Development
Amulet: A distributed patient health record for humanitarian settings
Inventor: Dr Brandon Smith, International Health Systems Group, Engineering Amulet is an ultra-low-cost wearable electronic health record (EHR) designed to address the challenges surrounding data-driven healthcare delivery in both resource-constrained and disrupted settings, such as conflict zones, humanitarian crises, and among displaced populations. The Amulet device securely stores critical health information in a small-format ‘wearable’,…
Analysing the market for a low-cost community-based hearing test for
Inventor: Dr. Louise Allen, Cambridge University Hospitals and DigiBel Over 5% of the world’s population including 34 million children have disabling hearing loss. In children the most common cause of hearing impairment is “glue ear” (otitis media with effusion), and approximately 80% of primary school children in the USA and Europe experience it during their…
Sharing best practice with schools
Inventor: Mairead Ryan, School Health Pulse School Health Pulse is on a mission to transform how schools approach student health and well-being, bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and everyday practice. Founders of the newly launched venture are tackling the disconnect between academic research, and its practical application within schools. Countless studies about child and…
Conservation Copilot: Guiding Evidence-Based Decisions for Biodiversity Net Gain and beyond
Inventors: Rebecca Smith, Sam Reynolds, William Morgan, Conservation Evidence Conservation Evidence is a free, authoritative information resource designed to support decisions about how to maintain and restore global biodiversity. Their thesis is that use of evidence is vital to maximise benefits and reduce costs to people and nature. However, time and a lack of customised information…
Mitigating the global risk from volcanic eruptions
Inventors: Michael Cassidy, Associate Professor of Volcanology, University of Birmingham & Lara Mani, Cambridge Centre for Study of Existential Risk At any one time, there are typically 15 live volcanic eruptions around the world. As well as local impacts on homes and livelihoods, there is always the risk of an eruption causing a cascade of…
Analysing the need for a tool to promote social cohesion
Inventors: Gustavo Almeida & Dr. Joao Costa, VOI Social Impact More information: Making peace & VOI website VOI Social Impact is new social enterprise based around Dr Costa’s PhD research, which was carried out at the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge. VOI, which stands for “Veil of Ignorance” is a proven methodology to promote social cohesion in fragile…
Identifying the market potential for a compact self-contained sterilisation system
Inventor: Katie Pascavis, Engineering & Arizona State University During the COVID pandemic, the inventor was based at Arizona State University and investigated the issue of sterilisation of medical equipment. The emergency standard for sterilising N95 masks at the start of the pandemic was to use vaporised hydrogen peroxide in large-scale systems, which is expensive and not portable. The inventor…
Apply for Development i-Teams
Application deadline: Monday March 9th at 23:59 Teams notified: Friday March 20th Course dates: Thursday evenings from May 7th, final presentations on Thursday June 18th Have you ever wondered how Cambridge ideas can help make the world a better place? If so, then our Development i-Teams programme is for you! Development i-Teams investigates ways in…
Exploring the need for low-cost cell testing and second-life applications
Inventors : Eleni Papafilippou, Melissa Watt and Robert Petrie, Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies for a Healthy and Sustainable Future, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge Website : LiFETIME The global market for electric vehicles (EVs) is growing exponentially. While this will reduce CO2 emissions and help address climate change,…
