Ivy was inspired by her own situation, when she was pregnant, and also by her mother’s, who struggled with cancer. In Bangladesh is hard to have access to information related to women’s health.

Maya Apa’s experts can help the user to know more on the following information: Medical, Health & Well-being, Legal, Psycological, Social, Lifestyle and Fitness, being available 24/7.

It works by having the user sending queries (via text, voice or image), then the queries are matched to relevant experts, and the experts reply, and finally the follow-up and engagement is made.

Adeeb had already designed a prosthetic leg for his father, who has polio, and a robot to help his mother cleaning the house, when he was just ten years old.

One day his father shared with him the following thought: “what if I was in the car one day and I died, you have no idea I’m driving a car, I’m in the middle of nowhere, and the cellphone is out of battery, what would you do?”.

The boy thought about this and built a seat belt with a heart monitor which monitors a passenger's heart rate and alerts the authorities when it's too high or low.

“The whole world came into focus. I saw leaves for the first time, I’d never seen the stars and I quickly went from the bottom of my class to doing very well,” said Andrew, describing the first time he put on glasses, when he was 12 years old.
Andrew was born to Egyptian parents, and that’s one of the reasons that drove him to improve the lives of African blind people.

“I became very aware that if I had been born somewhere else, something as simple as a pair of glasses wouldn’t have been available to me,” the inventor explained.

Daniel studied welding in college, and had just graduated from DOT Rwanda’s StartUp! Program, creating his own social enterprise.

“My facilitator challenged me to identify my customer and the problems I needed to solve for them. I immediately thought of providing cheap bicycles for disabled youth in my community. I designed a simple bicycle prototype for my class and was blown away by their response. I was so motivated by the encouragement from my peers. Soon after, I started saving up for manufacturing costs”, he explained.

Oleg teamed up with fellow engineer Sergei Arefyev to develop an affordable prosthetic arm for his father, in his basement.

The gadget was built using some 3D printed parts, and with others bought online.

"It's like Lego, designed for people who are not at ease with electronics: just put the parts together. If I managed it, then others can do it, too", the inventor explained.

The Asthma Grid is a wearable sensor that helps the user to manage and monitor his disease. The technology creates a unique profile which takes into the account the environment, identifying pollutants and aerial allergens through a built-in nano-sensor.

It works by having the user blowing into the device. It then predicts the chances of having an attack, using the gathered information and a mathematical algorithm.

The system has two designs: One is a hand-held unit, and the other is worn on the wrist and has dermal patches and a mouth-piece.

“I visited an Autism centre and had interactions with the caregivers and children, and I realized there was a need to help raise awareness,” the app developed explained.

The idea for this app because Brian Gitta, born in 1992, suffered from Malaria several times as a child, and he developed needle phobia. So he teamed up with fellow students from Computer Science and created the app and their company.

“I was already getting injections three times a day to fight off a foodborne illness. But as my fever spiked and the pain in my joints worsened, I suspected I was suffering yet another occurrence of malaria, the disease I had contracted as a child and currently kills one child every minute in the developing world,” Brian explained.

"It was now too late to save her. It was too hard to keep track of her vitals, of how she's doing, and that is how I thought of a way to automate the whole process and keep track of her health”, she explained.

Olivia teamed up with Brian Turyabagye, a telecommunications engineering graduate, born in 1992, and together they invented "Mama-Ope" (Mother's Hope), a kit which consists of a biomedical smart jacket and a mobile phone application which does the diagnosis.

José Sebastião Carneiro, the father, born in 1948, had to have his elbow removed, which means he is not able to perform simple activities such as grab objects.

So his son, a technology management telecommunications student came up with a solution and then gathered a team of specialists to help him bring his idea into reality.

The device is made of a support, an engine, electrodes and sensors. The system transfers movement impulses from healthy areas which suffered some kind of paralysis.

Kevan lost the strength in his limbs due to his condition, and he always wanted to travel around Europe. Because he weights about 30kgs, his friends designed a special backpack so they would be able to carry him, without he having to use his wheelchair.

The device features padding, a headrest and a saddle. The team went to France, Ireland and England in the summer of 2016. His friends would take shifts while carrying Kevan.

This device consists of a complete redesign of existing aerosol inhalers, having the unique feature of being the first wearable patch that tracks respiratory health. The tracking is made thanks to a mobile app, via bluetooth.

The patch that attaches on the ski is similar to a stethoscope and keeps track of the changes in the upper respiratory tract, through piezoelectric sensing picking up wheeze frequencies, flux in inspiration/expiration ratio etc.

Katherine was inspired by the fact that she is an asthmatic and knows how many people die due to her condition every year.

These patches, which can be ordered online, are high quality rock tape, hypo-allergenic, acrylic-based and contain no latex. It helps diabetic kids to have their glucose monitoring systems for diabetes management on for more time, and to wear them more proudly.

The father needed a table that would keep the boy safe and on the right position.

But because his son is always moving, Dave created a changing table with shoulder straps, using the back of a backpack. He attached it with screws and washer to a triplex concrete plate (80 cm x 60 cmx 1.8 cm) with rounded corners, under which the father placed rubber feet to prevent it from slipping on slippery surfaces.

All this cost him less than 25 euros.

Chao’s school event asked Dave to build another table, which is now being used by other children from at that school.

“The project started when my mom had an accident at work and broke her left hand. They put her plaster cast wrong, and they had to fracture her hand again surgically to place it right. However, they again placed the splint wrong; and then they diagnosed her with 50 percent disability in that hand,” he explained.

So he wanted to build a product that could be lighter, removable, customized, cheaper and more hygienic and visual appealing than the traditional cast.

The invention consists of a block of wood and a kind of cane, allowing to double each step of the staircase of an intermediate step that his wife moves as she ascends.

Mrs. Sondag had a surgery over 20 years ago, and had a fall at the hospital. This left her with a muscle tear, which meant it was hard for her to move. Over the years, it became impossible for her to climb the stairs.

Isabel, Ailbhe’s sister, was born with Spina Bifida, and was always frustrated with the lack of options to personalize her wheelchair.

“I always say that I don’t want my chair to look like a medical device or a lump of metal and finally Ailbhe has found a way for me to be able to show it off as what I want people to see it as,” Isabel stated.

Ailbhe was always passionate about art and design. So after she took her degree, she created a range of personalized spoke guards for her sister.

BeWarned helps the users to detect dangerous sounds, communicate with people, make calls in case of emergency and dance to their favorite music.

 "I love driving, but I often notice how drivers stop by my car and frown at me. Whenever they are saying something to me, I usually feel helpless: I find it difficult to explain to them that I am deaf and that I hadn't heard their cars honking or any other sounds around me", the co-founder explained.

These wheelchairs are lighter than the traditional ones, and they can be customized by the user's request.

“Colours has always been about more than great ultralight weight wheelchairs.  Colours is a lifestyle.  We make products that empower users to become their best selves.  Individuality and independence of the people who use our chairs will always be our number one concern. No matter if you’re looking for a custom painted wheelchair or a customized seating system, your Colours wheelchair will be uniquely yours”, it says on the official website.

The table is made from MDF, and also has a storage space.

It can be customized by being painted, and its production has a cost of about 150€.

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