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The DIY online club awards badges (called 'Skills' on the site) to students and kids of all ages in exchange for completing tasks. DIY Makers share their work with the community and get patches for the Skills they earn. Each Skill consists of a set of Challenges that help them learn techniques to get the hang of it. Once a Maker completes a Challenge, they add photos and video to their Portfolio to show what they did.

Shipping PR firm Jeanius Consulting picked up Marketme's #SmartSocial award earlier this year for its innovative use of social media. Managing director, Jean Winfield, discusses the best way for shipping firms to improve their social media strategies, why numbers aren't everything and the reasons the industry has lagged behind.

C-level briefing: Matthew Evans, CEO of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, argues that intervening on the demand side is a better route to innovation.

"NerdcoreLearning.com (NCL) is an innovative site for learning clinical topics. It is not just medical information, however; having an enthusiasm for other topics is not uncommon among medically passionate folk. The site launched just this year. The creators, Dr. Arun Mathews and Dr. Francis Kong have combined their love of sci-fi and medicine and infused it into the site"

Nice collection of currently used and successful assistive technologies.

We round up the most innovative oil spill recovery technologies including a chemically modified nanocellulose sponge from Switzerland's Empa, new research into bacteria from the University of East Anglia, and other technological and theoretical breakthroughs. Rod James investigates.

Quality begins with innovation.

Innovations in beacon technology are making the UK retail sector more intelligent. Beacons are low-energy Bluetooth devices that push location messages to smartphones. While the technology is still quite new today, it's set to become one of the key enablers to connect the Internet of Things (IoT).

The financial industry is undergoing unprecedented changes. Focusing on how to navigate through new regulations has become a challenge, especially while keeping security a priority.

While the use of solar cells is become increasingly widespread, the silicon technology used in many types is becoming obsolete. JP Casey looks at concentrated solar power, micro-trackers and perovskite compounds as innovations that could potentially improve solar efficiency.