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What I know about space: Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom

Emeline Paat was in Beirut in March experimenting with plastic bag-based insulation systems for refugee tents. (Image via Rachel...

Virgin Galactic XCOR Space Adventures

Egypt

Digitizing the oil and gas industry in MENA

Though the oil and gas sector can be tough, it is not impossible. (Image via theappentrepreneur.com) Tech startups receive all the...

oil and gas app oil and gas Bexel

U.A.E

Dubai’s smart city status is evolving

In January 2016, the Dubai Design District (d3) revealed 21 smart initiatives, including Smart Parking Meters, Smart Energy Meters, and...

MEMakersGE d3 Dubai Design District

Maghreb

Saphon: the Tunisian wind-energy revolution is official

Saphon's wind turbine: cheaper, more efficient, safer. (Image via Saphon) For the last four years, Tunisian company Saphon has...

Saphon Energy MEMakersGE wind energy

Syria

Syrian entrepreneur invents capsule to replace water chlorination

From the left: Louay Otba between cofounders of Jusoor Aziza Osman and Dania Ismail (Image via Louay Otba). Syrian...

disinfecting tablets water pollution NobelChemist

Egypt

Cosplay, cake pops and robots at Maker Faire Cairo

Electronics manufacturers were the main event at the Maker Faire in downtown Cairo’s Greek Campus, as most of this year’s...

Maker Faire Cairo MEMakersGE Integreight

Egypt

Egypt's Ibticar, a public-private success story

A fire can destroy a building or vehicle in minutes. Preventing one can save lives and thousands of dollars. (Image via...

connected device fire extinguisher Ibticar

Lebanon

Equipping the next generation of Lebanese girls with STEM

Event participants take a group photo during the closing ceremony of the event (Image via Girls Got IT) "I used to think technology was...

STEM Girls Got IT MEMakersGE

Egypt

Egypt's green building opportunity

Egypt Green Building Council (EEGBC) head Salah El-Haggar, UAE Green Buildings Council vice president Khaled Boushnaq...

green buildings DesignBuildBreathe MEMakersGE

Jordan

Tech literacy: a step forward from e-learning

A young audience soaking up the tech world. (Images via Tala el Issa) While many companies have been focused on integrating...

MEMakersGE robotics Coding Circle

Lebanon

Robots and races at ArabNet maker day

Teens displayed their car robots in a Robotic fight show at ArabNet Beirut. (Image via Kalimat) The maker movement is gathering pace...

Axel Space Alex hackerspace panels

Egypt

Egyptian contests put innovation front and center

Prolimb, the winning project, picks up nerve impulses to help the wearer move his or her fingers. (Images via...

Rimagine EbniAccelerator Esha 3almashy

Regional

Which 3D printer is best for prototyping?

RapidManufactory, Guillame Crédoz's workplace (Image via TCT Magazine) There's no doubt that 3D printing, the...

selective laser sintering stereolithography fused deposition modeling

Egypt

Egypt's Big Data Hackathon teaches next gen of data crunchers

Big Data Hackathon participants learn get a crash course in data analysis. (Images via Eman Mostafa) Go big or go home could have been a...

analysis teledata big data hackathon

Lebanon

Lebanese teens invent urine-powered generator

As Lebanon's environmental woes continue to escalate, with mountains of garbage rotting in the street and power cuts lasting...

urinegenerator lebanon aub

Regional

Industrial Internet and energy efficiency in the Middle East

When a car’s fuel is running low, a little dial will let you know, and on the average car you can bet you’ve got about 40km at...

Energy saving Satchnet Chifco

U.A.E

3D printed jewelry and cooling jackets point the way for MENA wearable tech market

Wearable technology is still only a blip on MENA’s fashion calendar but the Abu Dhabi Wearable Tech Show aims to be the runway event for d...

wearable Wearable Tech Show UAE Wearable devices

U.A.E

PK on the core mission of The Assembly [Wamda TV]

Prashant Gulati, more known as ‘PK’, calls himself a “technology innovator, angel investor, mentor, idea accelerator and...

Prashant Gulati PK MEMakersGE

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