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Overture Magazine 001

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

First Person

The Dawn of the Age of Data: Science for Social Good at IBM

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Water for the World: Stepping Up to Solve a Global Crisis

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Human & Machine

Artificial Humanitarian Intelligence

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Artificial Humanitarian Intelligence

Refugees, Radio, Mobile Phones, and a Way Out

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Tracking Ships with Data to Stop Illegal Fishing and Labor Abuse

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Creating a Tech Community to Aid Refugees in Crisis

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Creating a Tech Community to Aid Refugees in Crisis

A Postwar Future for Mosul

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

The Refugee Experience as Video Game

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

VR Film Highlights Female Empowerment in War

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

VR Film Highlights Female Empowerment in War

Educational Tech Behind Bars

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Educational Tech Behind Bars

Q&A with Autodesk’s Randy Swearer

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Food

Changing Food for a Growing World

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Cellular Agriculture and ‘Clean Meat’

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Cuisine by Machine

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Cusine by Machine

Tackling Climate Change and Food Insecurity in South Asia

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

A Chef on the Front Lines of Hunger

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Algae as a Sustainable Crop

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Hershey’s to Spend $500 Million on Sustainability

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Upcycling Beer into Breakfast

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

An AI That Knows When to Plant Crops

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Keeping Bananas Greener, Longer

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Economy

Welcoming the End of Money

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Welcoming the End of Money

Drilling Deep for Iceland’s Magma Power

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Drilling Deep for Iceland’s Magma Power

Bringing Blockchain to the Unbanked

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Building Bridges in Rio’s Favelas

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

The Rise of Fintech for Giving Back

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

THE TEAM AT GRAVYTY, AN AI-POWERED CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT PLATFORM THAT CATERS TO NONPROFITS.

New Energy Versus Old Industry in Australia

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Solar Startup Pawame Powers Kenya and Beyond

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

World Food Programme Steps Up Aid with Blockchain Tech

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

A TripAdvisor for Migrant Workers

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Wi-Fi for Developing World Hits Privacy Snag

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Wi-Fi for Developing World
Hits Privacy Snag

A Cleaner Approach to Recycling Car Batteries

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Health & Well-Being

Giving Blood via Facebook Is About to Get Easier

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Liquid Biopsies for Cancer Detection Move Closer to Reality

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Liquid Biopsies for Cancer Detection Move Closer to Reality

The Risks of Cutting Taiwan Out of the Global Health Dialogue

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Gestation Outside the Body

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Harnessing Nature’s Fractal Patterning to Restore Vision

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

GRADUATE STUDENT SABA MOSLEHI HOLDS ONE OF TAYLOR’S CHIPS.

A CRISPR Breakthrough for Tracking Tumors

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

CRISPR-CAS9 GENE EDITING COMPLEX FROM STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES.

‘Tech Packs’ Bring Healthcare to Rural China

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

How Effective Are ‘Migraine Glasses’?

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Environment & Ecology

The Long-Lived Legacy of Plastic Waste

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Save the Bees, Save the World

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

A Mutant Enzyme That Eats Plastic

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

From Pond Scum to Biofuel

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

The Cost to Clean Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

The Sea Lice Plaguing Scottish Salmon

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

New Lights in a Crisis

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

An App for the Air in Indonesia

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

3D Printing Plastic Waste into Practical Field Solutions

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Profiles In Innovation

Madison McFerrin: Storyteller A Cappella

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Rob Garza: Global Mixmaster

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Roya Mahboob: Trail Blazer

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Roya Mahboob: Trail Blazer

Art Pages: Adam Lucas

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Sink or Swim by artist Adam Lucas was originally done in paint on bleached denim. He was later asked to reproduce the painting as a mural in New York City, as shown here. The work was inspired by an incident in May 2017 off the coast of Libya, when a boat overloaded with some 200 migrants capsized while attempting to reach Europe. Though many were rescued, several dozen died -- reportedly, most of them were very young children. The piece is in response to one specific disaster, but it can be applied to any number of refugee crises. The artist asks us to imagine being part of a family living in an environment so dire that the best hope lies across the uncertain sea. The Mickey Mouse life vest, representing joy and innocence, references an actual child making the journey as well as blameless youth being forced into a situation of such severity. Loss of childhood at best, loss of life at worst.

Photo Pages: Jodi Hilton

Issue 001 | Jul 10 2018

Girls with one of their surviving goats in Nepal's Lalitpur District, after the 2015 earthquake, which killed 9,000 people and countless animals, including livestock; this created hardships for farmers and rural communities here, which depend on animals for food.