now be made from polyethylene, a type of plastic […]