The Helping Hand, IDAS I
Body category How did this design improve life?: The Helping Hand makes life easier for users of pills. It combines design and functionality in a safe, discrete and elegant way. Protecting, reminding...
View ArticleThe Lifeport Kidney Transporter
Body category Short description of design: The LifePort Kidney Transporter preserves and protects a donated kidney during the sometimes long, cold journey from recovery to transplantation. Fully...
View ArticleThe “SOS” Infant Nursing Packs
Body category Short description of design: The apparatus is an innovative approach to the problem of feeding bottle related deaths, especially in the developing countries. The design suggests strongly...
View ArticleSpeediCath Compact
Body category Short description of design: SpeediCath Compact has been designed specifically for women who perform intermittent catheterization, which means they need to empty their bladder by use of a...
View ArticleINDEX: Award 2007 Finalist goes viral!
National Geographic released a new video featuring INDEX: Award 2007 finalist “Concrete Canvas Shelter” and 2013 nominee the “Concrete Cloth”. The video’s debut has caused quite a stir on the web,...
View ArticleThe missing link to end the leading cause of child deaths
ADAPTAIR, INDEX: AWARD 2013 FINALIST. Every year, 2 million children die from pneumonia – more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined – and 98% of these children live in developing countries. A...
View ArticleParalyzed people walk again thanks to wearable robot
EKSO™, INDEX: AWARD 2013 FINALIST. Nearly 1.3 million people are paralyzed as a result of neurological disease or spinal cord injuries in the US alone, leaving many wheelchair bound for the rest of...
View Articleinvention enables paraplegics to stand-up
TEK RMD, INDEX: AWARD 2013 FINALIST. Lack of independence and the inability to interact at eye-level are just a few of the complaints of wheelchair users, not even mentioning the health problems...
View ArticleRobot arms help sick children move freely
WILMINGTON ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON, INDEX: AWARD 2013 FINALIST. Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) is a non-progressive condition that causes stiff joints and very underdeveloped muscles, leaving...
View ArticleCLEVER SYRINGE WARNS YOU OF PRIOR USE
ABC’S: A BEHAVIOUR CHANGING SYRINGE, INDEX: AWARD 2013 FINALIST. A recent study conducted by the WHO indicates that each year, unsafe needle injections cause an estimated 1.3 million early deaths and...
View ArticleTRIO OF LIFE-SAVING DEVICES REDUCE CHILDBIRTH MORTALITY
INDEX: Award Winner 2013, BODY Category Two of the UN's Millennium Development Goals are to reduce child and maternal mortality by 2015. Norwegian product developers have designed a trio of highly...
View ArticleExoskeleton modified for infants
The designers behind INDEX: Award 2013 Finalist ‘WREX’ received a grant to test a device for infants with brain injury. The device is called WREX+ and can assist or resist antigravity arm movements...
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