People Fixing The World Episodes Available now
Getting rid of AI bias
Better facial recognition and changing algorithms - how to fight racial bias in AI
How to prevent drowning
AI to help lifeguards in Israel and weather forecasts for fishermen on Lake Victoria
Smartphones saving the rainforest
Old mobile phones are being used to catch illegal loggers in the rainforest
A happier planet
Looking for the happiest places in the world and finding out what makes them happy
Keeping data forever
Three radical new ways to save data – in DNA, glass and magnets
The tech doctors forecasting heart failure
Implanted devices can predict when something is about to go wrong with a patient’s heart
Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars
Prisoners and their families are keeping in touch with the Prison Voicemail app
Financing the forests
Making rainforests a profitable investment
New uses for old solutions
How two life-saving apps were adapted to fix problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
How to get everyone online
Balloons and satellites could help more people get on to the internet