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FARMERS' MARKET PROJECTS
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| KickStart |
www.kickstart.org
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=28
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A pump called "Money Maker", that is manually operated, low cost.
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Mohammed Bah Abba
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=131
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Electric-free refrigeration
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Donald O'Neal, HELPS Int'l.
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http://www.onilstove.com/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=155
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The ONIL stove is safe, strong, inexpensive, and suited for traditional Guatemalan cooking, uses less wood.
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SCHOOL PROJECTS
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Freeplay Foundation
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http://www.freeplayfoundation.org/
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http://www.techawards.org/about/global_humanitarian_award/2005/
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Wind-up and solar powered radios creates sustainable -battery free- access to information. People in Africa have access to the ambitious broadcast education projects.
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Bunker Roy
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http://www.barefootcollege.org/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/feature/bunkerRoy/
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The Barefoot College teaches the practical skills that allow the rural poor to develop their own villages
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Baruch College Computer Center for Visually Impaired People
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http://www.touchgraphics.com/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=81
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Talking Tactile Table acts as a “viewer” for audio/tactile drawings held in place on a touch screen attached to a controller card housed in a hinged frame
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HEALTH CLINIC PROJECTS
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| Devendra Raj Mehta, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti |
http://www.jaipurfoot.org/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=171
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The Jaipur foot is a lightweight, strong, and has virtually the same range of movement and appearance as a human foot. Has no cost for patients
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| Dr. Kenneth Owens, Jr. & Paul Burgess |
http://www.humboldt.edu/~kdo10/demining.html
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=89
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A software that uses global positioning and inertial navigation technologies to autonomously guide a robotic mine/clearing vehicle.
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Enviro Options (Pty) Ltd.
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http://www.eloo.co.za
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=112
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The Enviro Loo is a waterless dehydration/ evaporation system that provides a safe non-polluting, cost effective solution to the sanitation crisis
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Joshua Silver
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http://www.adaptive-eyecare.com
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=125
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Low-cost glasses that can be tuned by the wearer with "adaptative lenses"
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PATH, Vaccine Vial Monitor
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http://www.path.org/projects/vaccine_vial_monitor.php
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=162
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Vaccines that prevent life-threatening childhood illnesses must be kept cool to remain effective, sometimes may have spoiled. Small label for vaccine vials changes color w/heat indicating that the vaccine is no longer usable.
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COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECTS
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| WITNESS |
http://www.witness.org
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=70
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The voices of civil rights defenders are still being silenced by government-controlled media, by the chaos of conflict, or by geographic and cultural isolation. Witness distributes VHS and digital cameras and makes video documentaries of serious abuses. They are published on their website.
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Innocence Project
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http://www.innocenceproject.org
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=174
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The Project's team of lawyers and law students re-opens a prisoner's case, and works with forensics technicians to determine if DNA proves guilt or innocence
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| Grameen Shakti, Empowerment Through Renewable Energy Technologies |
http://www.gshakti.org
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=173
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They train women in the use of safe, renewable energy through Solar Home Systems, biogas production, and Improved Cook Stoves. The power also gives them light, and power for mobile phones and radios
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Light Up the World Foundation
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http://www.lightuptheworld.org/home.htm
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=41
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White Light Emitting Diodes WLED, that delivers lighting for 4-6 hours, using a photovoltaic panel, wind turbine, pedal generators, hydro turbine and water mill.
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CEMINA and REDEH
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http://www.cemina.org.br/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=118
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Poor people in Brazil have no access to internet. CEMINA'S radio-ICT project is an innovative way of integrating radio, a low-tech communication technology, and ICTs. The aim is disadvantaged women.
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EcoSystems Pvt. Ltd.
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http://www.ecosystemsnepal.com/index.php
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=52
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Monsoon rains makes it difficult to cross Nepal’s rivers. This wired bridge system, uses a towrope and no electricity. It is a subsidiary project that requires the participation of the community.
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RIVERFRONT PARK PROJECTS
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Reef Ball Foundation
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http://www.reefball.org/index.html
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=115
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A Reef Ball is a designed artificial reef made of special concrete aggregates that mimics the appearance and function of the natural coral reef for its restoration
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Seawater Greenhouse, Ltd.
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http://www.seawatergreenhouse.com
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=139
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Uses seawater within a greenhouse to produce fresh water and cool air, reducing costs and eliminating corrosion
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Fundacion Terram
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http://www.terram.cl
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=156
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A system that uses seaweed to clean salmon wastes and feed the abalone.
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Solar Sailor
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http://www.solarsailor.com/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=153
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The Solar Sailor, their sail harnesses abundant sea winds to directly move a boat, while also serving as a solar panel to feed batteries in a hybrid diesel engine.
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| FogQuest |
http://www.fogquest.org/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=140
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A fog collector made of an inexpensive, durable plastic mesh, collects enormous numbers of water droplets for villages and agriculture
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| Joachim Ibeziako Ezeji |
http://www.mor-sandfilter.org/ http://www.ruralafrwadp.org/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=136
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Pollution is growing in Africa, unsanitary conditions are polluting water. Mor-sand Filter is an integrated water quality improvement system that is easy to use and effective
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Lee Felsenstein
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http://www.jhai.org/jhai_remoteIT.html
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A customized computer that runs on less than 20 watts, powered by a water cell lead-acid battery, recharged via a stationary bicycle generator. Software is in Laotian.
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Capstone Turbine Corp.
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http://www.capstoneturbine.com/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=11
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Waste of flared gases into atmosphere cause pollution. A microturbine that uses oil field waste as fuel.
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BANK PROJECTS
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| Centre for the Improvement of Working Conditions & Environment |
http://www.ciwce.org.pk/
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=119
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Carpet weaving is highly labor intensive and is done by both adult and child weavers, mostly females, while squatting on the floor. CIWCE has developed an improved, ergonomic, safe and, most important, adult-friendly loom.
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| Kiva.org |
http://www.kiva.org
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=161
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A online platform that allows match entrepreneurs with microfinance institutions and track their achievements
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| Kamal Quadir, CellBazaar |
https://www.cellbazaar.com
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http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=164
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The CellBazaar is capitalizing on the proliferation of cell phones in Bangladesh and build an electronic marketplace
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