Explore our reports, podcasts and regular insights from the Hub
IoT Sensors for Impact
Since the programme's launch, 10 Frontier Technologies Livestreaming pilots have used Internet enabled sensors as part of proposed technical solutions aimed at delivering social, environmental and humanitarian impact. We conducted a review to understand what has been proven by Frontier Technologies pilots, on the potential for these solutions to work within different contexts, and unlock impact.
Making climate finance work for early-stage innovations in low-income country settings
A landscape review of how climate finance is accessed by early stage pilot innovations, and the role that public sector grant funding can play in unlocking private sector climate finance investment in early-stage innovation.
Scaling Distributed Manufacturing in the Global South
Through four pilots at the FT Hub, we’ve been surfacing learning about the potential to scale distributed manufacturing in different contexts. This deep dive aims to collate the learning from our pilot portfolio, and extend it with six additional case studies.
Blockchain for Social Impact
The Frontier Technologies Hub is currently in the process of conducting a review, along with Impact Plus, to reflect on what we’ve learned about blockchain, it’s application in the international development and humanitarian contexts, and what this means for the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and other actors, when it comes to implementing blockchain for impact.
Report: What’s ethics got to do with it?
A nuanced look at safety and security in drone-enabled healthcare logistics in Africa