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Inside the New Nonprofit AI Initiatives Seeking to Aid Teachers, Farmers in Rural Africa

The nonprofit Opportunity International is leading the creation of 3 generative-AI based apps for high-poverty communities

By Andrew R. Chow

How We Picked the Best Inventions of 2024

To compile this year's list, we solicited nominations from TIME’s editors and correspondents around the world

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A Robot for Lash Extensions

Getting lash extensions can be an uncomfortable process, involving lying with tape under your eyes on a bed for two hours. Chief technology officer Nathan Harding co-founded Luum Lash when he realized it could be...

By TIME Staff

Top-Tier Skincare

NuFace’s facial toning devices have been gaining popularity in recent years, but the latest model, the Trinity+ Complete, offers the combination of microcurrent and red light therapy, a hugely popular and study-backed skincare treatment. The...

By TIME Staff

Medically-Backed Anti-Aging Serum

“If you cut yourself, what's the first responder?” says Rion Aesthetics CEO Alisa Lask. “Platelets—your blood.” Going off that premise, creators of Rion’s Plated Intense Serum purchase platelets from a blood bank to harness the...

By TIME Staff

Smoothing Split Ends

Keratin has been part of hair care routines since Brazilians popularized use of the smoothing protein. But the time-consuming treatment process is a short-term solution. "We created Virtue’s Damage Reverse Serum to actually reverse and...

By Ashley Mateo

Advanced Ear Protection

Around 22 million Americans are exposed to loud noises during the workday. Ear protectors help, but block out conversations, too. To address that issue, 3M has developed the world’s first self-charging protective communications headset, the...

By Chris Stokel-Walker

Improving Hybrid Meetings

Imagine a conference room with a dozen people, plus more joining remotely on a video call. It’s awkward. Eye contact is tough and if you’re on video, it’s hard to see everyone clearly. Logitech Sight...

By Jeff Wilser

An Expert Book Club

Want to discuss A Room with a View with Lena Dunham? Or hear Roxane Gay talking through Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence? Now you can, thanks to publishing outfit Rebind. The company was founded by...

By Chris Stokel-Walker

Beaming the Internet

Worldwide, 2.6 billion people don’t have an internet connection. The mission of Taara, which sits within X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, is to bridge that gap. Taara uses beams of light to transmit data between small...

By Chris Stokel-Walker

Motorizing Bicycles

Bimotal Elevate turns a pedal bike into an e-bike with just a cellphone-sized device. Toby Ricco developed the product so he could keep mountain biking after he recovered from tearing cartilage in his left knee....

By Chris Stokel-Walker

Goggle-Free Immersion

Brelyon’s Ultra Reality desktop monitor projects an immersive 122-inch image that provides a 110-degree field of view—similar to virtual reality, but without the goggles. The eye-popping system works by changing the optical depth of an...

By Chris Stokel-Walker

A Fully Motorized Tripod

Kadir Köymen, the founder and CEO of Turkey-based Edelkrone, was a frustrated filmmaker. Frustrated because tripods, which require that you manually adjust each leg, one at a time, slowed down his process. “I wanted a...

By Chris Stokel-Walker

The Slimmest Foldable Phone

Despite the growing number of foldable smartphones on the market, they’re still too bulky for many consumers. China-based electronics company Honor appears to have cracked the code with the Magic V3, the world’s thinnest foldable...

By Jared Lindzon

A Tri-Fold Smartphone

In September, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei one-upped its global competitors, becoming the first company to bring a triple-screen foldable phone to market. The Mate XT Ultimate Design, which is currently only available in China, boasts...

By Chris Stokel-Walker

A Safer Tool for Tinkerers

“Solder is the glue of the modern age,” says Kyle Wiens, co-founder and CEO of repair manual website iFixit. But many people are worried about using soldering irons to fix their personal tech—for good reason....

By Chris Stokel-Walker
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