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North America / United States
WS00932
Even devices marketed for outdoor visibility can become difficult to read in direct sunlight, limiting usability during many common outdoor activities. A fully effective, affordable anti-glare solution remains elusive.
Team Humans Club. (2026). We haven't found a way to make screen glare on mobile devices fully manageable in bright outdoor sunlight.. World Solve Repository, WS00932. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=932
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00933
Charging cables remain one of the most frequently replaced tech accessories due to fraying and connector wear from normal daily use. A meaningfully more durable design standard remains unresolved industry-wide.
Team Humans Club. (2026). We don't have a reliable way to make USB and charging cable connectors universally durable against everyday wear and tear.. World Solve Repository, WS00933. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=933
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00934
Smart thermostats have improved efficiency, but many systems still require manual adjustment to truly optimize comfort without wasting energy throughout changing conditions. Fully automated, effective climate optimization remains an unresol...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We can't yet build air conditioning and heating systems smart enough to perfectly balance comfort with energy efficiency automatically.. World Solve Repository, WS00934. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=934
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00935
Even with modern software, video calls still frequently suffer from lag, echo, or audio dropouts that disrupt natural conversation flow. Achieving truly seamless audio parity with in-person interaction remains unresolved.
Team Humans Club. (2026). We haven't solved how to make video conferencing audio quality consistently match the quality of an in-person conversation.. World Solve Repository, WS00935. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=935
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00936
Shared micromobility services often concentrate in wealthier or more central neighborhoods, leaving other areas with inconsistent or no access. Ensuring equitable coverage remains an unresolved urban technology deployment challenge.
Team Humans Club. (2026). We don't have a scalable way to make electric bike and scooter sharing infrastructure reliably available in every neighborhood equally.. World Solve Repository, WS00936. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=936
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00937
Many home security systems still generate frequent false alerts from pets, shadows, or weather, reducing their practical reliability for identifying genuine security concerns. Improving this accuracy without expensive hardware remains unres...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We can't yet build home security camera systems that reliably distinguish between genuine threats and harmless everyday movement.. World Solve Repository, WS00937. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=937
Open
North America / United States
WS00938
Video streaming quality can noticeably degrade during peak usage times even with a stable internet connection, since network congestion affects delivery regardless of a household's own bandwidth. Solving this at scale remains an unresolved ...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We haven't found a way to make streaming video quality remain consistently high during periods of high network congestion.. World Solve Repository, WS00938. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=938
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00939
Advanced prosthetics with sensory feedback exist but remain far too expensive for widespread use, especially in lower-income regions where basic prosthetics are already hard to access. Closing this affordability gap remains an unresolved gl...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We can't yet build affordable prosthetic limbs with sensory feedback available to most amputees worldwide.. World Solve Repository, WS00939. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=939
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00940
Modern hearing aids remain prohibitively expensive for a large share of the global population that could benefit from them, leaving hearing loss untreated in many communities. Making this technology genuinely affordable at scale remains unr...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We haven't solved how to make hearing aid technology affordable enough for widespread use in lower-income countries.. World Solve Repository, WS00940. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=940
Open
North America / United States
WS00941
Many touchscreens still struggle with accuracy when used in cold conditions or with standard gloves, limiting usability in colder climates. A universally reliable solution remains an unresolved hardware design challenge.
Team Humans Club. (2026). We don't have a reliable way to make touchscreen technology fully accurate and responsive in cold weather or with gloves on.. World Solve Repository, WS00941. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=941
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00942
Advanced filtration technology exists, but cost and infrastructure requirements keep effective solutions out of reach for many communities facing the most severe water contamination issues. Solving this affordability and deployment challeng...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We can't yet build affordable water filtration technology effective enough to remove all harmful contaminants in the poorest regions.. World Solve Repository, WS00942. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=942
Open
Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00943
Solar panel efficiency has improved significantly, but in regions with less sunlight or higher installation costs, achieving full cost competitiveness with traditional energy remains inconsistent. Closing this gap universally remains an unr...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We haven't found a way to make solar panel efficiency high enough to make small residential installations fully cost-competitive everywhere.. World Solve Repository, WS00943. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=943
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00944
Many remote communities still lack consistent access to electricity because building traditional grid infrastructure to reach them is prohibitively expensive. Affordable, reliable off-grid alternatives remain incompletely developed and depl...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We don't have a scalable way to build affordable, reliable off-grid power systems for remote communities without existing infrastructure.. World Solve Repository, WS00944. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=944
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00945
Advanced diagnostic technology often requires expensive, bulky equipment that isn't practical for small clinics in remote or under-resourced areas. Miniaturizing and lowering the cost of this technology without sacrificing accuracy remains ...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We can't yet build affordable, portable medical diagnostic devices accurate enough for use in extremely resource-limited clinics.. World Solve Repository, WS00945. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=945
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00946
Extracting the metals needed for electric vehicle batteries often involves environmentally damaging mining practices, undermining some of the environmental benefits electric vehicles are meant to provide. Finding cleaner extraction or alter...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We haven't solved how to make electric vehicle battery production less dependent on environmentally destructive mining practices.. World Solve Repository, WS00946. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=946
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00947
Voice recognition systems are typically trained on standard speech patterns, making them significantly less accurate for people with speech impairments or unusual speech patterns. Closing this accessibility gap remains an underaddressed tec...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We don't have a reliable way to make voice recognition technology work equally well for people with speech impairments.. World Solve Repository, WS00947. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=947
Open
Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00948
Effective air purification technology exists but often remains too expensive for widespread use in low-income housing, where indoor air pollution can be a serious health concern. Making this technology genuinely affordable remains an unreso...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We can't yet build affordable air purification technology effective enough to meaningfully reduce indoor pollution in low-income housing.. World Solve Repository, WS00948. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=948
Open
Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00949
Storing renewable energy at the scale needed to fully support national power grids still requires battery technology that remains too expensive for widespread deployment. Closing this cost gap remains one of the biggest barriers to a fully ...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We haven't found a way to make electric grid battery storage affordable enough to fully support renewable energy at a national scale.. World Solve Repository, WS00949. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=949
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00950
Telemedicine can expand healthcare access, but its usefulness is limited in areas where internet connectivity is too unreliable to support video consultations consistently. Solving this connectivity dependency remains an unresolved infrastr...
Team Humans Club. (2026). We don't have a scalable way to build affordable telemedicine infrastructure reliable enough for use in areas with poor internet connectivity.. World Solve Repository, WS00950. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=950
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Global / Global / Unspecified
WS00951
Solar lighting technology exists, but durability and cost issues have limited how widely and reliably it can be deployed in regions that need it most. Improving both affordability and long-term reliability remains an unresolved challenge.
Team Humans Club. (2026). We can't yet build affordable, durable solar-powered lighting solutions reliable enough for widespread use in regions without grid electricity.. World Solve Repository, WS00951. Retrieved from https://www.worldsolve.org/index.php?view=problem&id=951
