The FasoSoap consists of a mosquito repellent made from shea butter, African marigold, essential lemongrass oil and other ingredients that are still a secret. All the ingredients are natural and available locally in Burkina Faso. This solution, added to locally manufactured soap, provides a very accessible, low-cost anti-malarial tool.

After using the soap, it leaves a scent on the skin that repels mosquitos up to 6 hours after use. This innovation works by promoting the prevention of malaria.

Zheng is a student at Methodist College Kuala Lumpur. He started conducting this research when he was a high school student at Chung Hua High School, Seremban.

Manjima Sarkar's uncle but, for a long time, did not seek medical advise. Her uncle eventually went to the hospital, and was diagnosed with a severe stroke. But due to the fact the patient waited for so long to go to the doctors, he suffered permanent memory loss and impaired speech. So his niece wanted to create a way to help patients get help right way, and preventing situations as Ardhendu’s.

Zach said he had seen other apps that turn a picture into a spoken phrase, but never one that actually texts it. So he built iCanText – an app that allows the girl to express herself and communicate with people that are not next to her.

“So I built an app that uses basically illustrated pictures to turn those into text and to be able to text anyone that she wanted to send a text to, like her mom,” the inventor explained.

Bethany was unable to walk, but now uses a walker. She is also learning to speak more, but she is still mostly non-verbal.

This innovation works as a therapy device, helping the patients to improve their dexterity thanks to particular exercises.

Lauren created the aid using a 3D printer, and this solution aims to counteract hand closure due to spasm.

After going to a hackathon, Lauren met with engineers, as well as the company Nuwave Ventures.

They helped her by improving the tool, making it a smart device that can give immediate feedback as users perform activities – the sensors are measuring force, range of motion and the number of actions in a given time.

Uveitis is a condition that consists of an inflammation of the pigmented layer in her right eye, that blurs her vision, despite cataract surgery. The girl was diagnosed with this problem when she was six years old.

Isabelle found this solution one night, while she was reading past her bedtime. She aimed a floor lamp, using it as a flashlight, to illuminate the pages. But it did more than that: the angle of the light allowed her to improve her vision.

"My grandfather hates it when somebody tries to help him with his daily chores or holds his hand to help him walk. I am sure there are many more like him. I wanted to do something for them," said Ashutosh.

The wheelchair works by obeying to four basic commands that allow the person to move right, left, forward and reverse directions. It also can detect obstacles in its path and stop when it reaches a staircase.

"It senses unevenness on the floor, near a staircase and stops, ensuring the safety of the person using it," the inventor explained.

Cancerous tumors may turn skin a different temperature due to increased blood flow. The bra is still a prototype and uses about 200 biosensers to map the surface of the breast and is able to monitor changes in temperature, shape and weight, and then log the information in an app, sending an alert to a user regarding disturbing changes. 
In order to get accurate measurements, the person would have to wear the bra for 60-90 minutes a week.

These desks work by being placed on the normal desks, and they are available on several sizes.

Bill founded his own company, Anderlyn Desk Company, in 2007.

It all started when Bill had aggravating neck pain by using his regular desk. This caused him swelling at the C7 vertebra.

The entrepreneur went to see his chiropractor, who was Carolyn’s (Bill’s wife) employer. He told Bill his problem was related to his desk’s height.

So the couple went home and decided to build a desk that would suit Bill better.

Gary was driven to create this solution after he had an unexpected allergic reaction. After experiencing a severe allergic reaction that was misidentified, the boy decided know more about the state of food allergies in the United States, and the products that exist to help in early detection of allergic reactions.

The innovation, still a prototype, helps the visually impaired by using cameras and lasers to scan the ground around the user searching out dents, dips and drop-offs. Whenever an obstacle is found, an auditory or vibrating alert is then sent to the user so they can avoid the potential pitfall.

The Quirkuitar is a bass guitar with an “effects pedal” built into its front, which eliminates the need for foot control, and has embedded an iPad into a digital guitar, replacing its strings. 

“Because of my experience, when I make an instrument I think, ‘Would everybody be able to play this?’ If more people approached their work this way, there would be more cool stuff in the world. Look at the Paralympics – the public found overcoming a physical disability inspiring. But artistic expression by the disabled is just not appreciated in the same way”, Adam said.

The watch was designed for both sighted and visually impaired people, allowing people to tell the time by touching the piece.

The design indicates hours and minutes through two rotating ball bearing set in concentric grooves around the timepiece’s face and perimeter. The ball’s positions are measured against raised hour indices around the face. All is connected by magnets to the Swiss quartz movement, and the balls can be realigned by twisting the wrist.

The device consists of a patch (a silicone membrane) that will help to detect an early heart attack. This represents the skin capillaries, and a drop of a solution of proteins albumin and FABP3 (a biomarker of heart attacks linked to cardiac ischemia) to simulate blood.

These heart attacks are sudden and appear to be asymptomatic. In these cases, doctors are unlikely to administer a crucial FABP3 blood test because of the lack of visible symptoms to warrant a diagnostic test.

The app consists of a diabetes companion, having several features:

Roger founded his own company, after taking care of his grandfather for seven years. He created his company alongside Patrick Renner and Susanne Mitschke, who both volunteered in care centres. They goal was to create a technology that would improve the patient’s quality of life, as well as their caregivers’.

The father became a handyman, as he needed to create solutions to this family’s daily lives, as they need to take care of their son.

This changing table is portable, functional, safe and is not expensive. It allows Vivian's mom to wash him in front of the washbasin or in front of the bathtub, with everything they need on hand.

The inventor transformed an old table into a storage cabinet. It has added mobility wheels and a cushion for Vivian’s comfort.

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“Communication was one of the first challenges that we were able to use 3D printing to help solve. Tanner was communicating with us by pointing at what he needed and grunting, but he couldn’t tell us. He was learning some sign language, but his therapists at his school thought he could do more than that”, the father explained.

"There was no option, I had to get out of there and work. I had the responsibility to go forward for everything my family did for me, as they never left me. In the hospital they told me that now the state would protect me, through help for people with disabilities. But I refused to conform".

The innovation consists of a pair of metal hands and arms which can grip and hold thanks to a series of wires and pulleys inside the shell.

Sun was creating a bomb to help him fishing when it exploded prematurely, causing him to lose both hands.

Since he couldn’t afford the hospital's prosthetic limbs and he needed to work, he decided to invent prosthesis for himself.

“I survived but I had no hands and I couldn't afford to buy the false hands the hospital wanted me to have - so I decided to make my own,” he explained.