Theater to Heighten Community Voices: Dharavi Slum
Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India, which boasts a unique economy and culture, is currently threatened with destruction due to the government’s plan for redevelopment. This project seeks to use theater as a means of uplifting community voices to preserve the neighborhood. Through a series of workshops, young participants will develop creative means of telling their … Continue reading “Theater to Heighten Community Voices: Dharavi Slum”
- Team: Lauren Low, Sarah Covault
- Art & Social Change
- UC Davis
- 2020
The Mobius Project
These days, tech companies constantly have to admit that they are not fully equipped to deal with all of the ways bad actors can use their platforms or technologies to cause harm – and the ways their product can disproportionately harm particular groups of people. The Mobius Project is a knowledge and research platform that … Continue reading “The Mobius Project”
- Team: Nicole Chi, Ji Su Yoo
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2020
The Automated Ambu Bag System
There is a dire need to invest in intermediate care bridging from the resuscitative efforts in the Emergency Departments and the supportive care offered by the intensive care units in Uganda. There is a high prevalence of missed opportunities for patients requiring advanced ventilatory support in ICUs at Emergency Units. This is due to there … Continue reading “The Automated Ambu Bag System”
- Team: Peter Kavuma, Maureen Etuket, Joseph Tumwesigye, David Kato
- Global Health
- Makerere University
- 2020
Suppression of Evaporation and Percolation Water Losses with Novel Infiltration Insert Method to Improve Plant Yield Utilizing Carbon Sequestration
Increasing global population requires 70% more food production by 2050, predominantly cultivated in developing countries and areas with an arid climate. Irrigation consumes more than 80% of the world’s fresh water. Traditional irrigation practices suffer from evaporation and percolation loss of freshwater and existing efficient technologies are very expensive and not economically viable for developing … Continue reading “Suppression of Evaporation and Percolation Water Losses with Novel Infiltration Insert Method to Improve Plant Yield Utilizing Carbon Sequestration”
- Team: Visala Tallavarjula
- Food and Agriculture
- UC Santa Barbara
- 2020
Sundial Foods, Inc.
Meat consumption in the United States has risen in recent years, and despite a variety of activism efforts, the trend shows little sign of slowing down. The alternative meats industry seeks to provide sustainable alternatives to meat in order to provide the experience of meat consumption without the environmental cost; however, current products are expensive, … Continue reading “Sundial Foods, Inc.”
- Team: Jessica Schwabach, Siwen Deng
- Food and Agriculture
- UC Berkeley
- 2020
Signum
Unemployment and underemployment affect roughly 70% of all Americans in the deaf community. Signum is a video chat solution created to solve this problem. Designed as a workforce development tool, Signum utilizes a machine learning model to translate video of ASL gestures to text, easing communication for people with hearing and speech impairments who can … Continue reading “Signum”
- Team: Sahil Mehta, Arth Vidyarthi, Raghav Singh, Suyash Jaju
- Workforce Development
- UC Berkeley
- 2020
PIC.ME
Approximately one third of people with autism are nonverbal, resulting in a rising need for a user-friendly, socio-culturally relevant means of assistive technology to help them communicate. PIC.ME: Personalized Interactive Communication Made for Everyone is an app that can be downloaded onto a personal smart device, such as a smartphone or tablet, for people with … Continue reading “PIC.ME”
- Team: Talitha Buschor, Arjun Gathwala
- Education & Literacy
- UC Santa Barbara
- 2020
NeoMotion AI
Stroke rehabilitation is often inaccessible, expensive, and requires a lot of scarce, highly trained professionals. By harnessing the processing power of smartphones in combination with recent advances in artificial intelligence, NeoMotion AI will be able to improve rehabilitation at a worldwide scale. NeoMotion AI is run on AI-based pose estimation algorithms and it optimizes them … Continue reading “NeoMotion AI”
- Team: Mathias Vissers, Wei-Kai Lin, Nikhil Yerasi,
- Global Health
- UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco
- 2020
Mindset & Milestones
While the battle for gender equity continues, girls have to be prepared to succeed in society as it stands. That requires the confidence to fight for a seat at existing tables and the confidence to create new ones. Plainly stated, girls need educational and engaging spaces. Mindset & Milestones seeks to address the problem of … Continue reading “Mindset & Milestones”
- Team: Diondraya Taylor
- Art & Social Change, Education & Literacy
- UC Los Angeles
- 2020