Development
IMMI Watch – tracking menstrual health
Inventor: Sarah Cottee, IMMI Watch The IMMI Watch is a low-cost wearable health-tracker, designed to improve reproductive health byallowing teenagers and women of all ages track their menstrual cycles. Data is stored locally, ensuring privacy and accessibility regardless of the technological environment. Importantly the device is standalone, meaning that it works without a smartphone. This is especially…
Listo: Digitising agricultural markets in developing countries – increasing transparency
Inventors: David Godding & Paolo Daza, Listo Listo is transforming informal agricultural markets with a groundbreaking digital platform available on iOS, Android, and web. Their initial market is Colombia, where they aim to increase transparency and expand opportunities for smallholder farmers. The flexible and intuitive platform connects all stakeholders in the agricultural supply chain, creating…
Providing low-cost culturally-sensitive permanent housing for displaced communities
Inventor: Dr. Felipe Hernandez, Architecture There are currently over 5 million internally-displaced people in Colombia who have been displaced by conflict and 3 million more displaced by natural disasters. Internally-displaced people in Colombia are a priority for government housing, but the current designs focus on being small, cheap and fast to build, rather than in…
Amulet: A distributed patient health record for humanitarian settings
Inventor: Dr Brandon Smith, International Health Systems Group, Engineering Amulet is an ultra-low-cost wearable electronic health record (EHR) designed to address the challenges surrounding data-driven healthcare delivery in both resource-constrained and disrupted settings, such as conflict zones, humanitarian crises, and among displaced populations. The Amulet device securely stores critical health information in a small-format ‘wearable’,…
Analysing the market for a low-cost community-based hearing test for
Inventor: Dr. Louise Allen, Cambridge University Hospitals and DigiBel Over 5% of the world’s population including 34 million children have disabling hearing loss. In children the most common cause of hearing impairment is “glue ear” (otitis media with effusion), and approximately 80% of primary school children in the USA and Europe experience it during their…
Sharing best practice with schools
Inventor: Mairead Ryan, School Health Pulse School Health Pulse is on a mission to transform how schools approach student health and well-being, bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and everyday practice. Founders of the newly launched venture are tackling the disconnect between academic research, and its practical application within schools. Countless studies about child and…
Conservation Copilot: Guiding Evidence-Based Decisions for Biodiversity Net Gain and beyond
Inventors: Rebecca Smith, Sam Reynolds, William Morgan, Conservation Evidence Conservation Evidence is a free, authoritative information resource designed to support decisions about how to maintain and restore global biodiversity. Their thesis is that use of evidence is vital to maximise benefits and reduce costs to people and nature. However, time and a lack of customised information…
Mitigating the global risk from volcanic eruptions
Inventors: Michael Cassidy, Associate Professor of Volcanology, University of Birmingham & Lara Mani, Cambridge Centre for Study of Existential Risk At any one time, there are typically 15 live volcanic eruptions around the world. As well as local impacts on homes and livelihoods, there is always the risk of an eruption causing a cascade of…
Analysing the need for a tool to promote social cohesion
Inventors: Gustavo Almeida & Dr. Joao Costa, VOI Social Impact More information: Making peace & VOI website VOI Social Impact is new social enterprise based around Dr Costa’s PhD research, which was carried out at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge. VOI, which stands for “Veil of Ignorance” is a proven methodology to promote social cohesion in fragile…