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While the wealth gap between rich and poor widened prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic recession, the past year has been a boon for the world's rich. Most billionaires have increased their personal wealth by billions, potentially widening the equality gap even further. While the world's working poor dream of economic stability, the 50 people on this list of youngest billionaires have it in their spades. The oldest billionaire walks in at 47, while the youngest, born in 1995, is only 26 years old. Stacker has compiled high net worth data from Forbes' real-time billionaires list as of March 17, 2021. and all age bonds were broken by the fortune. Includes those who received their billions as heirs to family wealth, as well as those who are self-made - although even many of the "self-made" wealthy of the world begin with many benefits in life, including seed capital from the family. Fortune comes from tech

It is becoming increasingly clear that the fashion industry is accelerating climate change and emitting 4% of all global CO2 emissions. But maybe our clothing could soon be redesigned to actively reduce our carbon footprint. A team of researchers from Aalto University in Finland is working to make this vision a reality. They developed a technique for embedding textiles using invisible solar panels that serve as a source of energy for portable devices or telephones. This would allow designers to create solar powered clothing without changing the aesthetics of the outfit. The researchers believe these garments could reduce our need for traditional energy sources, most of which emit greenhouse gases. [Photo: courtesy Elina Ilén]Elina Ilén, who led the Sun-Powered Textiles project, has spent two decades developing wearable technologies. However, one problem that kept popping up is that electronic devices embedded in clothing require a power source. In the early years, users had to