LiftEd
LiftEd is an iPad application that enables special education professionals to measure students’ academic & behavioral performance on individualized learning goals, analyze learning trends to modify instruction and intervention methods real-time, and ultimately share student progress with districts & parents on-demand. It resembles an EHR and acts as a centralized repository for a student’s case … Continue reading “LiftEd”
- Team Members: Andrew Hill
- Education & Literacy, Information Technology for Society
- UC Berkeley
- 2016
Luminavi App
Luminavi is a dynamic anonymous reporting and data collection app that will allow the campus community to identify spaces on campus where sexual misconduct is prevalent. Using the information aggregated from the app, service providers like the Restorative Justice (RJ) Center can more effectively direct services to those spaces. The RJ Center will promote opportunities … Continue reading “Luminavi App”
- Team Members: Melody Ng
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2016
UbiSafe Technologies: Reimagining Personal Safety for UC Berkeley
UbiSafe provides discreet personal protection that is accessible at your fingertips. With crime rates rising year after year, consumers are flooded with new-fangled safety gadgets from something as simple as a whistle or a stun gun to something more high-tech like emergency apps. The thing is, they don’t work. Whistles and stun guns, when misused, … Continue reading “UbiSafe Technologies: Reimagining Personal Safety for UC Berkeley”
- Team Members: (Tom) Seung Kun Lee, Woo Yong Charlie Choi
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2016
Campus Cooks
In 2014, one in four students said they had to “skip meals in order to save money.” Campus Cooks (CC) seeks to provide students with resources to help alleviate hunger and food insecurity. These two issues contribute to the deterioration of physical and mental health, increased stress, and hindered academic success. The Campus Cooks application … Continue reading “Campus Cooks”
- Team Members: Helia Bidad, Vikram Sivaraja, Donna Ni, Vijitha Sridhar, Tanya Krishnakumar
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2016
SafeSpace
Poor mental health is a widespread issue plaguing college students across the country. SafeSpace is a website and mobile application for UC Berkeley undergraduates to comfortably share their similar mental health issues through an anonymous, peer-led chat. By keeping it anonymous, students do not have to worry about being stigmatized. SafeSpace will facilitate the … Continue reading “SafeSpace”
- Team Members: Monica Casanova, Ann Nguyen, Claire Lee, Noel Frazier, Jaya Mantovi, Daniela Grinblatt, Natasha Hoherchak, Valentine Wallace, Yifan Li
- Improving Student Life
- UC Berkeley
- 2016
LiquidGoldConcept: Breast Massage Knowledge Bank
In 2011, only 18.8% of US mothers reached the six-month exclusive breastfeeding goal set by the World Health Organization. If 90% of mothers breastfed for the recommended six months, the US would save $13 billion per year. Breast massage can improve, prevent, or alleviate the most common breastfeeding problems and prolong breastfeeding duration. The … Continue reading “LiquidGoldConcept: Breast Massage Knowledge Bank”
- Team Members: Anna Sadovnikova, Jeff Plott, Rachel Atwood
- Global Health
- UC Davis
- 2016
SkinIQ: Precision Diagnostics of Melanoma w/ Mobile Imaging & Deep Learning
SkinIQ is developing a mobile software platform and algorithm for the long-term surveillance and diagnosis of potentially cancerous skin lesions. At the moment, even the best methods of diagnosis still lack the sensitivity and specificity needed to accurately classify and distinguish one type of skin lesion from another. Furthermore, there has yet to be a … Continue reading “SkinIQ: Precision Diagnostics of Melanoma w/ Mobile Imaging & Deep Learning”
- Team Members: Abhishek Bhattacharya
- Global Health
- UC Santa Barbara
- 2016
PedalTap: Modifying the Water Tap System to Create a No Touch Cost Effective Solution in Developing Countries
This year, the PedalTap team is taking this Big Idea to another level. The innovative Tippy Tap was made to prevent the spread of infection at communal hand washing facilities in rural areas in Uganda. It is foot-operated, preventing the need for touch. The product is a free-standing, universally-fitting connection that can easily attach … Continue reading “PedalTap: Modifying the Water Tap System to Create a No Touch Cost Effective Solution in Developing Countries”
- Team Members: Grace Nakibaala, Isah Ssevume, Molly Mbaziira Nannyonjo
- Global Health
- Makerere University
- 2016
SHRI Community Sanitation Facilities
SHRI works alongside communities in rural India to increase access to essential health infrastructure by providing access to toilets that are able to convert waste into energy that runs a water filtration system. SHRI will sell safe drinking water at a fair price to generate revenue. This project aims to end open defecation by encouraging … Continue reading “SHRI Community Sanitation Facilities”
- Team Members: Anoop Jain
- Global Health
- UC Berkeley
- 2016