Vijay Bhaskar, one of the winners for Round 1 for Spark the Rise, has developed a product that improves the lives of farmers–providing them safety, and saving them time, money, and labor—by allowing them to water their fields remotely via their cell phones.

In 2007, high school student Daniel Gómez Iñiguez was working on a chemistry research project about the production of biodiesel. This project would become the tip of a big iceberg—one that highlights just how far vision and innovation can take a small group of individuals. And, above all, the difference they can make.

When Sam White and Sorin Grama of Promethean Power Systems...

After receiving a UN award that recognized me as human...

Sahaya Society is an organization that pairs thousands of children who want and need to be educated with college students who have the energy, enthusiasm, and time to teach. We aspire to provide each child with a strong educational foundation in English, basic computer knowledge and life skills.

This 'digital divide' is starkly evident in the city of Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico state, which hugs the hem of Mexico City. It’s also a place where solutions are being created.

Much has been made of Generation Connected: It demands this;...