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List of Tech Awards programs to be featured in the UcanTu exhibition

by tina blaine last modified 2008-04-15 11:31

PERSON/PROJECT WEBSITE TECHAWARDS URL PROBLEM/SOLUTION

FARMERS' MARKET PROJECTS


KickStart www.kickstart.org
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=28
A pump called "Money Maker", that is manually operated, low cost.
Mohammed Bah Abba
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=131

Electric-free refrigeration
Donald O'Neal, HELPS Int'l.
http://www.onilstove.com/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=155
The ONIL stove is safe, strong, inexpensive, and suited for traditional Guatemalan cooking, uses less wood.

SCHOOL PROJECTS


Freeplay Foundation
http://www.freeplayfoundation.org/
http://www.techawards.org/about/global_humanitarian_award/2005/
Wind-up and solar powered radios creates sustainable -battery free- access to information. People in Africa have access to the ambitious broadcast education projects.
Bunker Roy
http://www.barefootcollege.org/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/feature/bunkerRoy/
The Barefoot College teaches the practical skills that allow the rural poor to develop their own villages
Baruch College Computer Center for Visually Impaired People
http://www.touchgraphics.com/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=81
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

HEALTH CLINIC PROJECTS


Devendra Raj Mehta, Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti http://www.jaipurfoot.org/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=171
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
Dr. Kenneth Owens, Jr. & Paul Burgess http://www.humboldt.edu/~kdo10/demining.html
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=89
A software that uses global positioning and inertial navigation technologies to autonomously guide a robotic mine/clearing vehicle.
Enviro Options (Pty) Ltd.
http://www.eloo.co.za
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=112
The Enviro Loo is a waterless dehydration/ evaporation system that provides a safe non-polluting, cost effective solution to the sanitation crisis
Joshua Silver
http://www.adaptive-eyecare.com
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=125
Low-cost glasses that can be tuned by the wearer with "adaptative lenses"
PATH, Vaccine Vial Monitor
http://www.path.org/projects/vaccine_vial_monitor.php
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=162
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.

COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECTS


WITNESS http://www.witness.org
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=70
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.
Innocence Project
http://www.innocenceproject.org
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=174
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
Grameen Shakti, Empowerment Through Renewable Energy Technologies http://www.gshakti.org
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=173
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
Light Up the World Foundation
http://www.lightuptheworld.org/home.htm
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=41
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.
CEMINA and REDEH
http://www.cemina.org.br/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=118
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.
EcoSystems Pvt. Ltd.
http://www.ecosystemsnepal.com/index.php
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=52
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.

RIVERFRONT PARK PROJECTS


Reef Ball Foundation
http://www.reefball.org/index.html
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=115
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
Seawater Greenhouse, Ltd.
http://www.seawatergreenhouse.com
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=139
Uses seawater within a greenhouse to produce fresh water and cool air, reducing costs and eliminating corrosion
Fundacion Terram
http://www.terram.cl
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=156
A system that uses seaweed to clean salmon wastes and feed the abalone.
Solar Sailor
http://www.solarsailor.com/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=153
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.
FogQuest http://www.fogquest.org/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=140
A fog collector made of an inexpensive, durable plastic mesh, collects enormous numbers of water droplets for villages and agriculture
Joachim Ibeziako Ezeji http://www.mor-sandfilter.org/  http://www.ruralafrwadp.org/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=136
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
Lee Felsenstein
http://www.jhai.org/jhai_remoteIT.html

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.
Capstone Turbine Corp.
http://www.capstoneturbine.com/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=11
Waste of flared gases into atmosphere cause pollution. A microturbine that uses oil field waste as fuel.

BANK PROJECTS


Centre for the Improvement of Working Conditions & Environment http://www.ciwce.org.pk/
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=119
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.
Kiva.org http://www.kiva.org
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=161
A online platform that allows match entrepreneurs with microfinance institutions and track their achievements
Kamal Quadir, CellBazaar https://www.cellbazaar.com
http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=164
The CellBazaar is capitalizing on the proliferation of cell phones in Bangladesh and build an electronic marketplace

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