future now – innovations shaping tomorrow

Deutsche Welle presents 20 trendsetting projects that we can use to change our lives now – and not sometime in the distant future.

The scientists being highlighted are looking to create solutions to pressing issues in the areas of environment, health, communication and mobility – innovatively and application oriented. How will we live in the future? How will we communicate? How will we get from point A to point B? Will we be able to find remedies for incurable diseases?