When the London borough of Westminster spent £6 million on a smart centralised system for its 14,000 street lights, it could hardly have expected insolvency to leave it stuck with the lights on. Read on

An award winning open-source technology is bringing safe water to remote and water-scarce communities: cheap, easy to assemble and requiring no technical know-how or expensive inputs, it helps people to access clean drinking water fast! Read on

There are tonnes of good ideas that can change the world. Regular readers of RESET will already know of a few. Every month, we will choose one idea that stands out thanks to its impact and innovative approach. Our favourite project in August: open source 3D printers made from electronic waste! Read on

For the majority of amputees worldwide, a prosthesis is not an option. For people with disabilities, particularly those living in developing countries, the limits to what they can achieve in life can be insurmountable. Read on

One of this year's smartest new innovations might also be one of the simplest: an app that uses the most basic function of smartphones, communication and connection between two people, to help users with visual impairments carry out simple everyday tasks. Read on

A twelve year old boy has put his ingenuity, and his LEGO collection, to good use to come up with the world's first affordable Braille printer. At an average two thousand US Dollar a pop, a Braille printer is an expensive piece of technology, making it simply out of reach for most people. Read on