Empowerment of the disabled
Discover the Shamengo pioneers who care for others!
Howard Weinstein
sao paulo / Brazil
I help the hearing impaired from poor countries access hearing aids
As hearing aid batteries are out of reach for more than 400 million poor people in the world, Howard developed rechargeable hearing aids that sell like hot cakes. Long live the sun energy!
A big match for Radio Colifata
29 July 2015
Radio Colifata, a station created by psychiatrist Olivera and run by patients with mental illnesses, is changing up its programming with a new sports feature.
Turning colorblindness into super-vision
29 April 2015
Neil Harbisson, the first human cyborg, is pushing the boundaries of science yet again. Our pioneer is now able to perceive colours that are invisible to the naked eye.
Exhibition takes a journey into old age
10 December 2014
After the resounding success of his Dialogue in the Dark exhibition, our pioneer Andreas Heinecke has developed an innovative new show Dialogue with Time: a fun and creative reflection on aging currently at the Frankfurt Museum for Communication and at the Children’s Museum in Holon.
Maximum visibility for Focus On Vision eyewear!
3 December 2014
With the success of his adjustable eyeglasses in Africa and India, our pioneer Jan In’t Veld is thinking big and has set a target to produce 10 million pairs Focusspec by 2020. He’s launched a crowdfunding campaign to meet his goal.
Le polymère de cacahuète, successeur du bois composite
15 February 2013
Utiliser les peaux de cacahuètes pour fabriquer des matériaux plastiques, tel est le pari d’un groupe de créatrices industrielles de Córdoba. Le processus permettrait de valoriser des milliers de tonnes de déchets issus de la production d’arachide, pour créer un produit innovant et recyclable.