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SPECIAL MENTION: In India, there are millions of charcoal-burning mobile ironing carts where customers bring their clothes to be pressed. This year, India’s National Innovation Foundation (NIF) developed the Iron-Max, a prototype for a cleaner ironing cart that uses solar panels to power a portable steam iron box. It could reduce air pollution in one of the most polluted countries in the world.

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