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Twenty-first Century Unlimited

The rise of frugal innovation and the benefits it could bring. Plus, Dame Ellen MacArthur on the circular economy and the low-cost incubator for the developing world.

New ways of doing business are making people think hard about how companies function. Peter Day travels to Paris to visit an exhibition celebrating this trend in Frugal Innovation, talks with the record breaking sailor, Dame Ellen MacArthur about her work championing the circular economy and hears from a student prize winner about his efforts to create a low-cost incubator for the developing world. How can all these small scale efforts make a big impact on the innovations of the future?

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25 minutes

Last on

Sun 18 Jan 2015 10:32GMT

Contributors to this programme

Navi Radjou, Curator, Wave Exhibition

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BΓ©atrice Cossa Dumurgier,ΜύBNP Paribas

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Thomas Landrain President /co-founder, La Paillasse

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Paul Benoit, Founder Qarnot Computing

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Dame Ellen MacArthur, Founder Ellen MacArthur Foundation

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James Roberts, Inventor, Mom Incubators

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Broadcasts

  • Thu 15 Jan 2015 13:05GMT
  • Thu 15 Jan 2015 20:05GMT
  • Sun 18 Jan 2015 01:32GMT
  • Sun 18 Jan 2015 10:32GMT

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