Most Innovative Companies

Tata Swach

Lists

2015: India

Stories about Tata Swach

How simple street-design interventions are saving kids’ lives in Africa

In cities, sometimes the projects that make the most positive impact are not flashy, starchitect-designed plazas, but human-centered initiatives that respond to real, local needs. A new prize, which just announced its winner, honors such initiatives.

How simple street-design interventions are saving kids’ lives in Africa

How “Super Sand” Could Provide Drinking Water To Millions Of People

Sand is a cheap and easy to find water filter. It’s also not a very good water filter. But a new development–coating sand in graphite–could make it possible for everyone in the world to have easy access to clean water.

How “Super Sand” Could Provide Drinking Water To Millions Of People

$21 Tata Swach: The World’s Cheapest Water Purifier?

Impact

Why Chobani is giving its workers the vaccine at its factory

Will California have another year of record-setting wildfires?

This new recycling plant uses steam to recycle ‘unrecyclable’ plastic

News

Post office mail delivery times will probably get longer. Here’s what you need to know

Mozilla and Tor join calls to oust Richard Stallman from Free Software Foundation

Did you spend your stimulus check on a PlayStation 5 or sex toy? You’re probably not alone

Co.Design

Ford is moving into one of Detroit’s oldest neighborhoods. Can it prevent displacement?

Your couch may be killing you

Dyson’s latest vacuum shoots green laser beams

Work Life

NASA’s culture chief reveals how COVID-19 altered the agency

How one group of doctors is helping Latinx New Yorkers get vaccinated

How ‘Bad Trip’ star Eric Andre thrives on anxiety—yours, specifically