During the design thinking phase of a project, we have to choose a problem we will be working with. The problem is, in principle, any problem at all, anything that would be interesting you to solve if you had the time or resources. Eventually we will have to settle in just a few of them, but in this phase any problem is OK.

In design thinking, problems have to be as real-life as possible, that is why they are usually described via newspaper or blog articles. The article does not have even to identify what's the actual problem, just describe situations that could be potentially solved.

Let's link below some articles or websites that describe situations, and by the end of the first day we will use them for the design thinking session. You can link as many as you want.

• Spain eliminated from the World Cup by Russia
• US schools ban Darwin from class
• Comparison of aircrafts: Airbus vs. Boeing
• Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
• Reversing Japan’s demographic nosedive
• Why banning plastic straws isn't enough
• A graph theory approach to natural selection. It refers to this paper in Communications Biology.
• Japan floods: At least 122 dead after heavy rain and landslides
• Tiger mosquitoes capable of carrying Zika spread accross half France
• Having a check on spread of fake news online
• For India's Farmers, Budget 2018 Is Nothing but a Hoax
• Tropical deforestation for charcoal in Paraguay to fuel your BBQ